Sydney Australia, 20th August 2009 \u2013 Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Ltd is proud to announce it has signed a deal with leading global music publisher Universal Music to bring their extensive catalogue of songs to video gaming. The new karaoke music series, U-Sing, will launch exclusively for the Nintendo\u00ae Wii this Christmas. <\/p>\n
U-Sing offers people of all ages the chance to sing all the hits from Universal Music including all the classics through to the latest popular songs. In addition to the songs, U-Sing will also offer all the original music clips. U-Sing will feature a different song list for each territory based on the country\u2019s most popular local and international artists and will offer players the opportunity to download additional songs in the future.<\/p>\n
U-Sing blends fun with skill thanks to its state of the art voice recognition technology VOXLER\u00e4 which analyses a player\u2019s tone, pitch and rhythm. Players select a song, the screen displays bars to highlight the pitch, rhythm and tone of the player\u2019s singing. Lyrics appear at the bottom of the screen while the original music clip plays in the background as the player gets scored on how accurate their singing is. U-Sing offers a variety of game modes allowing players to sing on their own, with others or against each other. <\/p>\n
The U-Sing series of games will be launched in France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Benelux and Australia and New Zealand. Other territories to be announced.<\/p>\n
About Mindscape (www.mindscape.com.au)<\/p>\n
Mindscape develops, publishes and distributes kids and family games, productivity and reference software on the PC, Mac, DS, Wii and online platforms. The company\u2019s rich portfolio of award-winning products include Broderbund, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Endemol, Hoyle Games, IMSI, Legacy Interactive, Myhorseclub, Nancy Drew, Nuance, The Learning Company, Punch, Playfirst, PopCap, Thomas & Friends and Roxio. Mindscape is a publicly listed company on the Paris Stock Market \u2013 Alternext since December 2007.<\/p>\n
About Universal Music Group<\/p>\n
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.<\/p>\n
Universal Music Group’s record labels include A&M\/Octone, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records South and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world’s most popular artists and their recordings. UMG’s catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sydney Australia, 20th August 2009 \u2013 Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Ltd is proud to announce it has signed a deal with leading global music publisher Universal Music to bring their extensive catalogue of songs to video gaming. The new karaoke music series, U-Sing, will launch exclusively for the Nintendo\u00ae Wii this Christmas. U-Sing offers people<\/p>\n