With More Than 30M Players Since Launch and Individual Songs Achieving Over 1M Plays per Day, Beatstar Emerges as an Indispensable Platform for Music Discovery in Less Than a Year
LONDON–June 15, 2022– Beatstar, the hit rhythm game from mobile game developers and publishers Space Ape Games and winner of Game of the Year at the 2022 Mobile Game Awards, is serving as home to the exclusive debut of “Don’t You Worry,” the new single from the Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and David Guetta beginning today. Fans can listen to the new collaboration from now until the song’s global launch this Friday, June 17, only by playing Beatstar, which is free to play and available on all iOS and Android devices. While top artists have been dropping their music in Beatstar day and date with their streaming launches – including Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran with their single “Bam Bam” and the Chainsmokers with their recent album, So Far So Good – the “Don’t You Worry” exclusive marks the first time that a single set to launch worldwide from globally-recognized pop artists is making its exclusive debut in a game days before anywhere else.
Upon its worldwide release on August 31, 2021, Beatstar reached #1 on the overall charts in 24 countries, the top 10 in 70, and is the top grossing music game globally. Beatstar song plays are immersive 150-second experiences on average, with players engaging with each song through touch and sound. With over 30M people having played the game, a high performing new song in Beatstar can achieve up to 1.1M plays in a day, making the game a paramount platform for music discovery.
In Beatstar, players tap and swipe to the instruments, vocals or beats to master their favorite songs. Players feel every beat pulsing through their fingers as they discover new songs from their favorite artists on a playlist that rivals the ultimate festival lineup. Artists on Beatstar also include Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Tones and I, Muse, Lady Gaga, Marshmello, Mabel, Kygo, Wiz Khalifa, Sia, Pharell Williams, The Black Eyed Peas, Soulja Boy, Rae Sremmurd, Bastille, Royal Blood, Demi Lovato, Disclosure, Erykah Badu, Leikeli47, Babymetal, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, The Kid Laroi, Nicki Minaj and many others.
“Interest in Beatstar has exploded since we started featuring day and date releases of new songs from top artists in the game, and having the ability to play a song in Beatstar even before release on streaming is a game changer all around,” said Simon Hade, co-founder of Space Ape. “Beatstar is a lean-in experience, so players who hear a new song in Beatstar bond with both the artist and the song on a much deeper level than they do while it also gains traction on streaming and radio. Millions of people around the world are now discovering new music this way in our events and I’m awed by the caliber of artists who are up for collaborating with us. The opportunity to work with Will and the Peas – and the team at Epic Records – is a dream come true.”
Space Ape is majority owned by Clash of Clans, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars creator Supercell, and several of the Supercell team were deeply involved in Beatstar’s development. The game integrates SupercellID so that players can share their scores and challenge their clanmates from within Beatstar. Beatstar also features remixes of theme songs from Supercell games, with more coming soon.
Beatstar is free to play and available on all iOS and Android devices. For more information, visit beatstar.com.
ABOUT SPACE APE GAMES
Space Ape is an award-winning mobile free to play game developer and publisher founded in 2012 and headquartered in London. In 2017, Space Ape joined Supercell by majority acquisition. Space Ape’s diverse and talented team of 120 is dedicated to creating the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. It’s our passion, imagination and inventiveness that drives us in our pursuit to create genre-defining game experiences. Space Ape’s hit games together have achieved more than 105M installs to date, earning more than $300M in lifetime revenue. Space Ape Games won the 2022 Mobile Game Award for Best Developer, and Beatstar won the 2022 Mobile Game Award for Game of the Year. Beatstar also won the Mobile GameDev Award for Best Newcomer. Space Ape also made GamesIndustry.biz’s list of Best Places to Work (UK) in 2018, 2019 and 2020, won the 2018 TIGA Award for Technical Innovation, the 2017 TIGA Award for Audio Design for Fastlane, the 2017 TIGA Award for Outstanding Leadership for John Earner, the 2016 TIGA Awards for Game of the Year and Best Strategy Game for TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS, the 2016 Develop Award for Best Game IP, Mobile, for Rival Kingdoms, the 2015 TIGA Award for Best Independent Studio and for Game of the Year for Rival Kingdoms, the 2015 Europas Award for Best Games Startup plus the 2014 Develop Award for Best New Studio and the 2015 Develop Award for Best Independent Studio. For more information, visit www.spaceapegames.com.