MTV buys Harmonix (makers of GH)

By Michelle on September 27, 2006 12:22 PM | | Comments (5)

Well, I guess MTV is jumping on the video game bandwagon and has bought Harmonix. Expect to see MTVs logo slapped all over Guitar Heroes near you. They plan to put new songs for GH on their websites and virtual worlds (MTV has virtual worlds? Who knew?) so fans can play along with or even remix their favorite songs.

It's not such a shabby move for MTV. It also probably means that everyone and their mom will have Guitar Hero now. (Which means we won't be special anymore!) Harmonix also makes some karaoke game that MTV will be utilizing as well. It's kind of crappy that MTV can just be like, oh someone made something cool, let's buy it and litter it with our oh-so-stale name. But such is life, I guess. At least it means new songs. Even if they are by Evanescence and Beyonce.

This NY Times article will tell you all about it

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5 Comments

Stephen said:

Well, consider this the death knell. I hope that GH2 is too far along in development for MTV to insert itself too deeply in this title. You can rest assured, however, that all future GH titles will not have the quirky fun and excellent song selection we have come to expect from GH2. As Michelle said, we'll be drowning in two-hit wonders like Good Charlotte and Beyonce before you know it.

September 27, 2006 1:37 PM
Dan said:

Stephen -

GH2 has already gone gold, so luckily for you it is too late for us to screw it up now that we suddenly suck.

I admire your confidence in your ability to predict the quality of our future games, but I hope you will forgive us for trying to prove you wrong.

Sincerely,
Dan @ Harmonix

September 28, 2006 9:49 AM
Sam said:

Dear Dan @ Harmonix,

Don't take our bitching too personally, we just love guitar hero. PS: If you read thatsplenty, why didn't I win the "Be a Guitar Hero" contest? You know our song was the shit.

Sincerely,
Sam @ That's Plenty

September 30, 2006 2:15 PM
Alveredus said:

On Shank's mare... Alveredus

November 30, 2006 2:27 AM

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