MTV Games hints at next big thing; announcement coming soon

by Scott Jon Siegel { Nov 26th 2007 at 6:30PM }

With Rock Band out in stores (well, kinda), publisher MTV Games is already looking for their next hit. Early bets were on similar music-themed titles (they are MTV, after all). A recent Reuters article, however, seems to indicate otherwise, as MTV Networks Music Group EVP Jeff Yapp hints at even greater things to come.

At the end of the article, Yapp teases that MTV Games is planning a "big announcement, which is coming up fairly quickly." He refers to the announcement as "a move into a whole other realm," which could either mean that MTV Games is planning to move away from the rhythm gaming genre, or perhaps even that MTV Games is moving away from games altogether.

So how soon is "fairly quickly"? And will MTV Games' newest venture include developer Harmonix? Let the speculations run rampant. We're just curious to see how MTV plans to further utilize their unique resources in the game industry.

Tags: harmonix, mtv, mtv-games, mtvgames, rock-band, rockband

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sheppy2.0 @ Nov 26th 2007 6:33PM

Real World... MMO.

Seriously though. MTV making NOT music games isn't new. Anyone remember the HORRIBLE CD-ROM game Club Dead?

finnith @ Nov 26th 2007 7:40PM

I think it will be Rock Band-esque MMO with people creating music on their computer and selling/playing it on the online for other people to play and download to their mp3 players.

Of course it would be a bit limited on the software side and maybe the instruments as well, but a cool idea I think.

Leo @ Nov 26th 2007 9:56PM

Yeah, that does sound pretty cool. So it'd be The Movies online with music instead?

samfish @ Nov 26th 2007 11:18PM

Aww Sheppy you penis wrinkle. I was so gonna say Real World MMO.

. . .

Road Rules MMO

sheppy2.0 @ Nov 26th 2007 11:24PM

I got one better...

My Sweet 16 Cannibal Island.

dustandechoes91 @ Nov 26th 2007 6:36PM

My guess is that it has something to do with cameras and mics, like you play a real instrument, or dance or something.

MOSH MOSH REVOLUTION

tony @ Nov 26th 2007 6:38PM

i got very, very confused there. thought rock band was being ported to mac ('cos of the leopard background) or something. that would be random.

mark @ Nov 26th 2007 7:30PM

haha i was thinking the same thing but i didnt know why until you said the background

jmtb02 @ Nov 26th 2007 6:45PM

Just hope it doesn't concerning 16 year-olds crying over the sports car their dads bought them. Those shows drive me insane.

gonk @ Nov 26th 2007 6:57PM

i want to murder everyone involved with those shows

no joke

ukickmydog @ Nov 26th 2007 8:06PM

fo real, i hate that shit. those shows bellow inferiority complex. Even worse, I went to a prep high school and know too many of those kinda tards

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 26th 2007 10:16PM

Agreed. I would so love to key all of those spoiled bitches cars so much.

Dio @ Nov 26th 2007 6:53PM

(Stemming from Typing of the Dead): Guitar Hero of the Dead? Rock Band of the Dead?

Or how about: Orchestra Band, with over 67 instruments! Sequel: Trans-Siberian Orchestra... Band.

Seroth @ Nov 26th 2007 7:07PM

Holy crap. That "Guitar Hero of the Dead" idea is BRILLIANT. I would buy that in an instant.

Fernando Rocker @ Nov 26th 2007 7:11PM

How about the electroshock Guitar Hero? everytime you miss a note, it gives you a shock in the hand.

That will force you to achieve 100% even in the solo of Metallica - One. On expert.

Shockgamer @ Nov 26th 2007 7:29PM

To hell with Raining Blood and One!

(Unless I manage to overcome them on expert, at that point they will be A-okay.)

Fernando Rocker @ Nov 26th 2007 6:53PM

MTV suck so badly... the music, the commercials whitout any sense, the awards, the shows... everything is so fucked up.

jackbauer @ Nov 26th 2007 7:02PM

the problem with mtv is that it tries to fit a certain demographic
the demographic that consists of kids without a taste of music, with no sense, reality show whores , and of course all of them are all fucked up in the head.

