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Lips sings Party Classics March 2

Microsoft's Xbox 360-exclusive karaoke rhythm game brings 40 new on-dics tracks from Spice Girls, KISS, Village People, more; January DLC detailed.

Microsoft's big push into the casual market will come later this year with the launch of its camera-based motion-sensing add-on currently known as Project Natal. However, that isn't the only motion-sensing product the publisher has aimed at the casual market. Today, Microsoft announced that its motion-sensing mic-equipped karaoke franchise Lips will expand in North America on March 2 with the launch of Party Classics. The game will land in Europe beginning February 26.

As with previous installments in the franchise, Party Classics integrates with a wireless, motion-sensing microphone that syncs up with the various songs in the game to create unique light displays. Notably, Party Classics introduces the ability to use third-party USB microphones, such as those that come with Activision's and Electronic Arts' respective Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises.

Party Classics features 40 on-disc songs. Artists slated to appear in the game include the Spice Girls, KISS, Village People, Tiffany, Gloria Gaynor, The B-52s, and Chumbawumba. The game also supports Avatars and Avatar rewards, as well as the customary set of achievements and other features.

Microsoft also today announced the lineup of Lips' weekly downloadable content for January. Included in the lineup are tunes from Death Cab for Cutie, The Miracles, Fleetwood Mac, The Cardigans, and more. Tracks run for MSP 160 ($2) a piece, with The Miracles and The Cardigans song packs available for MSP 440 ($5.50) a piece. January's full lineup of DLC can be found below.

January 1:
Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
David Guetta feat. Cozi - "Baby When the Light"
Kanye West feat. Chris Martin - "Homecoming"

January 8:
The Miracles - "Love Machine (Part 1)"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "I Second That Emotion"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tracks of My Tears"
The Miracles Song Pack - Includes "I Second That Emotion," "Love Machine (Part 1)," "The Tracks of My Tears"

January 15:
Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"
Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
Wilson Pickett - "Mustang Sally"

January 22:
Fleetwood Mac - "Little Lies"
Robbie Williams - "Tripping"
Vanessa Carlton - "Ordinary Day"

January 29:
The Cardigans - "Carnival"
The Cardigans - "My Favorite Game"
The Cardigans Song Pack - Includes "Carnival," "Erase/Rewind," "My Favorite Game"
Crystal Waters - "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"

Tom Magrino
By Tom Magrino

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20 comments
fabio_21
fabio_21

@Pocolashon I don't know why you think I thumbed you down.. I don't care what those thumbs say at all. And yes, I have. And before Lips, I used to have Singstar at parties. Not only did I have to switch discs, but reload the whole game! Not to mention each disc only had 25 songs or so. So yeah, I know how it is, and I know it's not a big deal. And do you own both Lips games and have you compared them yourself? Do you use all the features? The old one just kept on loading all my songs for ages, you had to manually import each song you wanted to play from a USB device and the whole interface was slower. I really don't know where you're going with your 3rd paragraph really. You're making such fuss about switching discs that's ridiculous. Also, to everyone commenting on Singstar being better.. This news isn't about Singstar now is it? ;P

puppiemaster
puppiemaster

Singstar DLC is updated every 2 weeks, with between 20 - 30 songs, over 1100 available to download and the game is much better than Lips.

puppiemaster
puppiemaster

Singstar DLC is updated every 2 weeks, with between 20 - 30 songs, over 1100 available to download and the game is much better than Lips.

1ciscod
1ciscod

When are they going to add camera support, online support and recording support!?!

oneligas
oneligas

they actually started the list of musical contributors with the Spice Girls... wow i am amazed anyone remembers the Spice Girls HA HA HA

MattUK07
MattUK07

Singstar has a bigger fanbase than lips but its been out longer but I still preffer Singstar I hope Sony will bring out the next vol soon

jadefury27
jadefury27

some awful tracks coming out... they should have made the last lips game simple dlc and let it at that. i dont wanna pay 60 more dollars for a 3rd mic and disc where only a 3rd of the tracks will get played.

MamoruNoHakkyou
MamoruNoHakkyou

If only Konami would get around to releasing more (master track versions of) songs for Karaoke Revolution... Then I'd be quite the happy camper. The songs listed are pretty sweet and would be fun to sing while hanging out with friends but the system itself is my main annoyance... Lips and SingStar both have a crappy way of showing how correctly you are singing and how to adjust. Karaoke Revolution and the Rock Band games have done it in the best way I have seen. Sadly, they lack half of these songs so I will just have to get over it if I want to sing 'em I suppose

Pocolashon
Pocolashon

@fabio_21: you are calling me a douche and thumbing me down just cos you don't like my opinion? Well, grow up, mate. Yes, some people don't have internet. And if there was no swapping necessary, it would be awesome. Have you tried to host a party and swap the discs when people want to sing songs from the first one? Well, try it, you won't do other things than swapping discs. And the second one is even more buggy as the first one, you don't know what you are talking about. Check out their blog. And yeah, before mp3 we had to swap discs... before that different medias, and before that we had to hire musicians. So let's go backwards, not forwards!

fabio_21
fabio_21

Pocolashon you douche. Some people don't have Internet on the Xbox. If you don't like it, don't buy it and don't complain about it. It's not like there aren't any songs available by DLC. They release some every week! The first one was buggy. But the second one works like a charm. And though it would be good to just import the songs you like from the first one, swapping discs isn't a big deal. That's the way we listened to music before the MP3, switching discs.

Pocolashon
Pocolashon

Agreed with enoslives7, like both other Lips games. Absolutely horrible communication from Inis/MS, very buggy previous games (it is enough to read through the forum), swapping discs, limited and poor DLC songs... Instead of giving us more and better DLC they simply make a new game, giving us the "great" opportunity to swap even more discs and possibly struggle with the songs we purchased before but we simply cannot see them in the list. That's not a way to make business, imho...

zgreenwell
zgreenwell

Hopefully they will let you rip songs to the hard drive instead of having to switch discs like on Number One Hits.

enoslives7
enoslives7

This will be an epic fail, just like dj-hero.

TheArcade
TheArcade

I hearts the Spice Girls. I'm glad this Xbox 360 rhythm based game will be using their material. "If you wannabe my lover. You gotta get with my friends, GOTTA GETTA WITH MY FRIENDS! Taking it too easy. 'Cause that's the way it iiiiiiis" Memories. :')

SDBusDriver1979
SDBusDriver1979

The first Lips was really good COUNTRY ROADS but they botched the second one and the third one is not looking too promising with Chumbawumba in it. I always wanted Village People karaoke but Chumbawumba. And there is only one song they would put in there from Chumbawumba cause its the only song people remember from Chumbawumba. Why not just have Allstars from Smash Mouth to pair up with it; rename the subtitle of the game to "Lips: Classic Stadium Songs From the 90s That Won't Die". All I have to say is Chumbawumba :(

-Fromage-
-Fromage-

Ha, Kiss is in the same group as Spice Girls and the Village People.

St3yr
St3yr

what....no slayer?

kenbub1
kenbub1

Please add some Whitney Houston songs.

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