Kotaku: singstore

SingStore Update Dies In My Arms Tonight

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:30:00 MDT

I've had many issues with SingStar's DLC before, but let me make this clear: none of them are issues with the game's technical delivery. They're all to do with the tracklist, which is so half-assed it doesn't even qualify as an ass anymore. It's just a lump of flesh sitting awkwardly above a leg, just under the back. It throws pop songs at you, but they're not popular songs. It throws rock songs at you, but they don't really rock. But once in a while, they get things right. Like this week's inclusion of Cutting Crew's (I Just) Died In Your Arms, showing that once in a while, London Studio remembers that SingStar's at its best when played drunk, by friends, and you're not singing rubbish pop songs, you're singing the awful/brilliant/cheesy classics of yesteryear.

English
* Avril Lavigne - Complicated
* Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love
* Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live
* The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
* Shocking Blue - Venus
* Golden Earring - Radar Love
* The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
* Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat
* Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending
* Erik Faber - Not Over
* Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
* R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
* Wilson Phillips - Hold On
* Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You shouldn't've)?
* Alphabeat - Fantastic 6
* The Vines - Get Free
* Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
* Westlife - Queen Of My Heart
* The Hoosiers - Cops N Robbers
* Coldplay - Shiver
* Coldplay - The Scientist
* Duran Duran - The Reflex
* Moloko - Sing It Back
* Aslan - This Is

Dutch

* Het Goede Doel - Belgie
* Kadanz - Intimiteit

French

* K-Maro - Histoires De Luv
* Luke - La sentinelle

Norwegian

* Tine - Vil ha deg

Portuguese

* André Sardet - Foi feitiço
* Clã - Tira A Teima
* Humanos - Maria Albertina
* Três Tristes Tigres - O Mundo A Meus Pés

Spanish

* El Arrebato - Búscate Un Hombre Que Te Quiera

More songs for PS3 SingStore [Eurogamer] [Pic]

SingStore Updated, Still Not Much To See Here

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:20:00 MDT

It's Friday, and the PlayStation Network's up and running again after the recent overhaul, which means it's time for SCEE to start updating the SingStore again. This week sees 48 tracks added to SingStar's online store, with 23 english-language tracks joined by 25 songs for Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Portugese and Spanish fans. I can't speak for the non-English stuff, but the English tracks, they're still just bringing over songs already available on the PS2 versions. Who knows, maybe they're saving the new stuff for the game's US launch later this month.

In English:
* Ace of Base "Life Is A Flower"
* Alcazar "Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint"
* Ash "Oh Yeah"
* Blue Öyster Cult "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
* Boston "More Than A Feeling"
* Burhan G "Who Is He?"
* Culture Club "Karma Chameleon"
* Cyndi Lauper "She Bop"
* David Lee Roth "Just A Gigolo - I Ain't Got Nobody"
* HIM "Right Here In My Arms"
* Natasha Bedingfield "Single"
* R.E.M. "Stand"
* Radiohead "High And Dry"
* Richard Hawley "Tonight The Streets Are Ours"
* Suede "Beautiful Ones"
* Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"
* Terence Trent D'Arby "Sign Your Name"
* The Magic Numbers "This Is A Song"
* The Monroes "Sunday People"
* The Poodles "Night Of Passion"
* The Rasmus "In The Shadows"
* Toto "Hold The Line"
* Westlife "Flying Without Wings"

In Danish:

* Rollo & King "Der Står Et Billed Af Dig På Mit Bord"

In Dutch:

* Circus Custers "Verliefd"
* Hans de Booy "Alle Vrouwen"
* Heideroosjes "Iedereen Is Gek"
* Johan Verminnen "Mooie Dagen"

In Finnish:

* Aki Sirkesalo "Naispaholainen"
* Anssi Kela "Milla"
* Don Huonot "Riidankylväjä"
* Neljä Ruusua "Juppihippipunkkari"
* Pelle Miljoona Oy "Moottoritie On Kuuma"
* PMMP "Pikkuveli"

In German:

* 2raumwohnung "36grad"
* 2raumwohnung "Wir Trafen Uns In Einem Garten"
* De Randfichten "Lebt Denn Dr Alte Holzmichl Noch...?"
* Dieter Thomas Kuhn "Es War Sommer (Die Wahre Geschichte)"
* Freundeskreis "A-N-N-A"
* Revolverheld "Generation Rock"
* Wir Sind Helden "Wenn Es Passiert"

In Portuguese:

* Anjos "Eu Estou Aqui (Yo soy aquél)"
* Da Weasel "Dúia"
* D'ZRT "Verão Azul"
* EZ Special "Sei Que Sabes Que Sim"

In Spanish:

* Burning "¿Qué Hace Una Chica Como Tú..?"
* Hombres G "Lo Noto"
* Hombres G "No Te Escaparás"

SingStore Updated, PS2 Library Rehash Continues Unabated

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:20:00 MDT

The PS3's SingStore will be updated on Friday. With songs new to the game, that will inspire devoted fans of the series to actually buy songs they don't already own from a PS2 version? No. No, it's a 24-song update featuring 24 songs that have already appeared on PS2 SingStars. Look, Sony, we can understand a mix of the old and the new, for those who are new to the series. But just old stuff when most people who own the game at this stage are fans, and already own PS2 versions? Getting a little old. Even if it does include DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and Faith No More. Full update list is after the jump.

