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Update Oct 30th KINECT FOOTAGE, GHOSTS VIDEO & THRILLER SCREENSHOT:
KINECT:
GHOSTS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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New screenshot of Thriller
Update Oct 11th:
We have some footage of Beat it!!! Just the ending though...
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31764
Billie Jean in full...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw20DDWUPBk
Smooth Criminal in full...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0robkhfSzuc
Interview with someone...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQAz9gNwZ8
Update Sept 29th:
SPECIAL OFFER:
Pre-order the game from Ubisoft and get your own Billie Jean Glove, just like the one MJ wore on Motown 25!
http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubiemea/en_GB/pd/productID.218545300
Update Sept 27th:
More Michael Jackson: The Experience clips.
Michael Jackson: The Experience on DS.
Update Sept 20th:
Some different footage from the Tokyo Game Show:
Smooth Criminal:
Smooth Criminal & Black or White:
Update Sept 17th:
KINECT:
GHOSTS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Video Games | Michael Jackson: The Experience | Ghosts Gameplay HD
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii
New screenshot of Thriller
Update Oct 11th:
We have some footage of Beat it!!! Just the ending though...
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31764
Billie Jean in full...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw20DDWUPBk
Smooth Criminal in full...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0robkhfSzuc
Interview with someone...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQAz9gNwZ8
Update Sept 29th:
SPECIAL OFFER:
Pre-order the game from Ubisoft and get your own Billie Jean Glove, just like the one MJ wore on Motown 25!
http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubiemea/en_GB/pd/productID.218545300
Update Sept 27th:
More Michael Jackson: The Experience clips.
Michael Jackson: The Experience on DS.
Update Sept 20th:
Some different footage from the Tokyo Game Show:
Smooth Criminal:
Smooth Criminal & Black or White:
Update Sept 17th:
http://kotaku.com/5640443/experiencing-michael-jackson
My rhythm is off, and I am completely out of step. This is the easiest song on the Wii version of Michael Jackson: The Experience. And the experience so far is difficult. This fall, Ubisoft is bringing Michael Jackson's dance moves to the Wii with Michael Jackson: The Experience. Next year, singing and dancing will arrive for the PlayStation Move and the Xbox 360 Kinect with the Move version getting a singing-only karaoke version. The Wii version does have song subtitles, but it is not a singing game.
As a child of the 1980s, I grew a huge Jackson fan. His music videos weren't simply videos, but were something the world had never seen. I had a white glove, penny loafers and even some sort of Jackson Sgt. Peppers-type jacket. By the end of the 80s, Jackson had become increasingly peculiar and his eccentricities (and image) continued to worsen during the following decade.
But something that did not change was his gift for both music and dancing.
Ubisoft is asking a lot of players with Michael Jackson: The Experience. His dance moves — even the easier ones — are no cake walk. Fans of Jackson should be excited that they can learn Jackson's trademark moves. Yet at the same time, there is a sense of "Oh crap, this game has Jackson's trademark moves."
Michael Jackson: The Experience does not simply replicate Jackson's dancing, but has players get up off their duff to do the moves. There are on-screen cues that clue in players for each move. On the Wii version, the game tracks the where the player starts each move while holding the Wii Remote, where the player ends each move and the degree of force which the Wii Remote is swung through space. Meaning? You apparently can't cheat the game like with, say, Wii Sports. (The Kinect and the Move versions will use more in-depth tracking.)
The Wii version ranks each song by difficulty, but the Move and Kinect versions allow players to change the difficulty of each tune. And if Jackson's moves prove too changing, players can select the back-up dancers. "They Don't Care About Us" is one of the less challenging tunes on the Wii version. When originally released, the song was one of the most controversial Jackson song with critics saying the lyrics were racist. The lyrics featured in the game have been edited so that the controversial lyrics are not included. According to Ubisoft, the song edit is Sony Music approved.
After fumbling both my left feet through "They Don't Care About Us", I found "Smooth Criminal" nearly impossible. One thing that Ubisoft has done is the repeat certain dance patterns over and over again in Michael Jackson: The Experience. It is possible to get the hang of the moves, and if you are a good dancer, you'll pick them up pretty fast.
"Smooth Criminal" does have the famous "lean move", but players shouldn't expect to learn how to do it. Jackson wore specially designed shoes to pull it off. And no, Ubisoft is not planning on releasing a Smooth Criminal lean shoes peripherals.
.One or two play-throughs with Michael Jackson: The Experience is not enough time. Weeks, months (and maybe even years) would be required to get me half-way decent at the moves. You might pick it up in an afternoon. (Good for you!) In the privacy of my own home, the experience might be different. No, it would be different. It definitely would be different. And repeated play would help diffuse any feelings of being overwhelmed. I just tried to image trying to keep up with Jackson's moves and singing.
Fans of Jackson's who want to learn his moves and sing his songs will love this game. This is for you. This is what the game promises, and from what I saw of the dancing, it seems to deliver. But for now, I'll stick with Moonwalker.
OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR THE WII VERSION OF THE GAME.
SCREENSHOTS OF 'BLACK OR WHITE' and 'SMOOTH CRIMINAL':
Dance like Michael Jackson in new video game - Thanks to MJDatabank.
