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November
10 "Rock Band" is the new pipe dream

Rock_band_coverIf anyone needed further proof that video games have replaced indie films as the 21st century's promised land, Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy -- the guys who did "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" -- earned a $150 million bonus this year based on the 2008 sales performance of "Rock Band," according to Viacom's financial statements. That's in addition to the $175 millon Rigopulos and Egozy earned in selling their company to MTV in 2006. [Silicon Alley Insider]

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Posted: Mon, November 10, 2008, 1:11 PM

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