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2009 · Puzzle · Rhythm

Beaterator

PlayStation console exclusive

Beaterator is a portable music maker produced by Rockstar in conjunction with Timbaland.

Released: 29 September 2009
Platforms: PlayStation Portable iOS
Genres: Puzzle Rhythm
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3

About

Beaterator is a music mixer released in September 2009 by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable and in December 2009 for iOS. Beaterator was developed by Rockstar Leeds in collaboration with Timbaland.

The game is based on an Adobe Flash music mixing tool released on the Internet in 2005 by Rockstar and contains original new loops and sounds produced by Timbaland for Beaterator. The game allows the user to produce their own loops. There are three game modes: Live play, Studio Session and Song Crafter. The game has Rockstar Games Social Club integration for sharing music with the community.

Keywords

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Reception

The PSP version of Beaterator received generally favorable reviews, while the iOS version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Australian video game talk show Good Game's reviewers, Jeremy Ray and Steven O'Donnell, awarded the game scores of 6/10 and 7/10, respectively.