News that will surely interest music supervisors is that Harmonix Music Systems, makers of the “Rock Band” music video game franchise has been bought back with the support of an investment firm. Viacom Inc. announced that it has sold the company to Harmonix-SBE Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Columbus Nova, LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
A comment on the company site states, “We’re excited to be returning to our roots as an independent and privately owned studio. As for what it means for fans, the DLC schedule marches on for Rock Band, we will continue our support of previously released titles, and we’re hard at work on some unannounced projects.”
