'Guitar Hero Metallica' goes wireless with 'Lips' microphones

Xbox New Zealand has announced that Activision’s “Guitar Hero® Metallica®” will be the first music title to support the “Lips” wireless microphones, so it’s time to break free from the cords and belt out your favourite songs like a true rock star with music games on the Xbox 360®console.

The high quality “Lips” wireless microphones has set a lofty standard for music game peripherals. Using the latest in motion-sensing technology and built-in LED lights that pulse to the rhythm of your performance, these microphones help Xbox 360 deliver a legendary home music experience.

Now these mics will help people jam with other great music games on Xbox 360, first with “Guitar Hero® Metallica.” Additional titles that support the “Lips” microphones will available later this year, and only on Xbox 360.

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 4:

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

Available April 11:

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 18:

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 28:

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 favourite artists with games like “Lips,” and “Guitar Hero® Metallica.” And with nearly 60 million songs downloaded to date, Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network Game Add-ons keep you rocking out at the forefront of the music scene with dozens of great songs and albums for your favourite music games.

“Lips,” the singing party game from Xbox 360 and iNiS, includes 40 songs on-disc and two wireless, motion-sensitive microphones. More information on “Lips” is available at http://www.xbox.com/en-NZ/games/l/lips/