It will feature 25 tracks accompanied by all the original videos. The game is to be released by publisher Nordic Games, which struck a licensing deal with EMI.

The release of the game for the Wii will coincide with Robbie Williams' greatest hits album, "In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010" (Virgin/EMI), which is out Oct. 11 in the U.K. Williams has also rejoined Take That, which releases a new album in November.

"After 20 years in the business, Robbie's fan base covers practically every age group, and both genders - that represents a massive percentage of the population who will want to play the 'We Sing' version of the game," said Nik Blower, Nordic Games sales director, in a statement. "This is a huge deal for Nordic Games and a real first in the gaming world."

Rafael McDonnell, SVP for brand partnerships, licensing & synchronization at EMI Music, added: "EMI has been at the forefront of working with the gaming industry and recorded music, with artists such as Robbie embracing this important format. We are really proud to be able to offer the opportunity for all of Robbie's fans to get the chance to sing along to their favorite hits with this new and exciting game, and celebrate Robbie's twenty years in the music industry."

The full tracklisting and release date for "We Sing Robbie Williams" is still to be announced.

The "We Sing" series allows up to four gamers to take part with four mics and the latest edition, "We Sing Encore," features hits from Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay and Lily Allen.
http://www.billboard.com/#....9.story

Last week he re-joined Take That and now Robbie Williams will star in his own video game.

The pop sensation is on the comeback trail. He has recorded a new album with Take That, and will tour with the band in the summer.

He is even set to launch a new compilation this autumn: In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010, celebrating Robbie’s 20 years in the music business.

And to accompany the new album, publisher Nordic Games will release We Sing Robbie Williams, a karaoke title for Wii that features 25 of his biggest hits. Both the game and the Greatest Hits compilation are scheduled for release in October.

Rafael McDonnell, SVP for Brand Partnerships, Licensing & Synchronisation at EMI Music, said: “EMI is at the forefront of working with the games industry and recorded music, with artists such as Robbie embracing this important format.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/40107/Robbie-Williams-game-incoming

We Sing: Robbie Williams (Game Only)
£29.99 Free Delivery
Due for release on 29/10/2010

We Sing: Robbie Williams (with 2 Microphones)
£44.99 Free Delivery
Due for release on 29/10/2010

The title will include 25 tracks spanning Williams's entire career, including 'Angels', 'She's The One' and 'Rock DJ'.

As well as all the original music videos, it will include footage from his 2003 Knebworth concert and a photo gallery.

Nordic Games sales and marketing director Nik Blower said: "These tracks undoubtedly represent the finest from Robbie Williams's vast discography. We're really excited to be able to announce the tracklisting and know fans are going to be delighted with it."

We Sing: Robbie Williams will be launched alongside the singer's Greatest Hits album in October.

The tracklisting in full:

'Old Before I Die', from Life Thru A Lens
'Angels'. from Life Thru A Lens
'Let Me Entertain You', from Life Thru A Lens
'No Regrets', from I've Been Expecting You
'Strong', from I've Been Expecting You
'She's The One', from I've Been Expecting You
'Rock DJ', from Sing When You're Winning
'Kids', from Sing When You're Winning
'Supreme', from Sing When You're Winning
'Let Love Be Your Energy', from Sing When You're Winning
'The Road To Mandalay', from Sing When You're Winning
'Eternity', from Sing When You're Winning
'Somethin' Stupid', from Swing When You're Winning
'Beyond The Sea', from Swing When You're Winning
'Mr Bojangles', from Swing When You're Winning
'Feel', from Escapology
'Come Undone', from Escapology
'Something Beautiful', from Escapology
'Sexed Up', from Escapology
'Radio', from Greatest Hits
'Tripping', from Intensive Care
'Advertising Space', from Intensive Care
'Bodies', from Reality Killed The Video Star
'You Know Me', from Reality Killed The Video Star
'Morning Sun', from Reality Killed The Video Star
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming....ed.html

With other franchises making titles specifically branded towards certain artists, such as SingStar Abba, and Green Day Rock Band, it made sense that Nordic would choose to explore this area too. And it's a real testament to the success of the franchise and its meteoric rise that they could snap up someone as huge and influential as Robbie Williams. I'm personally not a huge Robbie fan, but I can't deny that I know the majority of his songs - he's just had so many hits over the years.

The game, at its core, will be fairly similar to We Sing Encore. There won't be any new modes added to the game, but all of the old modes will be returning. The singing lessons, which were introduced with We Sing Encore, will also make a return, but will offer a new experience, as the lessons will be tailored towards Robbie. He has also lent his voice to offer encouragement and explanation throughout the lessons and the rest of the game.

