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3Harmonix, or Harmonix Music Systems in full, is a video game developer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the name might imply, they work primarily on the RhythmGame genre. The main reason behind this is because many, if not most of their developers, are passionate about music, and even have side projects related to their bands, such as Freezepop, Music/ThatHandsomeDevil, and Bang Camaro. This is why many games feature their music.
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5The company was founded in 1995, but it wasn't until 2001 that their first game, ''VideoGame/{{Frequency|Harmonix}}'', was released. They are perhaps most well known for starting the ''VideoGame/GuitarHero,'' ''VideoGame/RockBand,'' and ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'' franchises.
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7In 2006, the company was acquired by [[Creator/ViacomCBS Viacom]] through Creator/{{MTV}}'s short-lived gaming division. After declining sales due to over-saturation of both the ''Rock Band'' and ''Guitar Hero'' franchises and the impact of the Great Recession, Viacom sold Harmonix to its stock holders by the end of 2010 after they marked the unit as a discontinued operation to write off a $299 million loss for its 2010 third-quarter earnings statement. As a result, Harmonix operated as an independent game developer until November 2021, when Creator/EpicGames bought the company.
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10! Games and franchises developed by Harmonix:
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12* ''Videogame/{{Frequency|Harmonix}}'' (2001)
13** ''Amplitude'' (2003, remade in 2016)
14* ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (2003)
15** ''Karaoke Revolution Vol. 2'' (2004)
16** ''Karaoke Revolution Vol. 3'' (2004)
17** ''Karaoke Revolution Party'' (2005)
18** ''CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country'' (2006)
19* ''[=EyeToy=]: [=AntiGrav=]'' (2004)[[note]]The company's oddball with no strong rhythm elements, and, as pointed out by their [=CEO=], their best-selling game at the time in spite of this.[[/note]]
20* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' (2005)
21** ''Guitar Hero II'' (2006)
22** ''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s'' (2007)
23* ''Phase'' (2007)
24* ''VideoGame/RockBand'' (2007)
25** ''Rock Band 2'' (2008)
26** ''Rock Band Unplugged'' (2009)
27** ''The Beatles: Rock Band'' (2009)
28** ''LEGO Rock Band'' (2009)
29** ''Rock Band Mobile'' (2009)
30** ''Green Day: Rock Band'' (2010)
31** ''Rock Band 3'' (2010)
32** ''Rock Band Blitz'' (2012)
33** ''Rock Band 4'' (2015)
34** ''Rock Band Rivals'' (2016)
35* ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'' (2010)
36** ''Dance Central 2'' (2011)
37** ''Dance Central 3'' (2012)
38** ''Dance Central Spotlight'' (2014)
39** ''Dance Central (2019)'' ([[CaptainObvious 2019]])
40* ''Vid Rhythm'' (2011)
41* ''Record Run'' (2014)
42* ''A City Sleeps'' (2014)
43* ''Fantasia: Music Evolved'' (2014)
44* ''Chroma'' (cancelled, originally planned for 2014)
45* ''Beat Sports'' (2015)
46** ''VideoGame/SuperBeatSports'' (2017)
47* ''[=BeatNiks=]''
48* ''Harmonix Music VR'' (2016)
49* ''[=SingSpace=]'' (2017)
50* ''TabletopGame/{{Dropmix}}'' (2017)
51* ''Audica'' (2019)
52* ''Twitch Sings'' (2019)
53* ''VideoGame/{{Fuser}}'' (2020)
54* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} Festival'' (2023)[[note]]Co-developed with Epic Games, this is a rhythm game with similar mechanics to previous Guitar Hero and Rock Band games that is hosted in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.[[/note]]
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