Culture Club. Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Blondie. Nena. The Cure.
July 20, 2005
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Sony | For immediate release
Hear the names and the songs just pop in to your head. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is pleased to announce that, in response to lobbying from SingStarTM fans around the world, Studio London is to develop the definitive nostalgic music experience - SingStar '80s. Brace yourself for the ultimate '80s invasion, available just in time to kick start your party season.
SingStar '80s features the first era-specific track listing to emerge from the music gurus at London Studio and comes packed with 30 original and totally classic tracks from the early '80s that are guaranteed to throw you back to your school disco days. Recreating the iconic style that defined the era, SingStar '80s brings the decade back to life with a new '80s-themed intro, retro colour scheme, fully licensed tracks from the original artists, and, of course, the videos that ushered in the dawn of music TV.
Providing pop kids with a great excuse to dig out the neon T-shirts, the frilly shirts or lace fingerless gloves, SingStar '80s fills your home with the tunes that topped the charts in Europe and around the world, from leading artists including The Cure, Kate Bush, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Erasure and Simple Minds. Journey back in time and indulge in nostalgic classics such as:
Culture Club: Karma Chameleon
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen
Vanilla Ice: Ice Ice Baby
Belinda Carlisle: Heaven is a Place on Earth
Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me)
The Cure: Just Like Heaven
Nena: 99 Red Balloons
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Power of Love
Blondie: Atomic
Kate Bush: Running up that Hill
Foreigner: I want to know what love is
Europe: The Final Countdown
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
Wham!: Wake me up before you go, go!
Pretenders: Brass in pocket
Billy Joel: Uptown Girl
Erasure: A little respect
Starship: We built this city
Katrina and the Waves: Walkingon Sunshine
Easy to set-up and play, SingStar '80s comes with two high quality microphones and tracks players pitch, tone and rhythm, as they sing into the mic. SingStar '80s has got what it takes to turn even the most tone deaf of singers into a ballad-wailing sensation, -- all you need to do is raid your wardrobe, put on your make-up, peroxide your hair, line up that power ballad and wow the crowd!
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For further information please contact:
Jennie Kong ([email protected])
PR Manager
Tel: 020 7911 8176 Fax: 020 7734 4926
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PS one®, PlayStation®2 and PlayStation Portable® software and hardware in 102 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes games software for the three formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the PAL territories. At the end of March 2005, over 40 million PlayStation® units had been shipped across these PAL territories, over 102 million worldwide. Between its European debut on 24 November 2000 and the end of March 2005, over 31 million PlayStation®2 units have been shipped across the PAL territories, over 87 million world-wide, making it one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history.
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