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If you didn't get a chance to try out Audiosurf when it was in open beta a few weeks ago, allow me to sum it up in one word: Wow.

This forthcoming PC title allows you to "ride" your own music, creating a gameplay experience on the fly that not only makes sense, but is extremely fun and incredibly addictive. The game is a unique combination of the music/rhythm, puzzle, and racing genre's, and its unique and innovative concept has garnered it the front-runner position for the upcoming Independent Games Festival.

Valve has announced today that the title will be available on Steam starting February 15. It's now available for pre-purchase, and those that jump on the bandwagon early will get a 10% off of the ridiculous regular price of $9.95. In addition to shipping with the soundtrack for Valve's The Orange Box, the game will also be the first title to make use of the recently announced Steamworks, Valve's answer to Xbox LIVE-like achievements and community profiles.

Bottom line, if you own a PC, you owe it to yourself to check out Audiosurf. Not convinced? Check out the dozens of user-created YouTube clips of the game, which should have you amped enough to part with a measly ten dollars.


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Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 12:59
Guagloves
That looks awesome but I am kind of confused by it.

Does it work/play like frequency or something?
manta's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:00
manta
Might just try to find the beta somewhere on the net to try it out, before I drop 10 bucks on it.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:00
atheistium
2 awesome.
Sphinx 13's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:02
Sphinx 13
I never heard of it, but it looks fun
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:07
Pangloss
It was about three quarters of the way through that I realized what was going on in that game. And now that I know, it looks really, really awesome.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:07
MechaMonkey
So it's like an amalgamation of Bejeweled and Generic Rhythm Game, with Tron's art director. Is that about right?
Barcode's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:07
Barcode
not being able to hear the music since I am in my campus library, I imagin that it will play like Frequency in a way.

I'm sure the control uses only four keys to hit the blocks on the screen.

All in all, I think my poor ass will be buying that game!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:12
BlindsideDork
but but...I don't own a PC.
copulatingduck's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:14
copulatingduck
Space Giraffe, is that you? Haha, all kidding aside, this looks like a helluva lot of fun, and something I'll have to pick up cuz I'm a sucker for music and rhythm games. I've got a question for anyone who has played it: it seems like at points, what you play has little to no correspondence to what you're hearing. It could be a sync thing, or maybe I just have to play it to see for myself. Any comments?
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:22
Cheeburga
YES
HangoverGlory's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:25
HangoverGlory
Anyone else not see this on Steam?! I want this game like whoa. I've played it before and all I can say is, "WIN"
kobiyashi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:25
kobiyashi
Yeah, this isn't showing up for prepurchase yet.
Ryro's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:26
Ryro
Can anyone actually find this on Steam? I can only go through the site at work and I'll check through the Steam app when I get home, but I can't find any reference to Audiosurf, let alone a pre-pruchase, anywhere on the site, nor any releases about this game (a bunch of site's say "Valve announced today..." without linking where they announced it)...
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:44
king3vbo
Ohhhh fuck yeah! I love Audiosurf
m3ds's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:45
m3ds
AWESOME! I've been waiting for a release date and it's cool to see it on steam.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 13:55
GuitarAtomik
DO WANT! The beta never worked for me but I've heard lots of good things. Consider it bought.
lucashoal's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 14:30
lucashoal
After playing the demo, this is a DO WANT. Such a short taste of the game, but so awesome already.
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 14:36
Knives
Fuck yeah!
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 14:54
s0lesurviv0r
I had a hell of a time dropping my game music into it during the weekend demo. I'm picking this up for sure. There plenty more excellent audiosurf vids floating around on youtube.

Zelda cdi remix(hilarious and nsfw)
Final Destination
Snake Eater
Holy Orders(Guilty Gear Overture version)
One Winged Angel
Futurama Remix
holysocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:12
holysocks
hmmm other than the drop your own music and watch graphics thump to it, where's the music part of this game? I see more puzzle game than music.
Chicken008's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:25
Chicken008
Yes, Audiosurf is really cool, or atleast the beta was..
NukaCola's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:40
NukaCola
This "game" is ridiculously overrated. It's more of an interactive Winamp Equalizer than anything.
DynamicDonut's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:45
DynamicDonut
I fucking love you Valve. <3

Seeing as I don't play shooters a lot (and don't have enough interest in Portal to actually buy it, but close enough), this is my reason to finally get Steam.
konchu's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:59
konchu
I can't wait I loved the demo.
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 16:51
Rabite
Any news on a non-Steam version?
fluc02's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 16:56
fluc02
@NukaCola

You could pretty much use that description to describe every rhythm game, ever.

Also if people are wondering why they can't find the "demo," it's because it was actually the full game, and therefore it required you to connect to the guy's server before you could play it to ensure it couldn't be used past the beta period.
mrberns's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 17:24
mrberns
Ive watched five or six videos, and I still don't get it.
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 17:26
Rabite
You use your mouse to steer the little car thing down the road. You try to match colors together. There's various car thingies you use that each have different abilities and so on. It makes the road and pieces based on the song. Once you try it, you'll figure it out rather quickly.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 18:11
Samit Sarkar
Hm...I wonder if my computer will be able to run this — it’s a three-and-a-half-year-old laptop with integrated video — but for $8.95 and a free copy of the soundtrack to The Orange Box, it’s totally worth a shot.
Doomtrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 18:36
Doomtrain
It's not really a game. The stuff on the track is only vaguely related to the music, it's not a rhythm game at all, it's really just a simple block matching game that happens to be "moving" to music.
Nubc4kes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 18:54
Nubc4kes
YES! I love this game! That game is a steal at 10 bucks. I've been playing the hacked beta 1 weekend version for almost a month now. I'm so going to get this.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 20:54
Necros
Curse you PC users!
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