Jackson 5 Coming to Karaoke Revolution
KONAMI ANNOUNCES ORIGINAL JACKSON 5 TRACKS LICENSED FOR KARAOKE REVOLUTION®
Partnership Between UMe and EMI Marks First Time Jackson 5 Songs to be Featured Across All Next-Generation Platforms; Content to Include Number One Jackson 5 Hits and Additional Bonus Content
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced it has secured licensed music of the Jackson 5 from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) to be featured in Karaoke Revolution® for Wii™, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Players will be able to sing to original music of Jackson 5 classics including the number one hits “I’ll Be There,” and “ABC.” The Jackson 5 content will be featured on the final disc at launch along Jackson 5 themes and photos. This original Jackson 5 content and themes will further distinguish Karaoke Revolution in the marketplace by being the first karaoke game to feature licensed music of the Jackson 5 across all next-generation gaming consoles.
“The music of the Jackson 5 is timeless, we are thrilled to partner with UMe and EMI to pay homage to the American institution known as the Jackson 5 in Karaoke Revolution. The Jackson 5 was the first group to have four consecutive number one singles, and to have those iconic hits like ‘I’ll Be There’ or ‘I Want You Back’ will give fans both old and new a chance to experience their music in a way they have never before.”
- Careen Yapp, Vice President of Licensing and Business Development“Konami are the pioneers of the karaoke gaming genre, in the same way that the Jackson 5 were pioneers for many of the pop groups and artists that have followed in their path. We’re pleased to be able to have been able to provide fans of the Jackson 5 with a new way to experience the classic music that made them such worldwide stars.”
- Rod Kotler, Vice President of Music Resources at EMI Music Publishing
Additionally, the game will let karaoke fans sing and compete against friends with expanded multiplayer modes, 50 all-new hit songs from master recordings, as well as an endless amount of customizable venue options and newly enhanced customizable characters, including dramatic facial and body morphing.
Karaoke Revolution’s expanded multiplayer modes allow players to throw karaoke parties with their friends, or perform solo in a single-player career. If you want to hear your favorite songs in succession, just create a playlist, pick up the microphone and jump in at anytime! Players can sing to a wide variety of contemporary hits and classic favorites from licensed master recordings. In addition, those using either the Xbox 360® or the PLAYSTATION®3 can utilize the co-op Party Mode with online game modes for up to 8 players or battle with or against each other in the ultimate competition.
Also new to this year’s version are the enhanced customizations that allow singers to design and personalize their venues and characters in ways that are guaranteed to catch the attention of the crowd. Karaoke Revolution offers singers the opportunity to create a virtual representation of themselves with the abundance of character customization and body manipulation options. Players can record themselves with the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera or the PLAYSTATION® Eye to incorporate themselves right on screen inside their custom venues! While Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers can also select and download licensed master tracks, share exclusive venues and additional clothing and accessories
Like all versions from this acclaimed franchise, Karaoke Revolution features a proprietary voice recognition technology which accurately recognizes and scores vocal pitch and rhythm. Real-time feedback is offered by the dynamic crowds that fill each virtual venue. The game comes packaged with a microphone providing players ready-to-perform access.
Karaoke Revolution will be released in the fourth quarter of 2009. For more information on the game, please visit: http://www.konami.com/games/karaokerevolution/.
9 Responses to “Jackson 5 Coming to Karaoke Revolution”
Do people care about Karaokerevolution? the’ll have years before ANY sort of store can compete with the Singstore. If what they did to Rock Revolution is any indication… PASS
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I will NEVER buy another KR game, they come out with a new disc put a few tracks in the ps store then they do nothing else. I waisted too much money on this series already. They won’t get anymore!
@ CMax420
Singstar destroys KR trust me…
@ Shadowjin
I do have SingStar and it seems like the Bi-Weekly updates are starting to get better.
The only reason I bought KR is the song selection is better. (More Mainstream American Hits)
But now that Sony Europe has rights to Universal Music we may FINALLY be getting some better releases from singstar. I do wish that sony would stop releasing just Disc based songs and offer everything in the singstore, theres nothing more aggrivating then disc swapping. One other little complaint I have with SingStar is some of the Odd UK music they put on the Disc, I wish there was some way of taking the songs that I don’t want in rotation from comming up while playing “Pass the Mic” with my friends.
@ CMax420
after awhile they grow on you (bad songs).. i have close to 350DLC in singstar so pass the mic and landing into a random bad song is rare.
Lol I do have to say I secretly like the TingTings, I would have never heard of them if it wasn’t for singstar!
Lol
lol.. check your comments in singstar .. 5 stars lol
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