Duran Duran: Union Of The Snake
A-ha: Hunting High & Low
Ash: Shining Light
Ash: Girl From Mars
Ash: Kung Fu
Bananarama: Venus
Billy Joel: We Didn't Start The Fire
Daniel Lindstrom: Coming True
Darin: Money For Nothing
Divinyls: I Touch Myself
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Summertime
Don Mclean: American Pie
Duran Duran: Is There Something I Should Know
Faith No More: Easy
Kine: In The Air Tonight
Maximo Park: The Coast Is Always Changing
Maximo Park: I Want You To Stay
Mel & Kim: Respectable
Mr Big: To Be With You
Placebo: Pure Morning
Robyn: Show Me Love
Scouting For Girls: She's So Lovely
Scounting For Girls: Elvis Ain't Dead
The Creeps: Ooh I Like It

New Batch Of SingStar Tunes Announced [Three Speech]

SingStore Updates Continue To Suck

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:30:00 MST

Oh, PS3 SingStar, how are you managing to blow such a sure thing? Since the game's launch late last year it's been a shell of an experience, with a crummy, limited tracklist making it a poor relation to the PS2's varied and expansive libraries. In an effort to remedy this, Sony have been trying a little harder to update the game's online SingStore recently, and will on March 7 continue this with a massive update, featuring 67 "new" songs. I say "new", though, because they're not new at all: most (might even be all) songs are already featured on the PS2 versions of the game.

Pity, that. Was really hoping for something new, and if not new, then at least varied. Ah well. Better luck next time, eh Sony?

Aha: The Sun Always Shines On TV
Alice Cooper: Poison
Big Brovaz: Nu-Flow
Billy Joel: Uptown Girl
Blu Cantrell: Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
Blur: End of a Century
Britney Spears: Baby One More Time
Coldplay: Speed Of Sound
Crash Test Dummies: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
David Bowie: Heroes
Dragon: April Sun In Cuba
Elvira Nickolaisen: Egypt Song
End Of Fashion: Oh Yeah
Fairground Attraction: Perfect
Feeder: Buck Rogers
Five: Keep On Movin'
Jamelia: Superstar
Jamelia: Stop
Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Lemar: It's Not That Easy
Lordi: Hard Rock Hallelujah
Maria Mena: My Lullaby
Maxïmo Park: Graffiti
Maxïmo Park: Going Missing
Natalie Imbruglia: Torn
opus X: loving you girl
Paddy Casey: Saints and Sinners
Paddy Casey: Whatever Gets You True
Reamonn: Supergirl
Roachford: Only To Be With You
Rooster: Come Get Some
Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug
Shannon Noll: What About Me
Spice Girls: Wannabe
Spice Girls: Who Do You Think You Are?
Steps: Deeper Shade of Blue
Stereophonics: Dakota
Stereophonics: The Bartender And The Thief
The Darkness: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
The Hoosiers: Goodbye Mr A
The Screaming Jets: Better
The Thrills: One Horse Town
The Thrills: Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)
The Undertones: Teenage Kicks
Trio Rio: New York, Rio, Tokyo
Whitney Houston: I Want To Dance With Somebody
Clueso: Kein Bock Zu Geh'n
Die Fantastischen Vier: Geboren
Laith Al-Deen: Leb Den Tag
Laith Al-Deen: Bilder von Dir
MIA.: Tanz Der Moleküle
Pur: Abenteuerland
Revolverheld: Ich werd' die Welt verändern
Revolverheld: Mit Dir Chilln
Alexia: Egoista
Alexia: Da Grande
Daniele Silvestri: Salirò
Fiorello: Viviere A Color
Litfiba: El Diablo
Loredana Berte: Il Mare D'Inverno
Luca Di Risio: Calma e sanguefreddo
Paola & Chiara: Blu
Jan Eggum: På'an igjen
Kaptein Sabeltann: Vi seiler vår egen sjø
Philip and Sandra: Sommerflørt
Gloria Estefan: Hoy
Pereza: Pienso En Aquella Tarde

March 7th SingStore Update [Three Speech]

PlayStation Store Getting Overhauled In April

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:00 MST

While Metal Gear Solid 4, DualShock 3 and God of War news may have dominated our Destination PlayStation coverage, one other interesting leak came out of the retailer conference. According to sources there, the PlayStation Store is finally getting a graphical user interface overhaul, one planned to arrive alongside Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on April 15. The revamp of the PlayStation Store is said to give it a look more in tune with the SingStore, pictured above, which is already accessible from the PlayStation 3 version of SingStar.

Details were light on the change, but beyond a coat of paint, word was that navigation would change to a series of icons running along the bottom of the interface. We don't have official confirmation on this one yet, so consider it rumor for now.