Inspired from their own internet-only Flash music mixing application, Rockstar Games is entertering the highly combative videogame console music genre in a unique way with Beaterator, exclusively for the PSP. Of course, a high-profile mix game be without a celebrity endorsement, and for that the developer went straight to the top of the charts. Musical-maestro and hip-hop beat czar Timbaland is listed as the game's co-producer and will provide many new loops and sounds for users to play with, as well as create and manipulate their own.
So what do we know right now? Gleamed straight from the official website:
"Beaterator for PSP system and PlayStation Network puts a world-class mixer at your fingertips - enabling easy, powerful and innovative creation. Featuring original music and a sound-kit which includes thousands of loops and sounds produced by Rockstar and multi-platinum producer and entertainer Timbaland exclusively for Beaterator. Beaterator will be arriving on shelves on September 29th, 2009 in North America and on October 2nd, 2009 in Europe."
While Beaterator won't be the first mixing game on the market (KORG, anyone?), the addition of producer Timbaland and the Rockstar branding certainly make it one of the most high-profile yet. The official website is hosting a number of demo videos and trailers of the upcoming game played on the new PSP-Go, and promises to flesh out more details in the coming weeks. Until then, would be mix-masters can head over there and check out Beaterator for themselves and see if they've got what it takes.
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