There will be 25 of Robbie's greatest hits included in the package, and although there will be no Take That songs, there are quite a few duets included with the likes of Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue. And because Robbie is fully on board with the project, Nordic were able to get hold of the masters. What does this mean? Well, it means that all of the tracks will be 100% instrumental - perfect for hearing how much like Robbie Williams you don't sound, or do sound.

While the game modes will all remain the same, the back-end of the game will see some minor revisions. They won't be affecting the core gameplay experience, but it's good to know the developers are still refining the game to make it a more enjoyable experience. There will also be revisions made to the presentation, with Nordic hoping to make it more tailored to Robbie's personality.

As expected, aside from the singing, We Sing Robbie Williams will include content for all those die hard Robbie Williams fans. As well as including all of the music videos for the songs, the game will also have extra videos, pictures and more. As with other games in the series though, there won't be any downloadable content available. What the game ships with is what you get.

The game is due out in October of this year and should be coming out around the same time as Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits. It will, as with the two previous games, be released on the Nintendo Wii platform.
http://www.gamingunion.net/news....44.html

Whether you want to admit it or not, there's bound to be a few songs you recognise on the 25 song strong setlist - and yes, of course there's Angels, that staple of drunken karaoke nights. Which may not sound like too much, compared to the 40 of We Sing Encore, but there's far more in terms of Robbie Williams fan fun in this one - they haven't just stuck a collection of songs on a disc and slapped Robbie Williams' name on the cover. In fact, Robbie's been quite heavily involved in the production of the game himself.

It's the Robbie Williams Nintendo-like avatar. Definitely not a Mii. Nintendo are funny like that.
First off, there's a virtual re-creation of Robbie on screen that takes you though the game - as well as voice overs on the menus from the man himself. So when first switch the game on, you'll be welcomed by Robbie himself, saying "Hello and welcome to We Sing: Robbie Williams" - it's a small touch, but it's a nice one.

The voice overs don't stop at the menus either - Robbie, much like Simon Cowell, takes on the role of a critic at the end of every song you sing, telling you how well, or poorly you did, as only Robbie can - he told me my performance (butchering) of 'She's The One' was "wonderful". I'm sure some teenage girls would have killed to have Robbie Williams tell them that.

To add a bit more fan service to the game - and to help add some much needed replayability to the game, there's also a vast amount of unlockable stuff here for you to earn - from videos of memorable Robbie moments, to photos that span his 20 year long career. The little awards system from We Sing: Encore makes a return, with a whole new batch of little achievements on offer for you to unlock when you meet the criteria.

Now, I love karaoke games - whether it be Lips, We Sing or singing on Rock Band or Guitar Hero. And I also used to quite like Robbie Williams (I'll admit to this one, seeing as there were far more embarrassing things in my teenage music collection). Which is why it was a refreshing feeling to find that, for the first time on a karaoke game (apart from maybe Beatles Rock Band) I knew pretty much every song on the game.

But despite the distinctly Robbie flavourings, the classic We Sing formula hasn't changed for this game either - you can still grab up to three of your friends to embarrass themselves alongside you, across a selection of familiar multiplayer modes. After all, life's too short to be afraid, so grab a mic, sing the refrain, 'cause you don't have to take the blame when you sing off key in the We Sing mode, where you and your friends co-operate to get the best score, and it hides your individual points, to save you from the embarrassment of being the worst. Of course, there are a whole host of competitive and single player modes too, including the evil Blind mode, that removes the on screen lyrics, and the mega hard expert mode, which is for the masochists only. For a full run down of the various modes, check out our We Sing: Encore preview, as all the classic modes have been retained here. There's even singing lessons, for those of you who wouldn't want to go within a five mile radius of a microphone with people in ear shot - and the voice of Robbie Williams will help you out in this mode too.

So why not sing me a love song with We Sing: Robbie Williams, which should be in stores in October 2010. It may seem like you're waiting for eternity, for a concrete release date - but don't worry - something beautiful will come your way - and we'll let you know as soon as it does. Till then, tell me, how do you rate the morning sun?
http://www.everybodyplays.co.uk/news....304

Shame is a great track and I’m really chuffed that this duet with Gary Barlow will feature on We Sing Robbie Williams. The inclusion means We Sing Robbie Williams will include all the star’s greatest sing along hits. Robbie fans won’t be able to resist this one this Christmas.
- Nik Blower, Nordic Games Sales and Marketing Director.

