SingStar: Ultimate Party takes the stage in Europe next month

Sony's decade-spanning karaoke game SingStar: Ultimate Party will debut in Europe next month for the PlayStation 3 and PS4, director Chris Bruce revealed today.

In a first for the series, SingStar: Ultimate Party lets players use their smartphone's mic to sing in-game songs, though the game still features support for dedicated microphone peripherals. SingStar Ultimate Party's 30-song tracklist includes modern classics like Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and TLC's "No Scrubs" alongside more recent fare like One Direction's "Best Song Ever" and Pharrell Williams' "Happy," with hundreds of additional tracks available for purchase from the PlayStation Store.

A retail version of SingStar: Ultimate Party will launch alongside a major update for the standalone SingStar app in Europe on October 29. A North American release date has not been announced.