Ace Gamez: " Since the original game's release back in 2004, Sony has delivered an incredible amount of versions of the karaoke classic SingStar year on year. Chances are though, that 2008 will be known as the year where the most SingStar titles were released; seven titles across both PlayStation consoles. Now that Christmas is on its way, Sony is rolling out releases on both systems and SingStar Vol 3 is the third game in the series for the PS3. It's yet another example of a disc release rather than downloadable packs but is the track list strong enough to warrant a place at your Christmas day party or should you trade your copy in for Microsoft's LIPS?
After reviewing Singalong with Disney and Boybands vs Girlbands, both for the PS2, the video quality found in the PS2 games has become all I expect from a game in the series. Now that another PS3 SingStar game is here though, the improvements made to the graphics causes the older games look ancient. Videos fill the whole screen and the lyrics do little to impose on the often HD quality music videos that accompany the songs. Menu screens use the theme you have selected in any of the other volumes currently on the market, with new themes available in the SingStore. This consistency across the games is one of the many subtle touches that makes SingStar on PS3 such a well conceived series; Microsoft's LIPS may look slick but SingStar still has the edge. SingStar has always sounded great but, unlike the PS2 games, the audio is coming through an HDMI cable and so it sounds just as good as any CD player you can buy. SingStar Vol 3 looks and sounds better than ever on PS3, but the real deciding factor about any game in the series is the track list - and there's no exception here."
Well the big day is literally a few hours away folks and the Game-Modo crew are getting rather excited for santas visit. What better way to get us into the festive mood than to playing games that get us into the Christmas spirit.
Check out the games we like playing at Christmas. What games get you into the Christmas spirit?
If you get a new game and enjoy it around Christmas time one year, it'll feel like a Christmas time game the year after.
Shenmue 1 and 2 always gets me into the Christmas spirit. I still own them for the Dreamcast and usually play them both every Christmas (Although I haven't this year). The ingame date is around Christmas time (November 29th I think) and it just makes me feel all nostalgic and reminds of me of being a kid again, when I used to get super excited about Christmas.
We'll never get a sequel =[
Games don't get me into the Christmas spirit. Lights, snow, the Christmas service, being with family, Christmas movies.....THOSE put me in the Christmas spirit.
Gamasutra: "Rumors were circulating the depths of the internet last week, as it looked likely that the PlayStation 3's popular karaoke series SingStar was going free-to-play. As it turns out, it's perhaps not as free-to-play as you would have guessed."
Earlier this year Julian Hill was planning to complete a 24-hour SingStar challenge for charity, specifically raising money for London's Great Ormond Street Hospital as a thanks for the life-saving operation provided to his baby daughter. The great news is that this challenge has now been completed, and Julian shares the good news in his own words.
Nice work Julian, and congrats on raising so much for a very worthy cause. I didn't realise singstar had that many songs worth singing lol
Hopefully a full and healthy life ahead for his wee girl too.
