Harmonix is bringing back Amplitude via Kickstarter

John Drake really went all out for this Kickstarter. Barkerville, pies, diet coke, etc.

I'm glad Harmonix gets a chance to make another Amplitude game, and I look forward to seeing how it turns out.

Lang Zone at 45:45

http://www.twitch.tv/harmonixmusic/b/531230093

@kishinfoulux: I do not know how to respond to your argument. You seem like you are making vague guesses about their financial situation and presenting them as fact. Call of Duty is one of the most popular AND profitable video games series around. That's a lot different then kickstarting a title that likely won't sell millions and millions of copies this Christmas.

Personally, I don't think that a video game should exist or not based solely on it's potential to make a publisher millions of dollars. This is why I'm happy things like kickstarter exist.

As far as I'm concerned, if Activision wants to Kickstart COD, go for it. When visible entities do Kickstarters, Zach Braff or Harmonix or Tim Schaffer for example, it brings people to kickstarter who may not have ever even heard of the site, and maybe some of them put some money into smaller projects. I'm still not seeing how this has been a bad thing.

Did not think this would get funded

Even though I'm in the camp that think it was gross for Harmonix to use Kickstarter, I'm at least happy for their backers that the game will get made. Maybe now we can stop hearing about it.

Giant Bomb should do a promotion with Harmonix where the front page twitter section is now the official "What's jammin?" Harmonix Corner, presented by the all new Amplitude.

It\s probably preferable for a known entity like Harmonix to be using kickstarter. You know they can deliver on the game they are promising. There are an alarming number of Kickstarters that just take the money and run or they have no clue how to budget that much dosh and the product never gets made. And it's not like they have money to throw around considering their next game is for a nonexistent device.

I'm really happy that they made it! Thought for sure it wouldn't happen. Guess that singing "Barkerville" live on the internet makes miracles happen.

I don't understand why people have a problem with Harmonix using Kickstarter. How is it any different from the Double Fine Kickstarter?

I don't think it's any different. I figure it's because Harmonix doesn't have the indie darling image that Double Fine enjoyed when they started their Broken Age Kickstarter. Plus, at least Double Fine is independent. On the other hand, the Rock Band franchise alone has over $1 billion in sales. Whether Harmonix is swimming in cash or not, I think the general impression is that they just don't need the money.

Looks to be hitting 800k within an hour or two, crazy how much it has gotten in what 4 days? I love that graph that breaks down how much was money was backed each day, real fucking interesting to see that.

@bigjeffrey: Uh, yeah, I kinda remember checking this like yesterday and they weren't even close to being funded. Or maybe it was a few days ago, I dunno anymore. Regardless, pretty crazy/awesome.

Nice! It actually came through! Even better, I just bought a PS3 yesterday, so I can actually play the thing when it's out! :D

@mb: Harmonix is an independent studio. It's been years since Viacom owned them.

The music previews they posted have me really excited; they sound perfectly Frequency/Amplitude-ish. I'm glad that they're doing their music largely in-house again (if mostly out of necessity) because music games that are 90%+ licensed music have never been as interesting to me as ones with original tracks.

@cloudymusic: I always liked the DDR route of licensed music but you've never heard of it.

Well, they really blasted past their goal at the last moment. Good for them.

was weird that on my bank statement it showed up as a $5 charge. maybe it'll get corrected (went in for the last $15 tier)

It makes me wonder how big this could have been if they did the PAX East announcement and had the 30 day cycle.

Huge congrats to Harmonix and the thousands of us that threw money at this thing hoping for the best.