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Monday30th Oct 2023
News Beat Saber Brings Old and New The Rolling Stones Tracks in Latest DLC
Available now
Beat Games has just revealed and released its latest DLC pack for VR rhythm hit, Beat Saber. The focus of this new expansion is classic rock band The Rolling Stones, and it's now available for PSVR and PSVR2. Priced at £11.49 / $13.99, the DLC includes a mixture of old favourites and newer tracks, with several songs from its...
Thursday15th Dec 2022
News Beat Saber's Rock Mixtape DLC Adds Songs from Nirvana, Foo Fighters, KISS, More
Available now
In case you didn't know, Beat Saber gets new DLC song packs fairly regularly these days. The latest is Rock Mixtape, which includes a selection of tracks from recognisable rock bands, and it's available now for $10.99/£8.99. As you can tell from the video above, Nirvana's iconic Smells Like Teen Spirit is part of the pack. It's...
Friday28th Jan 2022
News PSVR's Beat Saber Is About to Get a Lot More WubWub
Sliding in
Ultra-satisfying PSVR rhythm game Beat Saber continues to expand and improve, and these new sliding block types have us practically salivating at the prospect of smashing them. As opposed to the traditional bricks you just need to cut through, these are curved pattern-like cubes that you need to rotate your wrist around. It makes a lot...
Monday25th Oct 2021
News PSVR Hit Beat Saber Adds Free Competitive Multiplayer Update
Slashing playmaker
PSVR’s uber-popular rhythm action game Beat Saber has been updated with online multiplayer today, allowing you to compete in five-player skirmishes against friends or strangers. The mode allows you to use any of the music included in the base release, in addition to any of the DLC expansions, and there’s even a lobby...
Wednesday1st Sep 2021
News Skrillex Headlines Latest Beat Saber Music Pack, Available Now
Dubstep star returns
Skrillex and Beat Saber seem like a match made in heaven, so this latest collaboration for the PlayStation VR hit is long overdue. A new music pack has hit the PS Store for £8.99/$10.99 that contains many of the Dubstep star's biggest and most popular tracks from when the genre was still a mainstream thing. There are eight
Friday23rd Oct 2020
News Beat Saber Multiplayer Update Suffering Lengthy Delays on PSVR
Coming "as fast as possible"
Multiplayer has officially come to Beat Saber, but only on PC so far. The hit virtual reality rhythm game has received a big, free update that introduces online multiplayer for up to five players. It's available now for users with PC systems, with the promise that the mode will come to PSVR soon. However, it seems it's a...
Monday17th Aug 2020
News Linkin Park Joins Beat Saber with DLC Song Pack, Available Now on PSVR
11 songs included
Beat Saber is a pretty big deal when it comes to VR games, and it's secured the licence for some massive bands in the past. You can currently buy extra song packs for artists like Panic! At the Disco, Imagine Dragons, and Green Day -- not bad at all for a virtual reality indie title. The latest DLC is possibly the biggest deal yet;...
Thursday9th Apr 2020
News Get Fit with Beat Saber's Latest Free Song, Available Now on PSVR
FitBeat joins the playlist
Beat Games has introduced all sorts of extra music to its popular PlayStation VR rhythm slasher, Beat Saber -- some premium, and some for free. Whether you've splashed out on DLC or not, the song list has grown quite a bit since launch, and today, it just got a little bit bigger. Available now in the latest game update, a...
Thursday30th Jan 2020
News Beat Saber Free Update Adds Three Songs from Camellia on PSVR
Complimentary pack now available for all players
When Beat Saber initially launched on PlayStation VR, it didn't have the biggest selection of tracks. Nowadays, through various updates and premium DLC packs, the virtual reality block-chopping rhythm game is looking much healthier. In fact, yesterday saw the release of three new songs to the game,...
Friday13th Dec 2019
News Green Day Crosses Paths with Beat Saber, Song Pack Out Today on PSVR
Boulevard of broken arms
Green Day played a couple of songs at The Game Awards, and in addition to getting a few people up off their seats, it was all in aid of yet another announcement. The band is the latest to collaborate with Beat Saber on a DLC song pack. The pack contains six of the group's tunes: American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams,...
Tuesday26th Nov 2019
News Beat Saber Developer Beat Games Acquired by Facebook
PSVR version still supported
If you were hoping that a potential sequel to Beat Saber would make its way to a PlayStation VR platform at some point in the future, we're afraid you're probably out of luck. The game's developer has just been acquired by Facebook, meaning its focus will shift to the Oculus range of VR platforms on PC. Announced on the...
Friday8th Nov 2019
News Beat Saber Crosses Paths with Rocket League, DLC Available Now in Both Games
Rocket beats
Two of PlayStation 4's finest indie titles have crossed over, and it seems like a pretty good fit. Rocket League has accrued quite the soundtrack over the years, and so it makes sense that some of these songs make their way into the popular PSVR rhythm title, Beat Saber. A new song pack for the game is available now for £7.39 / $8.99,...
