Beat Hazard multiplayer DLC in June

Competitive and co-op multiplayer are coming June 27 to the arena shooter, which generates its levels based upon music you feed it.

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Your favourite song can be quite scary when it's launching legions of spaceships to blow you apart. Fear not, Beat Hazard players! Come next month you'll be able to get a friend to help you beat back the invading hordes from Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music,' when multiplayer finally arrives as downloadable content.

Launching via Steam on June 27 for $5, the 'Ultra' DLC will add co-op and competitive online multiplayer modes to the arena shooter. Beat Hazard, don't you know, generates its levels based upon music you feed it--Audiosurf with guns. Beyond mere multiplayer, Ultra's a fairly hefty overhaul complete with new enemies, bosses, power-ups, and modes, plus a new perk and upgrade system.

A PlayStation 3 edition of Beat Hazard are slated to launch some time this year. One would imagine that these will come with Ultra's features built in, considering how much it's changing. Ultra won't make it to the Xbox 360 version, as it was released via Xbox Live Indie Games--which doesn't support DLC. However, developer Cold Beam Games is running a petition to raise publisher interest in an Xbox Live Arcade release of Ultra.

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    May 23, 2011 10:00 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Beat Hazard multiplayer DLC in June.

    Competitive and co-op multiplayer are coming June 27 to the arena shooter, which generates its levels based upon music you feed it.

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      May 23, 2011 2:20 PM

      I'm waiting for the Massive Seizure DLC

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      May 23, 2011 2:44 PM

      Nice, the game is great fun in local coop. Played it a bunch with a friend on PC, this should be nice.

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      May 23, 2011 5:19 PM

      I've been looking forward to this since December. Just over a month to go.

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