Epic Games has purchased Harmonix Music Systems, the Boston-based game development studio behind music games like Rock Band, Dance Central, and Fuser.
Why? It has something to do with the metaverse apparently. Epic Games wrote in its announcement that "as we work to build the metaverse, [Harmonix's] expertise is needed to reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed."
Reading between the lines, it might mean that Harmonix is getting wrapped up in the virtual concerts that Epic has
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