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We had an absolute blast at Salt Fest 2013!

Well, this last weekend we were at Salt Fest and we had an insanely fun time. We brought our pile of machines for attendees to come by and stare at, but they also took the chance to play some of these weird music games. We even managed to stream a couple of nights from the [...]

Beatgamer is in Vegas for Gemini’s last lock-in!

We made it to Las Vegas for Gemini’s last lock-in before they close for a while. Just over a dozen Beatgamers are in town for the event, and while we wish that we were here under better circumstances, we’re happy to be able to come down here and show our support for the best music [...]

Beatgamer will be at Salt Fest! 10-11 May 2013 Salt Lake City, Utah

We are pleased to announce that we will be at Salt Lake Salt Fest on 10-11 May 2013 here in Salt Lake City, Utah! We will be providing some of our music games to the event, headed up by the Utah Fight Circuit, which is looking to be an awesome gaming expo with a monster [...]

Vegas players JOKR and S34N going for the world record

We just received word that JOKR and S34N are currently in a world record attempt at Gemini Arcade Palace in Las Vegas, NV. As of this post they’ve been up for 22/48 hours. Tune into the stream to check out the attempt yourself and to chat with other viewers. Beatgamer wishes both of them good [...]

Event notice: New Year Tourney, the Deal With It Saga Continues. 26 Jan 2013 @ Sandy Nickelcade

So remember that one time I tried to schedule a tournament around the new year? Yeah, wasn’t that awesome? Luckily, I learned the error of my ways and we have rescheduled the Expert and Stamina events from the Deal2 tournament and put them into their own event called New Year Tourney: The Deal With It [...]

Our photos from Anime Banzai 2012

Just a quick post. We have a couple of albums up on Facebook full of photos that we took at Anime Banzai this year. Check them out! Anime Banzai 2012 – Behind the scenes and Beatgamer Events Staff photos Anime Banzai 2012 – Various photos of cosplayers and gamers    

The FP. An epic movie about the dangerous world of dance gaming.

Whether you’ve been a member of the dance game community for a few years or since the beginning, chances are, you have a story or two regarding a historic battle that you either witnessed, or took part in yourself. While that story may not have involved a winner-takes-all tournament for your life, territory, or the [...]

Travis Houk sets DDR World Record of 40 hours 2 min 12 sec at 9:14PM EASTERN (-5GMT) 20 November 2011

From Knoxville, TN, Travis Houk a.k.a. Daiz has set the world record for playing on a dance game (DDR World Record) by playing for just over 40 hours. This time does also include breaks which are guaranteed by the guidelines set for achieving this record. Daiz started his attempt at Zuma’s Family Fun Center in [...]

DDR World Record update: 35 hours in, it’s the home stretch!

From Knoxville, Travis (Diaz) blew away the previously held 15.5 hour world record last night and is now 35 hours into his goal of 40 hours. Daiz hit the 24 hour mark at 5:12AM Eastern time this morning (-5 GMT). If all goes well, his goal of 40 hours should be hit at 9:12PM Eastern [...]

Happy 20 November 2011 from Beatgamer!

We would like to wish you all a happy 20 November. The yearly holiday celebrated by Bemani and music game fans all over the world, which some also refer to as “Bemani day”. Bemani has now been around for 13 years! So find yourself a Bemani machine and play a little today! As far as [...]