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Wii Warm Up: Rhythm-based downloads

The news that Helix would be gracing WiiWare got us to thinking about other rhythm-based titles on the download service. It seems like all the competition gets the love when it comes to the genre. Steam has Audiosurf. Xbox Live has Rez. Even iTunes has Phase. Guess we'll see if Helix becomes the Wii...

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GDC08: Phase session not procedurally generated [update]

[Update: Somehow I missed it, according to IGN, Foster did say that Harmonix was looking into procedurally-generated note charts for Rock Band. Amazing!] Harmonix's Chris Foster decided instead to go ahead and manually write his postmortem on the design of the iPod rhythm game Phase. Throughout ...

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GDC08: Phase was originally a PSP game

You know how much we enjoy beats, the downloadable music game. But, iPod has something similar from Harmonix: Phase. That title was originally created for PSP as well. It was meant to be an "urban journey" and only used the shoulder buttons for control. We'd love to see a PSP version come to fruit...

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Apple offers Rock Band iTunes setlist ... for $75

Apple is hoping you can't get enough of Rock Band, promoting on its website a playlist featuring 74 songs of the game for a whopping $73.26. At $0.99 per song, that's a savings of exactly 0% -- in other words, resist the temptation to buy the whole package (iTunes link) and feed your Phase addictio...

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Best of the Rest: Zack's Picks of 2007

Phase (iPod) A must-have game on the iPod? Yep. I'm as surprised as anyone. Apple's music player puttered through Tetris remakes, solitaire, and other obvious clones until Phase established some gaming muscle. (And sure, Musika gets some credit for being unique, but it's more visualizer than game....

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Today's iPod-rocking video: Phase trailer

MTV Games continues to publish new music titles in its $500 million spree, with the latest Harmonix development, Phase. The original Phase news reminded some of us too much of (non) game, Musika to buy. But this video clearly shows simple pattern-matching gameplay that may rock pockets better than t...

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Harmonix releases iPod game 'Phase'

The more eagle-eyed among you may have spotted a new title on the roster of iPod games available through iTunes called Phase. If you're a rhythm gamer on the go it may be worth a purchase, especially considering that the game was created by Harmonix, the studio behind Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In...

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