Harmonix, the developer behind the likes of Rock Band and last year’s music mixing title Fuser, has been acquired by Epic Games to “create musical journeys and gameplay for Fortnite.”
Harmonix was founded in 1995 and began carving a rhythm-action niche for itself with the 2001 release of celebrated PS2-exclusive Frequency and its much-loved sequel Amplitude. 2005 saw the studio release Guitar Hero, arguably its most impactful game to date, which would go on to spawn a steady succession of sequels – although the developer would soon leave the series behind to expand on Guitar Hero’s plastic instrument premise with 2007’s Rock Band.
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