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Epic Games acquires Rock Band firm Harmonix News Nov 24th, 2021

Epic Games acquires Rock Band firm Harmonix

Duo to collaborate on music content for Fortnite

Former Bungie composer O'Donnell asks fans to delete unauthorised music News Nov 23rd, 2021

Former Bungie composer O'Donnell asks fans to delete unauthorised music

Follows a court decision that he was in violation of a 2015 injunction

Kojima Productions opens film, TV and music arm News Nov 23rd, 2021

Kojima Productions opens film, TV and music arm

Headed up by PlayStation vet Riley Russell

Roblox reaches agreement with US music trade body NMPA News Sep 28th, 2021

Roblox reaches agreement with US music trade body NMPA

Follows the latter accusing the games platform of copyright violation

Twitch signs deal with US music trade body News Sep 22nd, 2021

Twitch signs deal with US music trade body

New agreement provides more flexibility than the existing DMCA system

Bungie vet O'Donnell found in contempt of court over Destiny music News Sep 20th, 2021

Bungie vet O'Donnell found in contempt of court over Destiny music

Composer violated 2015 injunction that said he couldn't share or perform his work from the title

Roblox signs deal with Sony Music News Jul 7th, 2021

Roblox signs deal with Sony Music

Duo to work on "develop innovative music experiences"

Now The Sims 4 is hosting virtual music events News Jun 25th, 2021

Now The Sims 4 is hosting virtual music events

Follows Fortnite popularising these kinds of concerts

UPDATE: Roblox refutes allegations of music copyright violation News Jun 10th, 2021

UPDATE: Roblox refutes allegations of music copyright violation

Trade body says that the platform has used songs without permission

Gearbox settles Bobby Prince Duke Nukem music lawsuit News Dec 22nd, 2020

Gearbox settles Bobby Prince Duke Nukem music lawsuit

"There's been a lot of interest about my lawsuit and Gearbox. I'm glad to announce today that the matter with Gearbox is resolved," Prince said

Id and Mick Gordon part ways over Doom Eternal soundtrack Job News May 5th, 2020

Id and Mick Gordon part ways over Doom Eternal soundtrack

Follows the composer criticising the mixing of officially-released songs

Doom Eternal composer says he doubts he'll work with Id again over soundtrack quality News Apr 21st, 2020

Doom Eternal composer says he doubts he'll work with Id again over soundtrack quality

Follows music blogger comparing that soundtrack to Doom 2016's

Sega has invested in an Indian music startup News Feb 25th, 2020

Sega has invested in an Indian music startup

No word on the amount of cash just yet

Koch Media has bought Let's Sing developer Voxler News Feb 20th, 2020

Koch Media has bought Let's Sing developer Voxler

No price put on the deal just yet

Valve has changed how soundtracks work on Steam News Jan 10th, 2020

Valve has changed how soundtracks work on Steam

Now their own app type instead of just being DLC

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