Guitar Hero

In Memoriam: Tech Products We Lost Too Soon

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

While many are offering their tech predictions for 2012, we thought we’d take a moment to remember those that have gone to the tech-product graveyard.

EMI Music to Developers: Take My Music, Please

Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2011 at 4:57 am PT

A deal between the label and music tech start-up Echo Nest gives coders access to songs they’ve heard of, with a minimum of fuss. Imagine that!

Forge Your Own Guitar Skills With Ubisoft’s Rocksmith

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

No more silly plastic guitars with buttons. Ubisoft has rigged a way for people to learn to play a real electric guitar using videogames.

New E-Book Explores the Rise and Fall of the Music Game Genre

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 26, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

A new book being released today talks to the creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band to find out why the industry hit such a sour note after one year of off-the-charts revenues.

Early Adopter: Rock Prodigy Wants You to Be a Real-Life Guitar Hero

Drake Martinet in News on April 15, 2011 at 10:10 am PT

Nothing makes you feel like a rock god more than shredding on Activision’s Guitar Hero or Electronic Arts’ Rock Band–except, of course, for actually becoming one.

Activision Cuts Losses; Stock Drops on Weaker Outlook

Dan Gallagher, Reporter, MarketWatch in News on February 9, 2011 at 1:40 pm PT

Activision Blizzard on Wednesday posted narrower quarterly losses on the back of better-than-expected sales of blockbuster video games like Call of Duty: Black Ops and the latest from its World of Warcraft franchise. However, the company’s shares slid more than 6 percent after-hours after it issued a forecast for the current quarter and fiscal year that were both sharply lower than Wall Street’s expectations.

A CES Long Shot: Meet the Beamz, Guitar Hero's Odd Cousin

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

One of the little pleasures of the Consumer Electronics Show is checking out the quirky, weird stuff produced by small-time companies working off of a gut feeling. Like this odd game/instrument, which retails for $200.

Game Off! Viacom Dumps Rock Band on Investment Group

Peter Kafka in Media on December 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm PT

Remember when music video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band were red-hot? That was a couple of years ago.

Viacom to Unload Rock Band Unit

Sam Schechner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 11, 2010 at 4:57 pm PT

Viacom Inc. is telling the band to pack up and go. The New York-based entertainment company is preparing to unload its Harmonix videogame division, maker of the popular “Rock Band” line of games.

Chegg's Dan Rosensweig Talks About the Next Wave of Online Textbook Rentals and More!

Kara Swisher in News on August 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown went down to Santa Clara, Calif. to the offices of Chegg, the online textbook rental leader, to pay a visit on longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig. Today, in a bid to expand its offerings beyond books, Chegg said it had acquired Courserank, a Mountain View, Calif. start-up that helps students “share their course schedule, take classes with their friends, read and write reviews on classes and professors as well as find out how professors grade.” Here’s the video.