MTV Games

MTV Games was a publishing division of MTV Networks, owned by Viacom. Known for its music television network, the division was established to publish games where the gameplay revolves around playing music. To that goal the company acquired the development studio Harmonix Music Systems in September 2006. Under the MTV umbrella Harmonix established the Rock Band series, competing directly with Activision's Guitar Hero franchise Harmonix previously established. Rock Band expanded the guitar-playing game to a band experience, incorporating a microphone and drums as additional peripherals. Every release... Read more