Sony Announces SingStar Vol. 2 for PS3 – Your Life is Now Complete
By Stephany on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 1:27 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Gamer Life, Games, Sony, Sony
SingStar fans are in for a treat this summer with the launch of SingStar Vol. 2 for the PS3. The new addition to the franchise features 30 new tracks, a new harmony duet mode, PSP remote play functionalities, increased levels of personalisation and an entry point to My SingStar Online.Artists featured include The Killers, Eminem, Kaiser Chiefs, Gorillaz and more will all tracks featuring the original music video for you to enjoy.
The harmony duet mode is a new way of playing that allows two players to sing different lines to a song at the same time, and special tracks have been included to showcase this new mode such as Kool and the Gang: Celebration, the Paul McCartney & the Frog Chorus: We all Stand Together and The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin’.
SingStar Vol. 2 also includes Remote Play functionalities with PSP. Using PSP and a wireless Internet connection, players will be able to access various areas of the game such as:
- SingStore: browse, select and download new songs, from SingStore remotely. This is really your chance to get your favourite party tracklist ready before you’re heading back home
- My SingStar Online: browse and participate in all areas, rate media, leave comments, take part in polls, etc.). You can now continue to be part of the SingStar community on the go: share and show off hilarious and killer performances to your friends and family
SingStar Vol. 2 gives players instant access to SingStore, where extra tracks can be purchased, allowing players to add to their collection of songs and create their own SingStar playlists to suit their mood. There are currently over 300 tracks in SingStore.
Game features are listed after the break and when Sony decides to give a concrete release date for this, we will be sure and let you know.
Via: Press Release
Features:
- Introducing the new harmony duet mode: Put your vocal skills to the test as you perform different lines to a song against your SingStar rival! This is your chance to perform duets in harmony and showcase your skills!
- 30 strong track list: Sing along to critically acclaimed artists and bands from The Killers, Eminem, Kaiser Chiefs, Nirvana and Gorillaz and many many more!
- PSP Remote Play functionality: With a PSP and a wireless internet connection, you will now be able to browse, select and start downloading new songs from the ‘SingStore’ on the go. Choosing your perfect tracklist is easier than ever before. You can also access to all areas of My SingStar Online and share the best SingStar performances with your friend and family!
- Join the online SingStar community: Enter via the game (My SingStar Online) or PC (www.singstargame.com) and upload your performances and rate others. Who knows, you could become an overnight star.
- Download in an instant: SingStore is directly accessible in-game. It’s easy to use and your song selections can be quickly granted. And with over 300 tracks available for you to download directly from the SingStore, there is plenty of choice to suit your party mood!
- Slick new look: Navigate the famous ‘carousel’ for your song selection and enjoy a cool, sophisticated slick new in-game design
- The SingStar experience: Competitive game-play with battle and one-player modes, credible artists and social, inclusive fun – everything you know and love about SingStar but more music and more choice than ever before.
This is a joke, there are only 170 songs currently available for Singstar, NOT 300 as Sony keep insisting, then promising to deliver and not doing so.
The original Singstar was pitched as buying one package with wireless mics (also miraculously disappeared in to the Ether) and the Singstore, to buy additional songs as needed… now they bring out a new disc in the same tired fashion as PS2, cmon sony this is rubbish, get your act together.
Thirty songs? No thanks!