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Ubisoft plays to guitar fantasies with 'Rocksmith'
Laurent Detoc beamed as he pictured the the flood of guitarists that Ubisoft will unleash on the world after its innovative Rocksmith videogame hits the market this month.
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Viacom 1Q earnings shredded by 'Rock Band'
(AP) -- Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the latest quarter, as it took a charge related to the "Rock Band" series ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Activision jumps into kids' game with 'Skylanders'
(AP) -- To impress kids these days, it's not enough to make another video game. Mere action figures won't do, either. So Activision is merging the two.
Oct 16, 2011 |
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Review: 'Rocksmith' rocks out with real guitars
If "Guitar Hero" was the spunky teenager who made music gaming fun, "Rocksmith" is his older, cooler brother in a distressed leather jacket.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Violent video games increase aggression long after the game is turned off
Playing a violent video game can increase aggression, and when a player keeps thinking about the game, the potential for aggression can last for as long as 24 hours, according to a study in the current Social Psychological an ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Web world for music fans hopes to gain following
(AP) -- Music fans who want to mix games and social networking while listening to songs on the Internet now have a site called Loudcrowd, created in part by developers behind "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero."
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Ubisoft music videogame uses real guitars
French videogame titan Ubisoft on Tuesday revealed plans to release a "Rocksmith" videogame that uses real electric guitars as controllers.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Iconic 'Guitar Hero' video game gets the ax
(AP) -- These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Party over for 'Guitar Hero,' but not music games
(AP) -- "Guitar Hero" made ordinary people feel like rock stars, and its plastic guitars have redefined how people consume music and entertain themselves at house parties for the past half-decade. Yet its ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Nirvana members dismayed by 'Guitar Hero 5'
(AP) -- Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana.
Sep 11, 2009 |
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On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
(AP) -- A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
(AP) -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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February video game sales drop 15 percent
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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US video game sales slide in August for 6th month
(AP) -- Video games sales declined in August for the sixth straight month, following what analysts called a disappointing showing from the latest "Madden" game.
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Power Gig puts real guitar into music videogame
Seven45 Studios thinks it is time to put real guitars in the hands of people living out rock star fantasies with music videogames.
Jun 18, 2010 |
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