With just days left in the year, a few of the chuckleheads on the Publishing team decided to put as little work as possible into the podcast by doing a Game Of The Year wrap up. Everybody else is doing it, so why shouldn't we? Tune in to find out if Aaron finally set up his Xbox One (spoilers: he didn't), if Nick gave him guff for it (spoilers: he did), and if Pope's new baby helps him beat Dark Souls 2 (spoilers: he might!). Thanks to everyone that listened to the show in 2014. We'll do better next year, we promise!

The Harmonix publishing team recently hit the road for a multi-city tour showing Amplitude off to press and giving the public hands-on with our latest build! This episode features tales from the road, lousy times with airlines, our experience at the PlayStation Experience in Vegas (spoiler: it was a whole lot of fun), and tons of bragging about our amazing fans. We also try to do our best Skeletor impressions. We’re really tired. Listen now!

To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the release of Rock Band, we sat down with Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos and Rock Band’s Audio Director Eric Brosius to revisit their favorite launch memories. Part nostalgia trip, part master class in trivia (seriously, even the regular podcast crew learned a few Harmonix secrets during recording), this episode celebrates the excitement and uncertainty of the earliest days of the Rock Band franchise.

In this very special episode of the Harmonix podcast, Amplitude Product Lead Annette Gonzalez is joined by the Amplidudes Ryan Lesser (Creative Lead), Pete Maguire (Audio Lead), and Jeff Allen (Sound Designer) to share some exciting news. Amplitude will be playable at the PlayStation Experience in December! Find out more about the demo we’re working on, get a sneak peek (listen?) at some of the music from the game, learn about Amplitude’s narrative, and more! Listen nowwww.

After a busy few weeks following the release of A City Sleeps and Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, the team relaxes by sharing our favorite Halloween stories. This ends up being more sad than scary, as Annette only ever had one costume, Christine was forced to trick-or-treat on an apartment complex, Aaron cries about how sad the Garfield Halloween special was, and Pope turns into a ghost. So tune in for some spooooOoOOoOooOOky (i.e. sad) stories!

Jeepers creepers, we’ve been doing this darn show for 5 years! Join us for a trip down memory lane as we reminisce about our earliest episodes, lessons learned, and loves lost. For maximum nostalgia we’re joined by an extra special guest, Harmonix alum Sean Baptiste! Give a listen for info on past, present, and future Harmonix games in this audio birthday bash.

In this episode of the Harmonix podcast, we talk to Composer/Sound Designer Steve Pardo for his first appearance on the podcast! We chat about his work on Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, his work on our other games, and his musical talents outside of Harmonix. Get a sneak peek at the process behind creating remixes for Fantasia.

Exhausted and a little loopy, we’ve finally settled back in the office after a hectic summer of travel. In this episode we recap our adventures at PAX, a whirlwind tour across Asia (demoing in 3 countries in 5 days), and a local show at the Boston FIG in our own backyard. We showed Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, Dance Central: Spotlight, Amplitude, and A City Sleeps at these shows, so this one has something for everyone! Also, we make plans to kill Nick. Don’t tell him.

This week on the show we’ve got the development team from our exciting new PC/Mac shoot ‘em up game, A City Sleeps! Arthur, Perly, and Ryan spin yarns like you wouldn’t believe, going deep on some game development science, soundtrack composition magic, and hardcore shmups history. These guys really know their stuff, so enjoy, as this might be our most information-packed episode yet. Don’t worry, we’ll get back to goofs in a future episode!

Nonsensecast this week as the skeleton crew not out on the road promoting our games gets together to discuss their best and worst vacation stories. Caution: lots of talk of barfing in moving vehicles.