Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
Overview
Harmonix Music Systems is a company founded by
Alex Rigopulos (CEO) and
Eran Egozy (CTO) in 1995.
It is best known for establishing different music game franchises, such as
Karaoke Revolution for
Konami,
Guitar Hero for
RedOctane and later
Activision, and
Rock Band for
MTV.
The company was acquired by
MTV Networks in September 2006, but after a sharp decline in the sales of music games parent company
Viacom announced in its nine-month fiscal 2010 results released in November 2010 its intention to sell the studio, reclassifying it as a discontinued operation. At that time the studio had just completed work on
Dance Central, a launch game for
Microsoft's Kinect peripheral.
On 23rd December it was announced that Harmonix largely regained its independent status as it was sold to Harmonix-SBE Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Columbus Nova, LLC. In February 2011 it was reported 12 to 15% of the staff had been let go because of the restructuring.
Trivia
Company information (Jan. 2008):
Harmonix Music
625 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Flr
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Company phone: 617-491-6144
Company Fax: 617-491-7411
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