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Steam News14 April 20262mo ago

Happy Birthday! - Open Mic stereo sfx!

Hi everyone, It's Beat Hazard's 16th Birthday today! Steam post image ːBH1ːːBH6ː Steam post image Thank you so much for being with me on this continuing journey!

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addedThis update contains one of the most requested 'fixes' and that is for SFX to play in Stereo while using Open Mic. Well, it's finally possible due to an added feature in Windows WASAPI. Unfortunately, MS only added this to Win11, so it won't work on 10 (Sorry).
changedhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coldbeamgames.beathazardarcade

Beat Hazard 3 changes

addedThis update contains one of the most requested 'fixes' and that is for SFX to play in Stereo while using Open Mic. Well, it's finally possible due to an added feature in Windows WASAPI. Unfortunately, MS only added this to Win11, so it won't work on 10 (Sorry).
changedhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coldbeamgames.beathazardarcade

Hi everyone,

It's Beat Hazard's 16th Birthday today! Steam post image ːBH1ːːBH6ː Steam post image

Thank you so much for being with me on this continuing journey!

This update contains one of the most requested 'fixes' and that is for SFX to play in Stereo while using Open Mic. Well, it's finally possible due to an added feature in Windows WASAPI. Unfortunately, MS only added this to Win11, so it won't work on 10 (Sorry).

In other news, Beat Hazard Arcade is coming to mobile, you can pre-register the Android version here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coldbeamgames.beathazardarcade

(iOS coming soon)

Have a great day, and enjoy the update!

Cheers,

Steve.

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Steam News / 14 April 2026

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