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LEIPZIG 08: SingStar teams up with Disney on PS2

Franchise to get branded SKUs of Lion King, Cinderella, Jungle Book and more; New PS3 iteration also announced

Sony has announced a new Singstar for PS3 – as well as a bunch of Disney-branded new additions to the series on PS2.

Presented during the firm’s presentation at Leipzig Game Convention this afternoon, SCEE president David Reeves also showed off new downloadable song packs for PS3.

The first two of these will arrive in Septemberand feature five songs each from Queen. They will cost €6.99 each.

In addition, he revealed that gamers will be able to play their PS2 SingStar tracks on PS3 thanks to a forthcoming firmware update.

The new PS3 Singstar will be called Volume 3 and feature Barry Manilow and Michael Jackson tracks, amongst others.

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The Disney collection will include songs from The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid, and will be released in the autumn.

what?!

posted by me Aug 21, 2008 at 10:02 am
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"gamers will be able to play their PS3 SingStar tracks on PS3 thanks to a forthcoming firmware update"

What does it mean?

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Re: what?!

posted by you Aug 21, 2008 at 12:48 pm
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"gamers will be able to play their PS3 SingStar tracks on PS3 thanks to a forthcoming firmware update"

What does it mean?"

read the article... it clearly states "gamers will be able to play their PS2 SingStar tracks on PS3 thanks to a forthcoming firmware update."

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Re: Re: what?!

posted by Someone else Aug 27, 2008 at 10:26 am
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basically it means that like with the PS2 singstar swap disc option you'll be able to swap in a PS2 singstar disc and play the songs off that using the PS3 versions interface etc.

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Re: Re: Re: what?!

posted by Kellari Sep 09, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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woooot....wooot

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