Audiosurf gets a free, audioscrobblin' update

by Justin McElroy { May 6th 2008 at 8:30AM }

If you haven't taken a procedurally-generated spin on your copy of runaway indie hit Audiosurf for a while, you may want to fire it up: The game has gotten a batch of new features, referred to collectively as the "FM Update." You'll now be able to run the game as a music visualizer, make scoreboard comments and create your own mods. All the features (which we've listed after the jump) will automatically download the next time you load the game on Steam.

Perhaps most notably, last.fm audioscrobbling has been enabled in the new patch. We here at Joystiq would like to remind everyone that though audioscrobbling seems fun and a good way to really get to know people, it should only be performed by adults and only with protection.

Audioscrobblin' -- It's Worth The Wait.®

New features:
--last.fm audioscrobbling
--Comments tab on every song's scoreboard
--Customized player news on the song loading screen (when friends last played, songs you're champion of, etc...)
--Command interface for 3rd party mod apps (extensions)
--New hover vehicle for Eraser Elite
--Added Vegas ability: generate a random powerup every 60 seconds
--You can play freeride as a music visualizer on your desktop while other applications are running, and it will automatically advance to the next song in your current folder or current m3u playlist
--Improved Strategy Guide look
--Eraser Elite now has 8 rows of tiles (like Pusher Elite)
--Score browser now refreshes popular songs when you first open it
--Added blending to top and bottom black frame in gameplay
--Add a graphic to display your chain reaction multiplier at the bottom of the screen
--Longer-lasting fireworks on enhanced detail
--Maximum song length extended to 60 minutes
--Made additional texture mods possible (tiles, tileflyups, cliff)
--If you put a traffic.png file in the textures folder it will be used for traffic instead of blocks
--Going back in song browser remembers mousewheel scroll position
--Sound effect theme is saved between play sessions
--Checkbox added to stop being shown character videos
--Added OK button to the loading/news page. Gives you more time to read the news on the loading page if you want it
--No longer automatically goes fullscreen when maximizing
--X360 controller can now pause/resume play with the Start button

Tags: audiosurf, steam

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John Z @ May 6th 2008 8:38AM

Like we really needed another reason to play Audiosurf.

tc @ May 6th 2008 8:38AM

Very handy update this, but how i would love some playslist functionality.

I played through all of Songs for the Deaf the other day and breaking it up with the ghastly audiosurf dashboard music was more than a little irritating!

Zootittles @ May 6th 2008 9:00AM

No joke. At $10, Audiosurf is one of the best deals in gaming at the moment.

It's nice that they're still adding features to it though.

Zootittles @ May 6th 2008 9:00AM

Oops. This was supposed to be a reply to John Z.

Purple Haze @ May 7th 2008 1:43AM

Yet I'm the only person I know who actually owns the game, all my friends pirated it.

TheHuntIsOn @ May 6th 2008 9:00AM

Good stuff, updating.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ May 6th 2008 9:15AM

It should be noted that I'm the highest and only ranked played for Brooklyn Bounce's Bass, Beats, and Melody...

The Artist formally known as Jesus @ May 6th 2008 10:22AM

Well I am the highest ranked in the WORLD for the entire Beauty and the Beast soundtrack.

also I am the only ranked for that soundtrack heh

phoenix @ May 6th 2008 11:29AM

I thought I was the only one who liked Brooklyn Bounce...I challenge ye *glove slap* to a duel!! muahahahah *cough* *cough*

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ May 6th 2008 12:59PM

Well, I was quite shocked to find out how many Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad songs were on Audiosurf charts. I couldn't even make the top 10 in Hit in the USA by Beat Crusaders....

Actually, I think I might give the Lion King soundtrack a shot. And definately the MK movie soundtrack.

Ryan @ May 6th 2008 9:39AM

Audiosurf is absolutely incredible. I only wish it were available for Mac, as I no longer have a PC to play it on. :(

Xbox 360 would work great too, since you could be able to network your 360 and play your Computer's music collection. This would also be a great trojan horse for MS to get more people to start networking their 360s, as I'm sure tons of people would love to play their own music collections.

And at $10, it's a complete steal. Here's to Audiosurf on Mac / Xbox 360!!!

John Z @ May 6th 2008 11:32AM

First thing I'm going to do once I get myself a new MB Pro is partitioning out a chunk for BootCamp/XP and getting the game on there. AS really is the most use I've gotten out of my Windows machine in the last few weeks...

Ever consider trying it under Parallels?