Something big is in the works for Harmonix and/or its forthcoming rhythm extravaganza, Rock Band, if the company's CEO, Alex Rigopulos, is to be believed.
Speaking to news agency Reuters, Rigopulos said, "We're pretty optimistic about what this game is going to do. But our next big announcement, which is coming up fairly quickly, is a move to a whole other realm."
A whole other realm, eh? Can the following Rigopulos comment shed any more light?
"We don't see this as just a game title - it's a platform in the same (way) that you spend money to buy a stereo system or a game console. With downloads and new content that we'll be making available on a weekly basis, you can continue to expand and tailor your play experience."
Well, yes it can.
Rock Band, Rigopulos reckons, is opening doors between games and music. "For most of our history, it's been hard to get the music industry to pay attention to games, but at this point in time we've really broken down a lot of those barriers", he said. "With Rock Band, we have almost 90 percent original masters in the game and a lot of artist participation.
"A lot of artists are now seeing Rock Band as a legitimate venue for people to experience their music in a more impactful way", he went on.
So, SPOnG says that Harmonix wants to set itself up as a music distributor. If only it could find a partner - for example Electronic Arts - that had a music label of its own.
In the meantime, we can content ourselves with the fact that the current holder of the rhythm game crown, the Guitar Hero series, just made its latest venture into the public domain. SPOnG's Adam Hartley rather likes it. Check back for his review shortly.
Source: Reuters
Speaking to news agency Reuters, Rigopulos said, "We're pretty optimistic about what this game is going to do. But our next big announcement, which is coming up fairly quickly, is a move to a whole other realm."
A whole other realm, eh? Can the following Rigopulos comment shed any more light?
"We don't see this as just a game title - it's a platform in the same (way) that you spend money to buy a stereo system or a game console. With downloads and new content that we'll be making available on a weekly basis, you can continue to expand and tailor your play experience."
Well, yes it can.
Rock Band, Rigopulos reckons, is opening doors between games and music. "For most of our history, it's been hard to get the music industry to pay attention to games, but at this point in time we've really broken down a lot of those barriers", he said. "With Rock Band, we have almost 90 percent original masters in the game and a lot of artist participation.
"A lot of artists are now seeing Rock Band as a legitimate venue for people to experience their music in a more impactful way", he went on.
So, SPOnG says that Harmonix wants to set itself up as a music distributor. If only it could find a partner - for example Electronic Arts - that had a music label of its own.
In the meantime, we can content ourselves with the fact that the current holder of the rhythm game crown, the Guitar Hero series, just made its latest venture into the public domain. SPOnG's Adam Hartley rather likes it. Check back for his review shortly.
Source: Reuters
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