Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Games, MTV, New York Times, Nintendo, Rock Band, Video game, Wall Street Journal, Wii
“Rock Band,” the music-oriented video game owned by Viacom‘s MTV Networks, reportedly has won the rights to include Beatles songs in its play-along lineup for would-be musicians, according to people close to the deal. The lads from Liverpool join acts such as Aerosmith, Metallica and AC/DC in licensing their songs to “Rock Band.” The Wall Street Journal (10/30) , The New York Times (10/29)
Buoyed by strong sales of its DS and Wii game platforms, Nintendo reported that operating profit during the most recent quarter was 36% higher than the comparable period a year earlier. But with the international economic slowdown still threatening earnings, the Japanese firm pared back its full-year profit forecast about 3%. During the past six months, Nintendo reported Wii console and DS sales in the Americas of 4.6 million and 5.2 million, respectively. Reuters (10/30) , PCWorld/IDG News Service (10/30)
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