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The booming success of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises has dropped a bomb on the music biz. Record labels and rock stars alike are eyeing new revenue streams as gamemakers compete for musical talent, scramble to secure rights to original master tapes and bring in aging artists to re-record classic rock hits.
Activision Blizzard -- publisher of Guitar Hero , the groundbreaking videogame that lets wannabe rockers tap out songs on Les Paul-shaped controllers -- raked in a reported $830 million in 2007 , an annual record for any game franchise.
Now an industry reeling from the disruptive effects of technology is looking at music games as a lucrative new income stream.
Here are a few ways that Rock Band and Guitar Hero are changing the game for the record industry:
Old bands, new fans
Young gamers are getting turned on to classic rock songs recorded before they were born, with videogame consol...
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Just add wine From: wantnot.net Post Date: 2008-11-20 06:01:09
Oh, Amazon’s getting into this whole “countdown to Black Friday” thing, and it’s really starting to tempt me, here. Today’s deal is that you can get 2 Frontman wireless guitars for just $20 when you buy them with either Guitar Hero 3 or Guitar Hero Aerosmith for the Wii. (Guitar Hero 3 is already 30% [...]
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Battle of the Fake Bands TIME - 4 hours ago We spent a hard day's night pitting Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour against each other in a titanic battle of the fake-band video games . ... ... more
FUNDRAISER: Fight AIDS and the bare walls of your woefully under-furnished apartment all at once at the Cape Town Shakedown: Silent Auction and Fundraiser tonight. Proceeds from the sale of art produced by local talent will go to The Cape Town Children’s Scholarship Foundation and provide scholarships to youth in Khayelitsha Township (just outside of Capetown), South Africa. We’re a media sponsor, and this is a really great cause, so we’ll take it very personally, un-f... more
Undoubtedly the highlight of this week’s PlayStation Store update (which, once again, ignores PSP owners altogether) is the release of the long-awaited BioShock challenge rooms. For $10, you’ll be able to work your way through three separate scenarios: Rescuing a Little Sister from a carnival, killing a Big Daddy without any weapons, and tackling a series of rooms containing wave after wave of enemies. Also new this week is downloadable content for Dead Space (vario... more
Esta semana regresa Lara Crof en Tomb Raider Underworld y Sonic en Sonic Unleashed. De parte de Microsoft está una exclusiva importante: Lips. Este juego de karaoke es la respuesta a SingStar de Sony. Midway hace un intento más por recuperar sus pérdidas con Mortal Kombat vs. DS Universe.
También hay un juego muy importante de carreras, Need for Speed Undercover. Incluso el Wii tiene exclusivas importantes: Animal Crossing: City Folk y Castlevania Judgement. El RPG de Obsidian, Neverwinter ... more
A Tom Clancy Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game may be in development , suggests Ubisoft head honcho Yves Guillemot, who made the suggestion in regards to Ubisoft’s recent acquisition of Massive Entertainment from Activision Blizzard.
To quote:
“We just bought it from them since those guys have Blizzard so they didn’t need that studio as much as we do, and those guys are extremely strong in RTS, so they are going to help us also get closer to the MMO space. Our go... more
A Tom Clancy Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game may be in development , suggests Ubisoft head honcho Yves Guillemot, who made the suggestion in regards to Ubisoft’s recent acquisition of Massive Entertainment from Activision Blizzard.
To quote:
“We just bought it from them since those guys have Blizzard so they didn’t need that studio as much as we do, and those guys are extremely strong in RTS, so they are going to help us also get closer to the MMO space. Our go... more
Artificial Mind and Movement, Canada’s largest independent game developer, announced today it has acquired Chilean developer Wanako Games from Activision Blizzard.... more
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Aluminum hydroxide
In the acidic confines of your stomach, Al(OH) 3 acts as a relatively strong base, with three hydroxide (OH-) groups eager to hook up with any excess hydrogen ions (H+) floating around. When combined, all those Hs and Os form harmless water. But too much aluminum can cause constipation, so Mylanta has to deploy a counterattack.
Magnesium hydroxide
You know Milk of Magnesia? The chalky white liquid ha... more
Planet Google presents :: : Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.com SAN FRANCISCO -- More than a century after their invention, cable cars still carry passengers up and over this city’s hills.
The picturesque mode of transport narrowly escaped extinction after the 1906 earthquake, which devastated the city as well as the cable car barn and tracks. New tracks were laid and the system was rebuilt -- despite the advent of more cost-effective electric streetcars -- partially due to cable cars&rsqu... more
Planet Google presents :: A Cow writes "When the hard rock band "BuckCherry" found out their latest single had leaked on BitTorrent, they didn’t try to cover it up or take the file down. No, instead, they issued a press release. After a bit of research, TorrentFreak found out the track wasn’t leaked by pirates, but by Josh Klemme, the manager of the band. In an attempt to cover their tracks, the press release was pulled, but it’s still available through Reuters and Google&rsq... more
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