Epic buys Rock Band creator Harmonix to make 'musical journeys' for Fortnite

(Pocket-lint) - Fortnite shaper Epic Games has announced it is acquiring the workplace down Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Fuser.

Epic said it's buying Harmonix to make philharmonic journeys and gameplay for Fortnite. Keep successful caput Epic has held virtual concerts wrong of Fortnite successful caller years, including for acts specified arsenic Travis Scott and Ariana Grande. "Together with the Harmonix team, we volition alteration however players acquisition music, going from passive listeners to progressive participants", said Epic in a statement.

Meanwhile, successful a blog post published connected Tuesday, Harmonix promised it would proceed to enactment its existing games, including Rock Band and Fuser. That means Rock Band players should get entree to caller DLC. Fuser players tin expect Harmonix to proceed hosting events.

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Turn your speakers UP! @Harmonix, the makers of interactive euphony experiences including @RockBand, are joining the Epic Games family! Together we volition research caller ways for radical to bask euphony crossed the integer world. https://t.co/YLFBtYFKKn

— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) November 23, 2021

Harmonix said it plans to assistance Epic make a metaverse, too.

"Now, we’ll beryllium moving with Epic to erstwhile again situation expectations arsenic we bring our unsocial marque of philharmonic gaming experiences to the metaverse, and we couldn’t beryllium much excited", Harmonix explained.

Epic's acquisition of Harmonix follows respective different large buys successful caller years, including Rocket League workplace Psyonix and Mediatonic.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 23 November 2021.