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Run endlessly to the beat with Harmonix's new mobile game
Harmonix's Record Run, a free-to-play game that creates endless runner stages from the local music on your mobile device, is out now on iOS. The idea is to duck, jump, and weave through a crowded street; think the video to The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony," except with the exact opposite attitude and your own choice of music. Moving on from that terrible analogy, Harmonix says Record Run will be available soon on Google Play and Amazon Marketplace. Elsewhere, the Rock Band studio is keeping busy with music-based shooter Chroma, which is in alpha, as well as a return for Amplitude. At the time of writing, the PS3 and PS4 rhythm-action game's Kickstarter sits at just over $180,000, with 14 days left to meet its $775,000 goal. [Image: Harmonix]
Harmonix's free-to-play Record Run planned for May release
Record Run, Harmonix's free-to-play, rhythmic runner that builds stages from the music library on a player's device, was announced yesterday at PAX East 2014. According to Polygon, project director John Drake announced today that the mobile game will reach Australia and Canada within a few weeks, with a wider launch on Android and iOS devices following in May. As a song progresses, players will switch between lanes of pavement to snatch up levitating discs of vinyl. Aside from accumulating a massive record collection, Record Run-ners can take on missions with more specific objectives, like collecting a certain amount of records or points. Weekly leaderboards are planned as well, but all-time scores will also be viewable. [Image: Harmonix]
Harmonix announces 'rhythm-runner' Record Run for mobile
Harmonix announced the development of a new free-to-play game at PAX East in Boston today called Record Run. Described by the developer as a "rhythm-runner," the game is "coming soon" to as-yet-undetermined mobile platforms. Record Run features gameplay that compares to Gaijin Games' Bit.Trip series, according to Harmonix head Alex Rigopulos. The game uses songs from players' mobile devices as the backdrop for its levels, which features a character running down a sidewalk, avoiding obstacles and collecting music records, all seen during Rigopulous' presentation. He noted that Harmonix has "lots of other irons in the fire on mobile" aside from Record Run. [Image: Harmonix]
