Get dancing with King of Pop
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June 16, 2010, Wednesday
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GAMERS will soon have the opportunity to moonwalk alongside the King of Pop.
Video game developer Ubisoft announced on Monday that it would release a new dancing-and-singing game featuring Michael Jackson during the holiday season. The as-yet-unnamed game will be among the first to use Kinect and Move, the respective motion-detecting camera systems for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 due out later this year.
"Your goal is to dance like Michael," said Tony Key, Ubisoft's marketing vice president. "Do what the guy on the screen is doing and you're there. It'll score you based on the quality of your performance."
The game's launch will roughly coincide with the November debut of a new album containing unreleased Jackson recordings. Versions of the game, which will feature songs from Jackson's catalog, including "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," will also be available for Nintendo's Wii, the Nintendo DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable.
The announcement was made during Ubisoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference in Los Angeles. No footage from the game was shown, but dancers from Jackson's "This Is It" tour took to the stage to perform.
"With the technology that is available today, you will be able to learn how to be as good as those guys are and even better," said Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's CEO.
It won't be Jackson's first appearance in a game.
He starred in 1989's action game "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker."
Ubisoft's "Just Dance," released for the Wii last year, has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
"Rock Band" developer Harmonix is also choreographing its own dancing title, unveiled at Microsoft's press conference on Monday with a routine set to Gwen Stefani's "Keep On Dancing."
"Dance Central" uses Kinect to detect players' movements and translate them to an avatar on screen.
Video game developer Ubisoft announced on Monday that it would release a new dancing-and-singing game featuring Michael Jackson during the holiday season. The as-yet-unnamed game will be among the first to use Kinect and Move, the respective motion-detecting camera systems for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 due out later this year.
"Your goal is to dance like Michael," said Tony Key, Ubisoft's marketing vice president. "Do what the guy on the screen is doing and you're there. It'll score you based on the quality of your performance."
The game's launch will roughly coincide with the November debut of a new album containing unreleased Jackson recordings. Versions of the game, which will feature songs from Jackson's catalog, including "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," will also be available for Nintendo's Wii, the Nintendo DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable.
The announcement was made during Ubisoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference in Los Angeles. No footage from the game was shown, but dancers from Jackson's "This Is It" tour took to the stage to perform.
"With the technology that is available today, you will be able to learn how to be as good as those guys are and even better," said Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's CEO.
It won't be Jackson's first appearance in a game.
He starred in 1989's action game "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker."
Ubisoft's "Just Dance," released for the Wii last year, has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
"Rock Band" developer Harmonix is also choreographing its own dancing title, unveiled at Microsoft's press conference on Monday with a routine set to Gwen Stefani's "Keep On Dancing."
"Dance Central" uses Kinect to detect players' movements and translate them to an avatar on screen.
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