I see you dancing round the room with the Kinect I love, and I’m like Eff You – and Eff It Too. Forget You, the radio version of Cee Lo Green’s ode to lost love, comes to Dance Central 2 January 31, 2012.

Harmonix, the feel good developer of all sorts of music games, is hard at work on its next project. We’re sure plenty of people had fun with the Dance Central 2 Dance Cam and VidRhythm mobile apps, but it’s time for the developer to head back to consoles. According to the resume of Harmonix designer more »

A few months ago, Harmonix released VidRhythm for iOS. This app required a camera and it allowed you to create your own whacky music video. This month, Harmonix released a new app called Dance Central 2 Dance Cam for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Dance Central 2 Dance Cam serves a similar purpose by convincing you more »

Rock Band 3 is getting re-launched this holiday season. No it isn’t coming with additional features or songs. This re-launch is the result of a new agreement that has been reached between Harmonix and Mad Catz. Rock Band 3 will be bundled with Mad Catz peripherals at retail.

Dance Central ended up being one of the most popular Kinect games last year. You didn’t honestly think Harmonix would let that be the end of it, did you? Good, then the E3 2011 announcement of Dance Central 2 shouldn’t shock you. It’s back again and will be at Harmonix’s booth for anyone attending E3 that wants to dance it out a bit. It’s once again an Xbox 360 Kinect exclusive and will be out in Fall 2011, in time for holiday shopping and workouts.

As you can expect, Dance Central 2 will contain even more content than the original Dance Central…

Since Guitar Hero has gone by the wayside, several developers from Vicarious Visions have been let go. It’s suspected that it’s only a matter of time before FreeStyleGames suffers a similar fate. The former employees of Activision have been receiving condolences and well wishes all day. Among the well wishers is the team at Harmonix, who provided Guitar Hero with its greatest competition.

Harmonix may have reverted back to an independent studio, but it isn’t immune to the unfortunate realities of running a business. Harmonix has been forced to layoff between 12-15% of its full-time staff as it undergoes a restructuring process. According to Joystiq, Harmonix employed around 240 people. This means at least 28 people have been let go. Harmonix did not disclose exactly how many employees were affected by this.

MTV Games, best known as the publisher of the Rock Band franchise is no more. MCV reports the company closed its doors to its international office yesterday (February 2, 2011). According to the report, there are only a few employees remaining (mostly on the financial side) in New York. The closure of MTV Games is a testament to how far sales of music rhythm games have declined over the past few years.

Thought Harmonix was a studio with a multi-million dollar asking price? Think again. When Harmonix was sold by Viacom to Columbus Nova, it was purchased for the mind-boggling sum of $49.99. That’s not a typo. The whole of Harmonix was worth less than a brand new game. Now before you begin thinking you could have bought a videogame development studio with the money in your Christmas sock, you should know there was a catch to Harmonix’s super low price.

Yesterday (December 23, 2010) came news that Rock Band developer Harmonix had been sold to Columbus Nova by Viacom for an unknown amount. The sale of Harmonix will not affect any DLC for some of its popular titles such as Rock Band or Dance Central. Thanks to sources speaking to Joystiq, we know Harmonix won’t have any trouble making sequels to those games if it chooses.