Cold Beam Games revealed earlier today that its successful shmup, Beat Hazard, will be arriving on Macs as well as iOS sometime “soon” and “later in the year.” Beat Hazard Ultra allows you to experience your music collection as an arcade shooter. Each song plays uniquely and differently from the other, meaning every time you play Beat Hazard, you’ll be having new experiences altogether.

The game has received a relative amount of acclaim, having earned a Metacritic score of 70. It is a testament to the innovative and worthwhile ideas some indie game developers work with because, after all, Cold Beam was a one-man-team that once asked, “Damn, wouldn’t it be cool if you could play an arcade shooter to your favorite music?”

Granted, some songs are going to be funner than other ones. Generally speaking, I’ve found that more technical tracks like stuff by Meshuggah and other progressive rock bands tend to be challenging and fun. But of course, throwing in some Daft Punk and electronica can also prove to be effective. Whatever your taste in music, as long as you like arcade shooters, you will enjoy the shit out of Beat Hazard and it makes me happy to announce that the game is coming to Mac and iOS (meaning iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad, making it one of the first games to utilize your iTunes library on the App Store), courtesy of D3T.

No word on pricing, but I gather it should be the same as the PC version already available ($9.99, perhaps with a sale promotion of $4.99 to start off with). Stay tuned for more details!

[Beat Hazard, Cold Beam Games]