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The PSP Store will be updated tomorrow with a brand new game: Beats will be available for only $4.99, making it the second original game available on the Store since it launched. As fans of the music game genre, we're excited for Beats. Just like every other music game, players will tap buttons and move the PSP's analog stick in sync with icons that appear on screen. However, the game's biggest appeal is the ability to import your own MP3s and let the PSP generate playable levels based on them.

Originally developed by SCEE's London Studio, Beats was going to be quite different when it started as a UMD title. "Originally, we were going to have it as a UMD [PSP disc-based] title, but as plans for the PlayStation Store developed, we decided to change over and make it downloadable," Daimion Pinnock told MTV. It was going to include licensed music and videos from the British pop band Sugababes. Thankfully, Sony went for the more creative route instead -- opting to generate code that will allow players to play with their own music.

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I like the fact that you can import your own MP3 music and let the PSP generate levels for you to play using that music.  It's a very cool idea, and I look forward to see a review of the game.
AWESOME idea. We'll have to see about the execution, though. This could either be great or a tragedy...
I agree, I like the idea of downloading games on the fly to the PSP if you wanted to, so let's up this starts happening more often. Plus I would expect that downloaded games would let the PSP last longer on a battery because it wouldn't have to be spinning a UMD around.
sorry for the double post, but I wanted to let everyone know that a hands-on video of Beats has been added to the original posting.

gft77 Wrote:
sorry for the double post, but I wanted to let everyone know that a hands-on video of Beats has been added to the original posting.


So far the intertubes are reporting many positive reviews.

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