Ludography
SingStar ABBA cover

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

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 314 November 2008Europe · North America 2 December 2008 · Worldwide 2 December 2008
PlayStation 22 December 2008Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Based on
ABBA discography

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