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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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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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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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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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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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New video games expand vast 'Pokemon' empire
(AP) -- "Pokemon" has been around almost as long as Justin Bieber has been alive. Among a certain demographic, the fierce little "pocket monsters" generate the type of obsessive fandom reserved for the biggest ...
Mar 06, 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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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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Guitar tab companies trying to strike chord online
(AP) -- Fans of band-simulation games such as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" have few excuses not to seek out legitimate sheet music these days if they hope to graduate to playing real guitars.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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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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Learn to play by playing Songs2See
Recorder, guitar, piano or violin - many children and young people learn to play these popular instruments. It requires a lot of practice to read note after note from the sheet music and then strike the right ...
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Activision 2Q net income climbs, revenue falls
(AP) -- Activision Blizzard Inc. posted a higher net income for the second quarter Thursday as development expenses and other costs declined, but fewer game launches pushed revenue lower, shy of Wall Street's expectations.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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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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Sleep may help you become a 'Guitar Hero'
Your performance of a complex motor-learning task such as "Guitar Hero" may improve after sleep, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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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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