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Epic Games’ group video chat app Houseparty will close in October-Wall Street Journal

Houseparty said on Thursday that this group video chat application, which has become popular during the new crown epidemic, will be closed in October.

Houseparty, formerly Life on Air Inc., said that the app acquired by Epic Games Inc., the developer of Fortnite in 2019, has been immediately removed from the app store. Users who have downloaded the app will continue to use it until it is closed next month.

Houseparty co-founder and CEO Sima Sistani said in a series of tweets on Thursday that the team that developed Houseparty will develop other products with “richer formats than 2D movies” for Epic Games, which are more suitable for shaping the next generation.

In addition to the statement issued by the Houseparty team, Epic…

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