Newsflash:

Music Games Go Wireless with Lips Microphones

Published April 3, 2009

It's time to break free from the cords and perform like a true rock star with music games on Xbox 360®! Today, Microsoft announced that Activision's Guitar Hero® Metallica® and MTV's Rock Band 2 will be among the first music titles to support the celebrated Lips wireless microphones.

Use the Lips mics with popular music games.

Last year, Microsoft created the high quality wireless microphones that set the standard for music game peripherals, and teamed with iNiS to let fans around the world rock out with them on Lips. With the latest in motion-sensing technology and built-in LED lights that pulse to the rhythm of your performance, these microphones show how Xbox 360 stands out as the home of the best music experiences.

Look for new songs each week on Marketplace.

Now these mics will help people jam like never before with other great music games on Xbox 360, first with Guitar Hero Metallica. A title update this summer will also activate mic compatibility with Rock Band 2. Additional titles that support the Lips microphones will available later this year, and only on Xbox 360.

Get Music
Fans of Lips have even more reason to grab their wireless mics and sing with their friends, as more popular hits are added to Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the Lips in-game "Get Music" store. Song packs featuring Ne-Yo, Coldplay and Creedence Clearwater Revival will be available this month, as well as new songs from Incubus, Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, Mika and more, worldwide in all Xbox LIVE enabled regions.

Available April 3:

• Wish You Were Here – Incubus
• Sugar, We're Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
• Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

Available April 10:

• Ne-Yo Song Pack – Closer, So Sick, and Hate That I Love You by Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
• Coldplay Song Pack – Speed Of Sound, The Scientist, and In My Place
• Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Closer – Ne-Yo
• So Sick – Ne-Yo

Available April 17:

• Creedence Clearwater Revival Song Pack - Looking Out My Back Door, Bad Moon Rising and Who'll Stop the Rain
• Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
• All My Life – K-Ci & Jo Jo
• Sing – Travis

Available April 27:

• Love Today – Mika
• Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
• Linger – The Cranberries

Xbox 360 puts the music experiences you love all in one place, letting you watch music videos, listen to music, and of course, perform as your favorite artists with games like Lips, Rock Band 2, and Guitar Hero Metallica. And with nearly 60 million songs downloaded to date, Xbox LIVE® game add-ons keep you rocking out at the forefront of the music scene with dozens of great songs and albums for your favorite music games.