Some people believe the recent softness in the music category is a reason for concern. Analyst Todd Greenwald doesn't think Guitar Hero is close to peaking though.

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The costs associated with the merger and the lack of any new releases brought earnings down, but sales were way up and the synergies expected from the business combination are even greater than initially expected.

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TEST Filed under: Mac, Rhythm

Last year Aspyr Media released a PC and Mac port of Activision's music-rhythm game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock only a few weeks after the console versions from Neversoft and Activision shipped to stores. Today...

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Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

If you thought that 2008's triple-billing of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: On Tour and the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour was, well, a...

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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports, Rhythm

The whole point of Guitar Hero Aerosmith is to give you a taste of what it would be like to be part of the seminal classic rock band. So, what would a taste of a taste of Aerosmith be (besides...

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

Well, this should make the patented Joystiq Instrument Compatibility Matrix a bit easier to memorize. Straight from our special Leipzig correspondent...

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Filed under: Business

Rhythm games have certainly been keeping the tempo up for financial growth in the industry. GameDaily notes UBS analyst Ben Schachter's report, showing "music-themed games" have made up 15% of software sales year-to-date and...

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Filed under: Business

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick finds comments made by Warner Music -- saying it should be paid more for the use of its music in games like Guitar Hero -- a little "one-sided." The Financial Times reports that the...

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Everybody was kung fu fighting! Thanks to Kung Fu Panda, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero: On Tour, Activision Blizzard posted combined revenues of $1 billion for the June quarter.

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It'd be difficult to imagine only three years ago, but games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have changed the music industry. Now, more and more bands are looking to make their songs available in one or more games.

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