
- 60/100
- Critics1 review

2008 · London Studio · Karaoke · Rhythm
SingStar ABBA
PlayStation exclusive
SingStar ABBA is a karaoke game featuring songs from the Swedish group ABBA. The group was active during the seventies, particularly in the disco/pop music.
- Released
- 14 November 2008
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2PlayStation 3
- Genres
- KaraokeRhythm
- Developers
- London Studio
- Publishers
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Series
- SingStar
- Perspective
- Auditory
- Themes
- Party
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- CLASS_IND 12ESRB TUSK 0
About
SingStar ABBA is a singing/voice simulation video game released in 2008 for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. It was the first band specific SingStar game, followed by SingStar Queen in 2009.
Keywords
- karaoke
- high score
- music and rhythm
- licensed game
- celebrity tie-in
- musical peripherals
- remote play
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Arnold Katayev of PSXtreme explained that the game "uses a very clean user interface, one that even a five-year-old can navigate. You can either play a practice session, or play for points and attempt to score the best record", further adding: "The object is to fill the bars on screen with accuracy by singing as accurately as possible. If you go flat, you'll get color below the bar; likewise, if you go sharp, you'll get color above the bar. It's a very intuitive system, and figuring out how it works doesn't take any longer than 10 seconds".
Development
David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said of the release: "We are thrilled to be collaborating with ABBA to bring their tracks to SingStar this Christmas... The popularity of this iconic band continues year after year, and we know SingStar fans will be delighted to add this selection of classics tracks to their SingStar collection".
Patrick Foster of The Times reported that "Bocu, the British music publisher that acquired the British rights to ABBA’s songs more than 30 years ago... collaborated with Sony to release Singstar Abba".
Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Based on
- ABBA discography
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Collections3 collections
Platform libraries
- PlayStation 2 games (L–Z)Games list (L–Z)
- PlayStation 3 games (Q–Z)
Publishers
- Sony Interactive Entertainment gamesVideo games
- Sony Interactive Entertainment gamesVideo games
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