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EA bags SingShot's online karaoke community
EA today announced its acquisition of SingStar SingShot Media, bringing founders Ranah Edelin and Niranjan Nagar into the fold as company VPs. SingShot, an online karaoke community, is operated by a five-person team, which now joins the EA Sims division.The user-generated technology will be applied to several community-based projects in development within EA, suggesting that some implementation of the service could extend beyond the PC platform and be offered through console networks (e.g., Xbox Live). The widespread appeal of SingShot could help EA further expand the already broad Sims-consuming demographic.Prior to SingShot, Edelin and Nagar created Rhapsody, a digital music subscription service that was eventually sold to RealNetworks.
The Sims moving to Wii
With the huge success of the Sims series, we aren't surprised to see it branching out to the latest consoles. While the Sims have taken on more adult themes, the upcoming Wii version looks like the game had a rough run-in with Animal Crossing. The characters and topics now resemble those found in games directed towards kids and adults who turn away from high graphics and violence. The trailer shows characters flouncing about doing Animal Crossing-esque gestures with added facial expressions and sounds. While the trailer is void of controller use and character creation, a few screenshots give viewers a glimpse. As usual, our non-existent command of the Japanese language limits what we can gather from the site. Still, this title may be worth keeping up with. Catch the video after the break! [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
