Black Eyed Peas on Kinect and Wii

Mike Bantick
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 12:15

Your IT - Entertainment

With the success of Ubisoft's Just Dance titles on the Nintendo Wii it was inevitable the concept would be both broadened in platform and appeal.  Hence welcome The Black Eyed Peas Experience, joining Michael Jackson in expanding our dance fun at home in front of the Wii or Xbox 360 Kinect.  Just don't swing those Wii-motes too high you wouldn't want a black eye.

Publisher Ubisoft has announced the follow up to Michael Jackson The Experience by bringing us The Black Eyed Peas Experience for Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360's equipped with the Kinect motion detection controller.

Here are the details:

Ubisoft has announced the development of The Black Eyed Peas Experience video game, the second game in the multi-million selling 'Experience' franchise. The new dance game will feature fun dance moves as well as hit songs from The Black Eyed Peas multi-platinum selling catalogue. It will be released on the Kinect for Microsoft Xbox 360 entertainment system and Wii system by Nintendo.

'The Black Eyed Peas are the perfect artists to headline our next Experience game. Their award-winning music, dance moves and artistic style will be combined into a gaming experience that will excite both fans of the group and those who enjoy playing dance titles,' said Yves Guillemot, co-founder and chief executive officer of Ubisoft. 'The Black Eyed Peas are a worldwide phenomenon and Ubisoft is the worldwide leader in dance games - together we are going to make The Black Eyed Peas Experience a game that fans around the world will love.'

Ubisoft's Experience franchise has sold more than three million copies to date by making an artist's universe accessible to fans in an interactive and immersive game. The Black Eyed Peas Experience takes that concept even further, and features a comprehensive selection of The Black Eyed Peas' hit music tracks as well as dance routines arranged by the group's famed creative director and choreographer, Fatima Robinson.

In the Microsoft Xbox 360 version of the game, which Ubisoft is developing in partnership with renowned music game developers iNiS, players will control their on-screen avatar via the Kinect for Microsoft Xbox 360 entertainment system while following the dance moves of 3D avatars, including each of The Black Eyed Peas: apl.de.ap, Fergie, Taboo and will.i.am. The Wii version of The Black Eyed Peas Experience, being developed by Ubisoft Quebec and Paris, will feature game play similar to Ubisoft's Just Dance titles, where players hold a Wii Remote and follow the moves of The Black Eyed Peas' on-screen avatars.

'We are thrilled to be working with Ubisoft to create The Black Eyed Peas Experience video game,' shared will.i.am, frontman for The Black Eyed Peas. 'Ubisoft has both redefined and dominated the dance category in the video game industry and we can't wait to be part of taking that to the next level by infusing an experience that's 100 percent authentic to The Black Eyed Peas