So much for Tapulous‘ monopoly on the “rhythm music” game genre on the iPhone. Now the competition is heating up as Rock Band — the hugely popular music game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 — is now available on Apple’s AppStore.
Electronic Arts, MTV Games and Harmonix said the launch of Rock Band for the iPhone was on its way on Oct. 8. The aim is to take back some ground that an unknown startup, Tapulous, took when it debuted its Tap Tap Revenge series of games on the iPhone. Tapulous’ games are installed on more than a third of all iPhones. And Tapulous has distributed more than 10 million copies of the game.
The competition is likely to get hotter. Activision Blizzard still hasn’t launched its genre-dominating hit, Guitar Hero, on the iPhone. But Tapulous released its own Tap Tap Revenge 3 game a couple of weeks ago and it has been topping the charts. Both Tap Tap Revenge 3 and Rock Band for the iPhone are likely to target similar audiences.
http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/10/18/music-battle-begins-as-rock-band-debuts-on-the-iphone/
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