Beaterator is not so much a game as it is an electronic music-creation tool complete with loops and samples from Timbaland himself. As such, there is very little to compare it to, especially on handhelds, making it hard to review. If the criterion used to judge it is purely the power of it as an “instrument” then it is a very impressive piece of software. If the criterion used is just how much fun there is to be had with it for a casual music tinkerer then it doesn’t quite match up to the Korg DS-10 on the Nintendo DS - simply because while it is more powerful, it is also more difficult to create new music with Beaterator than with the Korg simulator.

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Rockstar Games has announced that its upcoming music game Beaterator will be released across North America on the 29th of September and a few days later on the 2nd of October in Europe. Currently in development at Rockstar Leeds (GTA: Chinatown Wars, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories), Beaterator will be available for the PSP and PlayStation Network.

The game has been built from the foundation of Rockstar’s original web version which was created in 2005 as a Flash application on the publisher’s website. The PSP version is both a “powerful portable music mixer with robust beatmaking features, as well as a highly-addictive collection of rhythm games and challenge modes.”

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