BEAT ARENA, A NEW KONAMI VR BAND PERFORMANCE GAME, IS NOW AVAILABLE GLOBALLY ON OCULUS QUEST

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. today announced BEAT ARENA, a new KONAMI VR band performance game featuring songs from the beloved BEMANI series, is now available globally on Oculus Quest / Quest 2 and coming soon to Steam^®VR.

OCULUS STORE PAGE – https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2301375123298882/

ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDoT4lTqsU

OFFICIAL WEBSITE – konami.com/games/uuddlrlr-beatarena/

The new virtual reality (VR) game puts players centre stage in a band with multiple instruments to choose from – drums, guitar, keyboard and bass – each providing unique rhythm gameplay.

CROSSOVER TIME SESSION (ASYNCHRONOUS MULTIPLAYER)

Players will be able to form their own bands with friends using the game’s asynchronous multiplayer functionality – seeing friends’ previous performances with other instruments as they play.

AVATAR CUSTOMISATION

Look the part both on-stage and while hanging out back-stage, with BEAT ARENA’s highly customisable original avatars to reflect unique personalities.

REPLAY MODE

Re-watch and share performances with Replay Mode, featuring various angles such as Live Camera, Performer and more. For players who have perfected their instrumental performance and want to add vocals to their music videos, BEAT ARENA also has the option to turn on song lyrics.

The global release brings an additional 10 songs with English lyrics and instrumental tracks, featuring 41 songs to master in total. The full track list is as follows:

1. Accord – BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR" feat.Fernweh
2. WONDER TRIP – dadaco
3. Cajuput – BEMANI Sound Team "Yvya"
4. *NEW* BLACK JACKAL (GITADORA Style) – Akira Complex with BEMANI Sound Team
5. *NEW* Brazilian Anthem – Berimbau '66
6. Clowing Folly – KanadeYUK
7. *NEW* DEADMAN'S BED – Rotten Blotch
8. Drastic Your Dream – Ryo Shirasawa feat. Mizuho Yasuda
9. DREAMING-ING!! – Tokimeki Idol project
10. Fat Snail – NECOMATA MODIFY SALVATION feat. Hinata Shishido
11. *NEW* Fly Far Bounce – Nekomata_master (GITADOROCK by Mutsuhiko Izumi)
12. *NEW* Fuego -GITADORA EDITION- – BEMANI Sound Team "Yvya"
13. Just Believe – Kanako Kotera
14. LEMON & SALT – Hideyuki Ono×96×Yoshihiko Koezuka
15. *NEW* Mannequin – Sis Bond Chit
16. Murmur Twins (guitar pop ver.) – yu_tokiwa.djw merge scl.gtr
17. Raspberry – Yoshihiko Koezuka
18. *NEW* Reaching for the Stars – serena
19. Real -L Size No Yume- – MAKI
20. *NEW* SEA ANEMONES – Jimmy Weckl
21. Sweet Feelin' – Honey latte
22. *NEW* Take My Hand – Maria Eva with Dream Swing Kingdom
23. TAKE YOU AWAY – SHIN feat.MiA & BEMANI Sound Team “asaki”
24. Quilt – Des-Sana＋wpt9
25. *NEW* green leaf syndrome - red glasses feat. oka satoshi
26. Gensouka – Kanako Hoshino
27. Hatashijou – ATSUMI UEDA
28. Black Hole – Megumi Tatsumi featured by Hiroaki Sano
29. Peppermint Wa Watashi No Teki – Yu Tokiwa
30. Hoshihuri – Sana
31. Hane Naki Shojo Uta – Junjou Discord (Innocent Discord)
32. Kikagakuteki Trickster – DJ Genki feat. SHIN from HYPERNOVA With Mitsuyo
33. Mikeneko Rock'n Roll – MAJISKA
34. Shonen Ripples – Yu Tokiwa
35. Jousou Dystopia – mami
36. Fuurin Hanabi – BEMANI Sound Team "Gekidan Record"feat.Yura Mari
37. Matenrou No Tokuiten〜Anti;HERO – Junjou Discord (Innocent Discord)
38. Yume Ni Tsuite TYPE C – Hideyuki Ono feat. Hiromi Okamoto
39. Koi No Melody – SARAH
40. Rin To Shite Saku Hana No Gotoku – BENIIRO RITOMASU
41. Oboro – GITADOROCK by Yamato

KONAMI’s user generated content guidelines for gameplay videos of the VR title have now been published for review on the official website – https://www.konami.com/games/uuddlrlr-beatarena/guideline/eu/en/

BEAT ARENA is available now for Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 from €29.99 / £22.99 / US$29.99. The game will be released soon on Steam^® VR, supporting HTC Vive, Valve Index and Oculus Rift headsets.

The game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese languages.