MONTPELLIER, France — Moonwalking just like Michael Jackson will soon be possible for everyone with the launch later this year of the first video game dedicated to the star since his passing last year.
A game, developed under the watchful eye of Jackson's beneficiaries by French video game titan Ubisoft, will teach players to master the King of Pop's most famous dance moves.
Named "Michael Jackson: The Experience", the game is being produced by Ubisoft's French editor in his studios in Montpellier and Montreal with a team of around 200 people.
The version for the Wii console, which has been seen by AFP, sets the tone right from the start with background music from the star's many hit songs. In total there will be between 25 and 30 (MJ Songs) available in the final version.
In the early 1990s, Jackson was the star of a video game adapted from his 1988 "Moonwalker" film which involved players fighting supposed enemies of the star.
This game, however, invites the player to try to move like Jackson with points awarded for the most successful.
"We have looked at hundreds of hours of video and collaborated with choreographers, notably Travis Payne, who was involved in the preparation for the "This Is It" tour," for which Jackson was preparing at the time of his passing, said creative director Alkis Argyriadis.
Respect for the work of the singer, who sold more than 750 million albums worldwide and had 13 No. 1 singles, is guaranteed by a firm managing the interests of Jackson's beneficiaries including his three children, with whom Ubisoft is in contact.
"The attention to detail even extends to the length of the hem on the trousers.... (and) the famous white glove," said producer Abdelhak Elguess.
Some Jackson moves have, nonetheless, had to be modified to give players a realistic chance of replicating them, according to Argyriadis.
"Not everyone can dance as well as he could," he added.
A "dance school" made up of videos sets out his choreographies so that players can familiarise themselves with his body language.
The less gifted can take the role of one of Jackson's dancers.
Stephane Vallet, of Ubisoft Europe, said it takes "around two years to conceive a game" so the game was apparently already in the pipeline before Jackson passed.
Of the consoles, the game can be played on Nintendo's DS and Sony's Playstation 2 portable and will be available from November 23 in the United States and two days later in Europe and Asia.
But consumers will have to wait until the start of 2011 for Playstation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360.
A Los Angeles judge has set a January 2011 hearing to weigh whether there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray with involuntary manslaughter over his passing on July 25, 2009.
The 57-year-old doctor was charged in February this year after officials ruled that Jackson passed away after being injected with a powerful cocktail of sedatives and painkillers, including propofol.
The doctor, who was the last person to see Jackson alive, has admitted administering drugs to the singer to help him sleep shortly before his passing.
Source : Digital Spy / MJ data bank
This news can be reposted with a credit to MJ data bank
Michael Jackson: The Experience
Photo: Ubisoft
Fresh from GamesCom in Germany comes new screenshots and information on the upcoming Kinect enabled game for the Xbox 360, Michael Jackson: The Experience. Along with the new screenshots we also have a Q&A with the Michael Jackson Estate about the game.
Michael Jackson: The Experience utilizes Kinect's ability to track the body's movements while you sign along using the microphone. If you're worried that your voice won't be able to match the King of Pop's, no worries. The game features technology that includes real-time professional audio enhancers, so your voice will be given the golden treatment to make you sound better than ever.
The combination of singing and dancing will enable players to trigger effects, visuals and even the music itself as they move around the digital environment.
Michael Jackson: The Experience launches on November 18, 2010. Check out the screenshots in the upper right and the Q&A with the Michael Jackson Estate below and let us know your thoughts of this Michael Jackson title.
Why did you choose to work with Ubisoft on this project? What was it about the game/technology that was appealing?
Michael was about pushing technological limits to give his fans the most memorable experiences imaginable. Michael Jackson – The Game is an innovative and creative way to bring families and friends together to enjoy his artistry in a way that hasn’t been done before.
How are you involved in the development of the game? Did you meet the development team?
The Estate is working closely with the development team to make sure Michael Jackson – The Game reflects Michael’s unique creative spirit and is of the highest quality that Michael and his fans demand.
What do you believe the game will bring to MJ's loyal fans? Why should they care?
Michael was about finding ways to use new technologies so that his fans could enjoy his artistry and he valued family entertainment. This game brings those things together. His fans will be able to literally step inside Michael’s shoes and reenact his iconic dance moves to the music they love, enjoying it with their friends and families.
How do you see this game continuing MJ's legacy?
It underscores that Michael’s artistry is timeless, appeals across generations and is always on the cutting edge.
What excites you most about this game?
The opportunity to showcase the uniqueness and timelessness of Michael’s artistry in a way that has not been done before and doing so in a way that truly exemplifies the value of family entertainment, something that was very important to Michael.
This game will be the first videogame to give to players the opportunity to actually perform MJ's most famous tracks and dance choreography. Why did you wait for this year to launch such a game? Why not before?
It has to be the right time, both in terms of technology and opportunity. Michael was a perfectionist, and he would have wanted to make sure that if a game like this was released that every dance move was perfected.
How do you see this game fitting in with all of the other MJ-related activities this year?
The Estate is selective about the things it authorizes. They have to be of the highest quality, and have to be in the spirit of what Michael loved and wanted for his fans. That’s what Michael Jackson – The Game is.
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