As the world's premiere music video game company, Harmonix is constantly generating innovative ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music, including the video game phenomenon Rock Band - the groundbreaking music platform that has forever changed the face of music video games. The technology used by this successful video game development company gives everyone, regardless of talent or capabilities, the opportunity to channel their inner rock star.

 

Next up: On June 30, Harmonix and MTV Games announced the release of Rock Band 2 in September The game will feature unprecedented online gaming features, new hardware and over 100 songs.

Harmonix is renowned for its acclaimed line of music video games and has won countless awards for its titles. Rock Band has garnered more than 40 awards, including Game Critics Awards: Best of Show E3 2007 and three awards at The 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Family Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack). The company began its award-winning streak with the introduction of Frequency in 2001 and Amplitude in 2003, which was named Best Console Games of 2003 by Rolling Stone. Harmonix’s original Guitar Hero, debuting in 2005, was an Interactive Achievement Awards winner in five categories, a Game Developers Choice Awards winner in two categories and a nominee for Game of the Year in both. Its sequel, Guitar Hero II, released in 2006, is one of the most critically acclaimed games in the history of PlayStation 2.