While we were a little preoccupied with Gamescom 2021, Sony announced various limited editions and preorder bonuses for their up and coming Horizon Forbidden West which is slated to release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on 18th February. As part of this announcement Sony announced that only the deluxe and collector's editions of the game would get a free PS4-PS5 upgrade, meaning that if you bought the base PS4 version of the game, you'd have to pay to make use of the PS5 upgrades. Due to the backlash from fans, this has been rolled back and you'll now be able to access a free copy of the game, but this will be the last time it'll happen.
First of all, we're sorry for the radio silence for the last few days. Being a small team and trying to juggle multiple secrets at the same time meant that we weren't able to provide attention to the news. Although fear not, we'll have our weekly round up landing on Sunday, and coverage of Square Enix's presentation later today. For now, let's play catch-up with the UK Sales chart.
This week has been a busy week for video game news. As such we've pulled together all of the news we've found interesting over the course of the week and put it in one place. This article is longer than our usual news pieces so we hope you enjoy.
Week 2 into 2013 already and there has not been much change in the UK Videogame charts. The top 5 remain exactly where they were last week, we have a new entry into the charts and a couple of re-entries but overall the game market is still well into the post-Christmas slump. See what other movers and shakers have happened this week.
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And so with a slightly delayed chart this week we resume our normal business of delivering the top 40 games that were purchased between 2nd-8th September. We see a return to their position from the previous week, a game fall from grace and of all things an expansion pack hit the top 5! It's like a soap opera but with characters that you can play with... in your own time that is.
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Singing is something that’s often best left to the talented and yet up and down the country right now, there are people in karaoke bars singing their little hearts out. There are people in front of their TVs, with microphones plugged into their consoles, singing equally as passionately as the karaoke goers and often considerably more drunk. Yes, We Sing Pop, the latest iteration of the We Sing franchise has been let loose on an unsuspecting British public.
Yet, We Sing Pop is far from different from its predecessors. In many ways, it’s the same game just rehashed with new songs and this is clearly one of the reasons that there’s so little to actually say about the game that hasn’t already been said. We Sing Pop allows for various different modes of play, but most of the time will be spent in the main Solo and Party modes.
As with SingStar of old, the singers prowess isn’t really a deciding factor of points, it’s all about pitch. So long as you’ve roughly done the right pitch of the song, you’ll get points. In fact, if winning is really vital, simply hum the song loudly in your throat and put the microphone up to your neck and you’ll get points. Easy. This applies across all singing portions of the game and whilst it’s something that’s annoying for those who notice it, overall, it’s nothing groundbreaking or a real inhibitor of enjoyment as people playing We Sing aren’t training to be professional singers – they’re having fun.
Fun is exactly what We Sing Pop is, with thirty songs and the vast majority of them being “current” it’s very easy to pick up a microphone and sing along. Even if your taste in music is classic videogame remixes from OverClocked Remix, or if you’re a pop music aficionado the music’s played enough in TV shows, on the radio and just around the place that nothing feels alien or forced. For those who remember the 1980s, there’s the odd clanger thrown in to, with the likes of Cyndi Lauper trying to tell you what girls want.
The actual interface and menu control has been pulled straight from previous games, with a little flair thrown in to show that this is actually a “new” game, rather than just a cheap upgrade. Which technically it is. If We Sing were on any other platform, a foul wind would be blowing across the console, rendering it unplayable as the cold shoulder would stop all singing. After all, technically this is just downloadable content. But as we all know, the Wii, whilst technically can do downloadable content, isn’t really configured for it and most people who’d buy We Sing Pop will be the casual owners who don’t care for such complications.
For a first time We Sing buyer, the bundle is certainly worth it as the microphones included are great quality and the entire system works as it should do. Smoothly and easily. An important footnote is that for Wii owners who already have microphones, but plugin with a Gamecube port, they won’t work. The bundled microphones are USB ports and will work fine and can transfer to any console as they are console “neutral”.
We Sing Pop is a good addition to the We Sing family, not straying from the formula at all, it’s a game that plays to its strengths and you know exactly what you’re buying. This is also the downside as there’s been no real progression in the series at all and aside from inserting new songs, it will soon grow tired.
The full tracklist is as follows:
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
Coldplay - Clocks
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – Club Can't Handle Me
Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
Hanson - MMMBop
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jessie J - Nobody's Perfect
Kelis - Milkshake
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
The Killers - When You Were Young
Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird
Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath
Peter Andre ft. Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl
Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Owl City - Fireflies
Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner - Written in the Stars
Alongside the free multiplayer additions coming next week, Bioware is also offering a series of bug fixes, which includes a fix for the character importation errors.
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So it's Nintendo Monday. Well, that's pushing it a little, but Nintendo UK today revealed this week's update to the eShop/Virtual Console and there are several new additions that might be worth the spend. Of course, some are larger titles than others but for the most part, it's a good haul.
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We all get exhausted from time to time whether you're studying or in a full time job. Sometimes you just got to take a break but it doesn't mean you're no longer committed to your goal in life even if it makes you quite literally pull your hair out. (more…)
THQ have today announced details of the next WWE title. This time dropping the Smackdown Vs Raw title and keeping with a simpler WWE 2012. Creative director Cory Ledesma has had this to say about the name change, "I’ve just felt for a couple of years now that the franchise has been getting stale and in need of a reboot, not just with the name but also with the game experience." (more…)
