The guys over at Gamespot recently had the chance to party the night away with a hands-on session of SingStar, courtesy of a Sony hosted event at Chicago's House of Blues. However, it wasn't the house music that energized the crowd. Instead, the editors were invited to take the mike and do their best renditions of some popular songs, and test out some of the online features of the game for themselves. The song list, while not complete, did include the following:
Monster by The Automatic Toxic by Britney Spears Lets Dance by David Bowie Do You Want To by Franz Ferdinand Mr Brightside by The Killers So Sick by Ne-Yo Hey Ya by Outkast Here Comes Your Man by Pixies Go With The Flow by Queens of the Stone Age No Surprises by Radiohead Losing my Religion by REM I Don't Feel Like Dancin by Scissor Sisters Beautiful Day by U2 Buddy Holly by Weezer Love Train by Wolfmother
Hit the jump to learn more about the PlayStation Eye's role in the action, along with a little thing called the SingStore.
As everyone took to the stage, the PlayStation Eye camera was busy recording the action. However, in addition to the video footage, it also snapped around 10 or so still pictures -- which were said to be used as thumbnail images for each clip.
The thumbnails seem to be destined for a bigger purpose, as Sony envisions a large online community where players can trade clips and images back and forth the way you see done on those popular social networking sites. In addition to having a "My SingStar Online" profile to share with your online friends, Sony is offering up hundreds of songs for download on its very own SingStore.
The good news for those who already own the EyeToy is that it will still be supported in the game, and the hundreds of songs available on day one will have something for nearly every taste in music. Pop, rap, RnB, indie/alternative, and soundtracks are all accounted for. There seemed to be no mention of something for you metalheads out there in SingStar land, but you probably can't shriek like Bruce Dickinson anyway. No doubt, we will learn more about the game, as the November 13th release date grows closer. Here's some slick menu footage to enjoy, until we learn more. Now hit the play button and rock it out to Wolfmotherone more time. You know you like it.
I’ll definitely be spending $100 on the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock this fall, and I may even pick up Rock Band, should my wallet allow it. Two music games are enough, methinks.
@arrested im sure wolfmother didnt actually make the remix and instead some dj did it. theres always dj's remixing rock songs. i dont like wolfmother though so f it.
@ this game
ok i got a ps3 but definitely not for this. i guess if they aim the game at the right crowd such as most people who bought a wii jus because its hip and the myspace community, it might sell a lot for sony.
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3:54 PM on 08.04.2007
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1. Didn't make me want the game, sony marketing fails.
2. Lost respect for wolfmother because:
a. They have a techno remix of Woman?! When you base your cred as being a 70's style rock band you don't get to do techno remixes. Ever.
b. Guitar hero is one thing, but a karaoke game? Led Zeplin you ain't.
I'm about as "old school" as it gets, but I thought the Wolfmother song was actually better than the original. I see what you're saying though.
@ this game
ok i got a ps3 but definitely not for this. i guess if they aim the game at the right crowd such as most people who bought a wii jus because its hip and the myspace community, it might sell a lot for sony.