Thursday31st Oct 2019
Random Adorable Beat Saber Halloween Costumes Get a Treat Every Time
Bloc Party
Isn't this just the sweetest? A young 10-year-old girl who goes by the name of Yeva Codes on Twitter has posted her Halloween costume online along with whom we assume are her siblings. They're dressed up as the blocks you need to hit in order to score points in Beat Saber, and it's all a little bit adorable. The Twitter clip above is...
Wednesday25th Sep 2019
News Panic! at the Disco Is the Next Band Bringing Music to Beat Saber on PSVR
No need to panic
Beat Saber is one PlayStation VR game we keep coming back to. The music might be hit and miss, but the gameplay is endlessly satisfying regardless of the tunes. Thankfully, the PSVR hit is getting more music fairly regularly -- with two premium DLC packs and a free one for good measure, there's plenty of songs to choose from these...
Wednesday4th Sep 2019
Random Beat Saber Player Uses Staff to Turn the Game into a Darth Maul Simulator
Something for the sequel
Beat Saber has to be one of the coolest games to watch from a distance and play yourself, but one Twitter user just took things a step further. User @KathrynGamer put out a short clip of the PSVR title being played with a staff, and combined with in-game footage, it's something we need to try out for ourselves. Check it out...
Friday30th Aug 2019
News Latest Beat Saber PSVR Update Adds New Free Songs, Ability to Change Colours, and More
Update 1.15 out now
Beat Saber is one of our favourite PlayStation VR games, and as with many titles these days, it's only getting better post-launch. The addictive, box-slashing rhythm game has just received a meaty new update, taking the software to version 1.15. The biggest addition is OST 3, a new music pack that introduces six more tracks for...
Monday10th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Imagine Dragons Song Pack Comes to Beat Saber Today on PSVR
Welcome to the new age
If you're a fan of chopping up neon coloured blocks in time with music, we have some good news for you. The excellent PlayStation VR rhythm game, Beat Saber, has its second DLC song pack, this time putting the spotlight on Imagine Dragons. What's more, it's available right now. For £9.99, you'll get 10 tracks from the...
Friday15th Mar 2019
News Beat Saber Surpasses One Million Sales as First DLC Arrives on PSVR
More like Beast Saber
Beat Saber is one of those games that's conceptually simple yet perfectly executed, and it's a combination that's resulted in widespread popularity among virtual reality players. The number of people with a VR headset is relatively small in the grand scheme of things, so for a VR-only title to secure over one million sales is...
Monday4th Mar 2019
News Beat Saber's First DLC Arrives 14th March on PSVR
Fresh tunes incoming
One of PlayStation VR's best games, and one that sparked a short-lived but highly entertaining rivalry at Push Square Towers, Beat Saber is cracking good fun no matter how you slice it. However, one of the main criticisms you can throw at the PSVR version of the rhythm action game is a lack of decent tunes. The songs included by...
Wednesday6th Feb 2019
News Expert+ Difficulty Arrives in New Update for Beat Saber on PSVR
Goodbye arms
We can all agree that Beat Saber is excellent fun. It even caused this author and editor Sammy Barker to lock horns in a high score battle, such is the addictive nature of this PSVR rhythm slasher. The only real trouble is the limited number of songs available to play; once you've mastered them all, what more is there to do? Well, you...
Monday28th Jan 2019
News Beat Saber DLC Not As Easy to Implement As Expected, But Coming Soon
Deep cuts incoming
We can probably all agree that Beat Saber is the best thing since sliced bread, but its paltry 18 song soundtrack is arguably the worst thing about it. It’s a testament to the strength of the moment-to-moment gameplay that it makes such terrible songs entertaining to play, but there’s always been the promise of DLC on the way...
Friday21st Dec 2018
News League of Legends' K-Pop Hit Joins Beat Saber for Free
Available from today
Guys, video games are weird now. If you didn’t know, popular MOBA title League of Legends has its own pop group, and they recently released a k-pop song called POP/STARS which has gone on to become an absolutely giant hit. The track, which features vocals from American singers Madison Beer and Jaira Burns alongside Korean...
Tuesday20th Nov 2018
News Beat Saber Trophies Will Have You Working Up a Sweat on PSVR
Slicing and dicing
The hotly anticipated virtual reality rhythm game, Beat Saber, arrives on PlayStation VR today, and along with it of course comes a fresh batch of PS4 trophies. This acclaimed title, which has you swinging two energy swords (read: PS Move controllers) to slice blocks as they approach, even has a Platinum to earn. However, this one...
Thursday8th Nov 2018
News Beat Saber Chops PSVR with Exclusive New Content on 20th November
A cut above
Hotly anticipated PlayStation VR rhythm game Beat Saber will cut to the chase from 20th November, the aptly named Beat Games has announced. For those of you who don’t know, the title sees you wielding two PlayStation Move controllers as lightsabers, chopping through coloured blocks to the sound of thumping tunes – or choons, if...
Sunday10th Jun 2018
E3 2018 Beat Saber Brings Brilliant Rhythm Violence to PSVR
A cut above
It’s the one that PlayStation VR fans have been holding out hope for: Beat Saber is coming to PlayStation 4. The viral sensation sees you wielding a lightsaber in each hand, and smashing through blocks to the sound of electropop. It’s a wonderfully imaginative mechanic that looks both supremely difficult and outrageously satisfying...