TrenchyC @ Nov 26th 2007 6:55PM

Coming to a 360 near you, MTV presents: Spygate. You control a crappy video camera and go through a game where you have to take pics of things or videos. Experience this through many levels from the football field, to the classroom, to the cheerleader showers.

Jack @ Nov 26th 2007 7:08PM

Hip-Hop Hero etc.

Volcomite @ Nov 26th 2007 7:12PM

Oh God, Hip Hop Hero. I'm half surprised it hasn't completely happened already. I think there's a game called Rock Da Mic out there which is essentially the same thing

Jack @ Nov 26th 2007 7:15PM

That would be Get On Da Mic.

If memory serves correct, its aggregate score wasn't that great. Or "phat," as the genre would say.

Matt B @ Nov 26th 2007 7:21PM

Includes game, turntable, gold mouth grill, and a glock.

Fox318 @ Nov 26th 2007 7:08PM

Cowbell Hero anyone?

jackbauer @ Nov 26th 2007 7:20PM

everything should have more cowbell

samfish @ Nov 27th 2007 12:05AM

Cowbell Bebop?

NukeAssault @ Nov 26th 2007 7:27PM

Dijiridu Hero plzkthx.

mrlogical @ Nov 26th 2007 7:29PM

Joe's Apartment: The Game

organic_shadow @ Nov 26th 2007 7:33PM

A new game(s) that use the Rock Band peripherals.

Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 26th 2007 7:34PM

Andy Milonakis: Escape from Butcher Bay

Tiger of PTS @ Nov 26th 2007 7:48PM

Rock Band Arcade?

EternityInBlack @ Nov 26th 2007 7:55PM

With all this talk about Rock Band being a platform, it wouldn't surprise me that MTV would be foolish enough to make their own game console.

Undead Priest @ Nov 26th 2007 8:01PM

Rock Band Wii.

jman @ Nov 26th 2007 8:11PM

yea when one of the guys from harmonix came to our school he said they were making a whole new game and project coming next year

Whoot108 @ Nov 26th 2007 8:15PM

Rock Band + DDR

200 dollars for the whole set.

You wait.

ScottyGEE32 @ Nov 26th 2007 8:57PM

30 piece orchestra hero!

Ian @ Nov 26th 2007 9:57PM

Oh come on...

Marching Band! :)

Pixelantes Anonymous @ Nov 26th 2007 10:32PM

They're going to unveil a reality TV series about a group of gamers fighting for fame and glory in the exciting world of the pro-gaming circuit.

I can't WAIT! It's gonna be so rad kewl and utterly |337 everyone will HAVE to watch it exclusively as XBLM downloads starting 1/3/2008.

Then on 2010 there's gonna be Real World vs. K3wl Gamers reality TV series. It's gonna so f***ing rock.

2012 it's gonna be K3wl Gamers All-Stars reality TV series with the very best of the best of the previous 4 seasons of K3wl Gamers battling it out for supremacy.

All TV series hosted by Some Annoying Young Chick Who Thinks She's So F***ing Hot.

Mark my words.

Mark @ Nov 26th 2007 10:58PM

can u spell MYSPACE MMO......... (PS HOME)

SmokestormX @ Nov 26th 2007 11:04PM

I KNOW WHAT IT IS!!

"Next big thing" , "A Move into another realm"..
Surely it means their actually gonna release it in the UK at last.. , no? damn , how long we gotta wait. seriously. it's going to a be a cold rockless christmas.

AK @ Nov 26th 2007 11:26PM

by "a move into another realm" im sure MTV means it's new game "mtv music generator 3"

Richard @ Nov 27th 2007 12:37AM

"Early bets were on similar music-themed titles (they are MTV, after all)."

This sentence is lost on me.

jorojoserojas @ Nov 27th 2007 9:33AM

Music, on MTV?

Surely you jest!

Kizzle @ Nov 27th 2007 4:26AM

Clearly they are making a new MTV game console. Look out, Phantom!

Barry @ Nov 27th 2007 5:55AM

Well if it is MTV then the last thing it would include is MUSIC!!!

snupher @ Nov 27th 2007 11:03AM

I am confused, why is it something do with music? I mean they are MTV after all and haven't been about music for 10 years. Except for those of us that are up in between the hours of 5 and 8 in the morning, when does anyone see music on MTV??

My point exactly.