Alex Rigopulos, CEO & co-founder of Harmonix, was interviewed about the developer's creations and asked about the possibility of an Amplitude sequel.
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"Guitar Hero Arcade" is not the first time arcade developer Raw Thrills had been asked to work on a Harmonix property.

When Harmonix was showing the first demos of "Guitar Hero," Raw Thrills VP Andrew Eloff was approached by Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos.

Rigopulos wanted Eloff to look at the studio's earlier music games for arcade consideration.
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Contradicting reports that are currently circulating around the web, Sony Computer Entertainment America tells Shacknews it has made no announcements regarding the shutdown of online functionality for multiple PlayStation 2 and PSP titles.

"SCEA has made no announcements about shutting down the servers, so I'm not sure where this website [dbTechno] got that info," an SCEA representative told Shacknews today. "Based on some of the game names it sounds like it is from another territory."
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In 2008, the team at MTV Games are proud to present to you the MTV Rhythm Game Track Finder, your beacon in the confusing swirl of rhythm games.

The regularly updated database will allow you to search any artist and any song to find out which rhythm games it is in and to compare song lists for any major music-based video game.

The database currently indexes song lists for more than two dozen rhythm games, including a range of SingStars, Guitar Heroes, Dance Dance Revolutions, Rock Band, and lesser-known favorites such as FreQuency, Elite Beat Agents and the Donkey Konga series.
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It seems that industry giant EA has entered an agreement with MTV and Harmonix to publish their next game. Harmonix, developer of rhythm based games is best known for their Guitar Hero series. Though the rights for that IP have been sold to Activision the developers have big plans for their next title.
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Ubisoft have released a new video development diary for AND 1 Streetball. AND 1 Streetball is now available for the Xbox and Playstation 2 consoles.
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Today Ubisoft announced the availability of AND 1 Streetball in retail stores for a suggested price of $39.99.
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An overwhelming majority of gamers are male, so it makes perfect sense for every marketing team in the world to target their software at young guys. And what do all men ages 18 to one zillion love? Girls, gore and big loud machines. If they could make a game about a firefighting bikini squad that hunts down zombies in a decked-out sex/fire truck, world peace would be declared. But until that day, we have to settle with regular old T & A. Developers are well aware of this, so occasionally ...
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
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411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Star Ocean: Second Evolution, Commander in Chief, Big Bang Mini, The Excitement of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Ultimate Shooting Collection.

Ar tonelico II
"Overall, the better-than-average story, unique battle system, and all the little things that you can do in the game help to make this a worthy purchase for those of you who like JRPGs and do not mind buying PS2 games this late in the system's life."

Star Ocean: Second Evolution
"As far as changes go, you can expect new playable characters, updated artwork, cut scenes, and voice work, as well as new dialog."

Commander in Chief
"While I am apprehensive about juggling so many issues at once, I was sold on the idea that I can 'determine the course of world events by invading a neutral country, toppling an unfriendly regime, or plotting assassinations' and then face the 'economic, political, and military consequences.'"

Big Bang Mini
"Obviously, maneuvering around enemy fire, debris, or anything else that's moving about is done with the stylus. To keep the controls completely on the touch screen, the game requires you to flick the stylus toward the top screen to launch attacks. Making it through the game requires you to figure out when to attack and when to move your ship to safety."

Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou
"The main game plays simply enough - all you have to do is watch the bar at the bottom of the screen and wave the Wii remote as instructed."

Ultimate Shooting Collection
"Despite its shovelware-looking cover and shovelware-sounding name, the three games that are included might actually be worth more than the shovelware-price, at least if you are a shmup fan."
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