Videogamer.com: Any SingStar fan looking for anything more than 30 new songs from Vol.3 will be sorely disappointed, because that's all it is. Really, that's it. It's Vol.2 with added Aerosmith, more Michael Jackson and lashings of Lionel Richie. Nothing more, nothing less.
For PS3 owners without an internet connection, and therefore without access to the bulging SingStore, a glance at the solid track list will determine whether the £25 or so the game costs is worth it. This is a wholly personal decision, and we won't attempt to patronise your musical tastes by telling you which songs we think are great and which songs we think are garbage... FACT. As the saying goes, each to their own.
What we will say is there's bound to be at least one song guaranteed to go down well in a room full of bleary-eyed winos. For us, David Bowie's Space Oddity proved to be the one. We also found Deep Blue Something's Breakfast At Tiffany's got vocal chords going (we're all Friends fanatics round our house). The old ball and chain loves Queen's Killer Queen and Could it be Magic by Take That, for some reason, too. I'm more interested in beating my top score on The Smashing Pumpkins' 1979, or, in other words, a PROPER SONG.
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.
