Beat Hazard

Eye trauma warning as musical shooter launches on Steam, Direct2Drive and Gamers Gate.

News by GamesIndustry.biz Contributor

Published on April 18, 2010

Cold Beam Games is proud to announce that the PC version of the eye slapping music driven game Beat Hazard is now out on Steam, Direct 2 Drive, and Gamers Gate.

Internet Praise for the Game:

• Twitter: It's like asteroids and audiosurf had a seizure inducing baby.

• Twitter: Did not feel the Earthquake. I blame Beat Hazard!

• YouTube: This is one of the coolest looking videogames i have? ever seen, NICE JOB!!!!

• YouTube: Got 9.2 million on Through the Fire and Flames, on hardcore, eyes bled afterwards

• YouTube: F*** great game. You did better than geometry wars. Thx

• YouTube: SEEEIZURE!

• YouTube: This game is phuken amazing, best served with a lick of Drum & Bass? for full intensity =P

• YouTube: F**king beautiful game!

• YouTube: Oh god. I played this game with some Daft Punk playing, One More Time/Aerodynamic remix, it was f**king awesome

• GameTrailers: epilepsyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

• GameTrailers: asteroids on steroids?

About the game:

Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard

Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!

Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups!

Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts.

Unique music driven gameplay Gameplay possibilities as vast as your music collection Can you last a whole album in Survival Mode? Take on the all new super boss ship Power up and unleash the deadly Beat Hazard weapon Rank up to an Elite rated pilot Includes a kicking rock album to get you started

Links and information:

A Press pack is available here (Includes screen shots & logos)

http://www.coldbeamgames.com/presspack/BeatHazardPressPack.zip

Gameplay Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44VRXJTqy2U

Website:

www.coldbeamgames.com

Steam Version:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/49600/

Direct 2 Drive Version:

http://www.direct2drive.com/481/9402/product/Buy-Beat-Hazard-Download

Gamers Gate Version:

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-BEHA/beat-hazard

Also coming soon to Impulse, Green Man Gaming and Wild Tangent.

When you want a review code or if you need more assets or have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us here:

steve@coldbeamgames.com

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