MTV Games
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MTV Games was a publishing division of MTV Networks, owned by Viacom. Known for its music television network, the division was established to publish games where the gameplay revolves around playing music. To that goal the company acquired the development studio Harmonix Music Systems in September 2006.
Under the MTV umbrella Harmonix established the Rock Band series, competing directly with Activision's Guitar Hero franchise Harmonix previously established. Rock Band expanded the guitar-playing game to a band experience, incorporating a microphone and drums as additional peripherals. Every release was also supported by a large range of DLC song packs.
The music games business took a sharp dive in sales in 2010 and in November 2010 Viacom announced to sell Harmonix. The studio largely regained its independent status in December. MTV Games' last release was Dance Central for Microsoft's Kinect peripheral in November 2010. Having sold its main development studio, the US MTV Games division along with the European division MTV Games International (established in May 2010) were confirmed to have been closed in February 2011.
Credited on 16 Games from 2007 to 2011
| Rock Band Country Track Pack 2 (2011 on Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) |
| Dance Central (2010 on Xbox 360) |
| Rock Band 3 (2010 on Nintendo DS) |
| Rock Band 3 (2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) |
| Green Day: Rock Band (2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) |
| LEGO Rock Band (2009 on Nintendo DS) |
| Rock Band: Metal Track Pack (2009 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| The Beatles: Rock Band (2009 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) |
| Rock Band: Country Track Pack (2009 on Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Rock Band Unplugged (2009 on PSP) |
| Rock Band Track Pack Classic Rock (2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2...) |
| AC/DC Fan Pack (2008 on Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3...) |
| AC/DC Live: Rock Band - Track Pack (2008 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Rock Band 2 (2008 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Rock Band (2007 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Rock Band (Special Edition) (2007 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 17 games with Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
- 12 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 7 games with Pi Studios, LLC.
- 3 games with Electronic Arts Australia
- 2 games with Curious Pictures
- 2 games with Backbone Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Liquid Development, LLC
- 2 games with Backbone Emeryville
- 1 game with Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc.
- 1 game with TT Games Studios Ltd.
- 7 games with Ryan Lesser
- 7 games with Kasson Crooker
- 7 games with James Wiley Fleming
- 7 games with Daniel Krikorian
- 7 games with Eric Brosius
- 7 games with Greg LoPiccolo
- 7 games with Steven Bailey
- 7 games with Josh Randall
- 7 games with Dan Schmidt
- 7 games with Jeff Somers
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