Way back in 2007 when Rock Band was still just an unproven IP from MTV Games and Guitar Hero creators Harmonix, the game was already catering to its base–as well as a Deadhead or two. At that time, the Grateful Dead agreed to lend some 18 master tracks to the nascent franchise, with the first [...]

.!. NPD figures have Activision’s rocker outselling Harmonix rival two-to-one in the United States last year. Last week the NPD Group, the industry standard of game-industry research firms, released its US sales figures for 2008. However, the company’s top 10 game rankings only tracked individual products, or SKU (Stock Keeping Units), sold at retailers in [...]

Rock groups don’t get much bigger than AC/DC. The Australian hard-rock act has churned out 17 studio albums over 30 years, including one of the highest-selling albums of all time, Back in Black. With that kind of success, it’s a no-brainer that Harmonix signed the Thunder From Down Under for an exclusive game all to [...]