Sony unveils Singstar track listing

Karaoke Stage in May, then Singstar in summer. They're going to kill us!

News by Tom Bramwell Former Editor-in-Chief

Published on 17 Feb 2004

Sony has revealed the track listing for Singstar, the karaoke party game from the team behind EyeToy at Sony's London Studio. It's a singing game along similar lines to Konami's Karaoke Stage, in that it measures your vocal skills (pitch, tone, timing, etc) and provides feedback, but it also includes EyeToy compatibility allowing players to see themselves singing along. It's described as a singing game "with a twist", so we're guessing that's meant to be the twist.

Due out this summer, Singstar will ship with two microphones that plug in via USB adapter, and apart from officially licensed music (cast eyes down, numpty!) and videos, it will also have various multiplayer modes for up to eight people to compete, including a "Pass the Mic" game encouraging duets and other combinations, whilst also offering various options for the lone vocalist - a simple pick-up-and-go sing-along and even a "Star Maker" mode that charts your path from bedroom crooner to sell-out superstar. Singstar, sorry.

As with dancing title EyeToy: Groove, Sony has cast its net very wide for potential songs, focusing on the adult and/or alternative (The Darkness, Motorhead) just as often as the mindless pop tarts (Liberty X, Mis-Teeq, Pink, Jamelia, etc) and the karaoke stalwarts (Village People). It would certainly make an interesting mix tape...