Epic Games takes over Harmonix and plans new “immersive music experiences”

The ad came earlier today. Epic Games has formalized the acquisition of Team Harmonix. The studio is best known for its music franchises like Rock band and Dance center. Behind this acquisition, Epic has a very different interest than pursuing existing franchises.

In fact, the goal is much bigger. As stated the press release in the publisher’s blog

, it is from the perspective of the metaverse that Harmonix is ​​supposed to register. With their expertise in musical experiences, Epic Games aims to provide content for Fourteen days as well as the further support of existing titles. Alex Rigopulos, Co-Founder and current President of Harmonix, spoke about the acquisition.

Harmonix has always pursued the goal of creating the world’s most popular interactive music experiences and by joining Epic we will be able to do so on a large scale. Together we will push the creative limits of what is possible and find new ways for our players to make, play and share music.

It’s true that Tim Sweeney’s teams aren’t on the first try. Several concerts have already taken place Fourteen days with unprecedented success. Definitely that fans of FIXER Where Rock band be reassured. No changes are planned to the content schedule for the Cambridge studio licenses. It will be interesting to see how the developers manage to turn passive viewers into active musical participants.

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