"Does EA’s cel-shaded shape-throwing musical extravaganza have the raw power and innovative interaction required to pull you away from rocking out with Guitar Hero? Does it have the warbling vocal power to see you abandoning the SingStar microphone? And does it have enough sexy pelvic moves to merit a roll up of the well-trodden DDR mat?

Let’s see how the stiff-limbed critical masses have received Boogie on the Nintendo Wii. Spend or Lend?"

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the videogame store… yet another crushing week of new release mediocrity looms from the murky summer waters and drags you kicking and screaming back into the depths of gaming disappointment.

However, as Harry Potter, The Transformers, Shrek et al saunter off into the distance, all this week can muster by way of gaming highlights are Boogie on the Nintendo Wii, three separate iterations of Mega Man on the Nintendo DS, Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars ..."

"EA has confirmed that Wii sing-along Boogie will come with its own karaoke microphone when it's released in Europe on 31st August.

The publisher also released a full tracklist for the game, which will include hits from The Jackson 5, Britney Spears, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kool & The Gang.

The full tracklist can be found below. It looks pretty good to us.

• ABC - The Jackson 5
• Baila Me - Gypsy Kings
• Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste Of Honey
• Brick House - The Commodores
• Canned Heat - Jamir...

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"It had to happen really, and Nintendo is duly hoping that Electronic Arts’ frighteningly cute "Boogie" arrives as just the all-singing, all-dancing bout of player energy to successfully cut the Japanese gaming giant a favourable slice of the growing musical genre cake."

"Boogie, the first all singing, all dancing karaoke title for the Wii, will be released on August 7. The game will ship with a microphone attachment and will feature new versions of music made famous by The Jackson 5, Kool & The Gang, M.C. Hammer, The Village People, Cyndi Lauper and Britney Spears.

Valve previously promised Half-Life 2 would receive "frequent" episodic updates, but this release date ensures that over 15 months will pass between the release of Episode One and Two."