FUSER

Harmonix ditches the peripherals for a crowd-pleaser of a comeback

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Developer Harmonix

Publisher NCSoft

Format PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One

Origin US

Release Autumn

Round these parts, there’s a pet theory that the success of a Harmonix game is directly linked to how good its name is. Frequency. Guitar Hero. Rock Band. And, on the flipside, Audica. The acoustics of the titles this music-game developer chooses, appropriately enough, feel all-important. So when the opening screen of this DJ sim flashes up, we frown. Fuser? It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.

It’s the studio’s second run at the remarkable music-mixing tech it developed for