Karaoke Coming to Xbox Live Arcade This Holiday

Microsoft has announced Karaoke, an Xbox Live Arcade-enabled service set to launch this holiday. The singing game will rotate through free sample songs, but what you'll pay for isn't actually the individual tracks. For an unspecified series of Microsoft Points, players can rent Karaoke in two, six, and 24 hour blocks, similar to renting a karaoke room. The 8,000 song library opens up for your selection, and rather than downloading what you want to play, tracks simply stream when chosen.

To answer the most important questions out of the gate: Yes, your Rock Band and Lips microphones will work, as will the default Xbox 360 headset.

Let it out.

Similar to Dance Central 3, SmartGlass users can queue up songs to continue singing uninterrupted. Announced artists range from Beyonce, Rascal Flatts, and Dolly Parton to Lou Bega and Amy Grant, with country, rock, top 40, and even Christmas songs making up the library genres. Working with The Karaoke Channel, Microsoft will support Karaoke on XBLA with new songs post-launch.

via PlayXBLA

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Just Dance 4 Track List Revealed, Exclusive Songs for Wii U

Ubisoft has revealed the full list of tracks in Just Dance 4. The game features more than 40 songs, ranging from classic artists like Elvis and The B-52s to contemporary acts like Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen.

The full list of songs is below:

1. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – “(I've Had) The Time of My Life”
2. Las Ketchup – “Asereje (The Ketchup Song)”
3. Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj – “Beauty and a Beat”
4. Panjabi MC – “Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)”
5. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
6. Boys Town Gang – “Can't Take My Eyes Off You”
7. Emma– “Cercavo Amore”
8. Army of Lovers – “Crucified”
9. Rihanna – “Disturbia”
10. Dancing Bros. – “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love”
11. Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
12. Blu Cantrell – “Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)”
13. A.K.A – “Hot For Me”
14. The Blackout Allstars – “I Like It”
15. They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul”
16. Elvis Presley – “Jailhouse Rock”
17. Ricky Martin – “Livin' la Vida Loca”
18. Selena Gomez and the Scene – “Love You Like A Love Song”
19. Nelly Furtado – “Maneater”
20. Sergio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas – “Mas Que Nada”
21. Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
22. Alexandra Stan – “Mr. Saxobeat”
23. Rick Astley – “Never Gonna Give You Up”
24. Marina and The Diamonds – “Oh No!”
25. Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull – “On The Floor”
26. The Girly Team – “Oops!... I Did It Again”
27. The B-52's – “Rock Lobster”
28. Skrillex – “Rock N’Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)”
29. Kat DeLuna featuring Busta Rhymes – “Run The Show”
30. Anja – “Crazy Little Thing”
31. P!nk – “So What”
32. Sammy - “Some Catchin' Up To Do”
33. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
34. Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
35. Europe – “The Final Countdown”
36. Halloween Thrills – “Time Warp”
37. 2 Unlimited – “Tribal Dance”
38. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z – “Umbrella”
39. Hit The Electro Beat – “We No Speak Americano”
40. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
41. Will Smith – “Wild Wild West”
42. Barry White – “You're The First, The Last, My Everything”
43. Carrie Underwood – “Good Girl” (U.S. exclusive)
44. Bunny Beatz – “Make The Party (Don't Stop)” (Wii U, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Move only)

In addition, the Wii U version will include the following three exclusive tracks:

• The Girly Team – “Ain't No Other Man”
• Cher Lloyd featuring Astro – “Want U Back”
• Jessie J – “Domino”

Just Dance 4 is set to hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii on October 9th. A Wii U version will follow, but since Nintendo still hasn’t revealed that system’s launch date, no release date has been announced just yet.

As previously announced, the game will include a new Battle Mode for going head-to-head with friends, as well as alternate choreographies and an expanded Just Sweat mode. Just Dance 4 will also feature exclusive Wii U features such as Puppet Master Mode, which allows one player to create choreography on the fly, write on-screen dedications and take pictures and videos of friends while they dance.

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