We’re delighted that Robbie’s new single with Gary Barlow, Shame, will be available as part of We Sing Robbie Williams. Its addition ensures that Robbie’s fans will be able to sing along to all his best loved hits, including his latest.
- Rafael McDonnell, Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships, Licensing & Synchronisation at EMI Music.

Shame will join other favourites on We Sing Robbie Williams such as Angels, Let Me Entertain You, Come Undone, Feel and She’s The One. As a bonus, it will also feature unlockable tracks on the game, rewarding players for their singing skills once they have completed every song in single player mode to a certain standard. The karaoke game celebrates the popstar’s musical journey, firmly establishing the We Sing franchise as the leading singing game on the market. It features 26 tracks from the chart-topping artist, accompanied by all the original videos, making it a true celebration of the British born, multi-million selling pop star.

The game will also include footage from Robbie Williams’ 2003 Knebworth concert and a photo gallery. Other features include Solo, Party, Karaoke and Jukebox modes, singing lessons, in-game awards and eight different multiplayer modes.

We Sing Robbie Williams will be available for Wii on 12th November across Europe.
http://www.cubed3.com/news/14772

Shame, which was released on Monday 4th October, is the first time Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow have featured on a track together in 15 years. Shame is also included on Robbie’s greatest hits compilation album In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010, which is out today (11th October).

“Shame is a great track and I’m really chuffed that this duet with Gary Barlow will feature on We Sing Robbie Williams,” says Nik Blower, Nordic Games Sales and Marketing Director. “The inclusion means We Sing Robbie Williams will include all the star’s greatest sing along hits. Robbie fans won’t be able to resist this one this Christmas.”

Rafael McDonnell - Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships, Licensing & Synchronisation at EMI Music said: “We’re delighted that Robbie’s new single with Gary Barlow, Shame, will be available as part of We Sing Robbie Williams. Its addition ensures that Robbie’s fans will be able to sing along to all his best loved hits, including his latest.”

Shame will join other favourites on We Sing Robbie Williams such as Angels, Let Me Entertain You, Come Undone, Feel and She’s The One. It will feature as a bonus, unlockable track in the game rewarding players for their singing skills once they’ve completed every song in single player mode to a certain standard.

We Sing Robbie Williams celebrates the popstar’s musical journey firmly establishing We Sing as the leading singing brand on the market. It features 26 tracks from the chart-topping artist, accompanied by all the original videos making it a true celebration of the British born, multimillion selling pop star.

The game will also include footage from Robbie Williams’ 2003 Knebworth concert and a photo gallery. Other features include Solo, Party, Karaoke and Jukebox modes, singing lessons, in-game awards and eight different multiplayer modes.

Robbie Williams started his career at the tender age of 16 when he joined Take That. He left the group in 1995 to go solo. He has sold 57 million albums (including over a million copies of his last record, ’Reality Killed The Video Star’ in the UK alone), 11 million singles, and has had seven UK No.1 albums making him the biggest selling solo artist in the UK. Earlier this year he picked up the Outstanding Contribution To Music BRIT Award.

We Sing Robbie Williams will be available for Wii on 12th November.
http://www.gamersdailynews.com/story-2....ng.html

The Nordic Games’ team and the tireless work of its phenomenal partners are about to be deservedly rewarded. With the Christmas season just around the corner and Robbie’s career scaling new heights, the timing couldn’t be better. We Sing Robbie Williams is fun, immersive, authentic, does far more than what it says on the box and is a true celebration of Robbie Williams’ career over the last 20 years.
- Nik Blower, Nordic Games Sales and Marketing Director.

Following the recent release of Robbie's greatest hits album (In and out of Consciousness - Greatest Hits 1990-2010), the We Sing Robbie Williams game provides his fans with the perfect opportunity to sing along to many of their favourite songs. This is a true celebration of hits from 20 years of Robbie, and I am sure that this will be a 'must have' product for every Robbie fan with a Wii console.
- Rafael McDonnell �" Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships, Licensing & Synchronisation at EMI Music.

We Sing Robbie Williams will also include footage from Robbie Williams’ 2003 Knebworth concert and a photo gallery. Other features include Solo, Party, Karaoke and Jukebox modes, singing lessons, in-game awards and eight different multiplayer modes.

Robbie Williams started his career at the tender age of 16 when he joined Take That. He left the group in 1995 to go solo. He has sold 57 million albums (including over a million copies of his last record, 'Reality Killed The Video Star' in the UK alone), 11 million singles, and has had seven UK No.1 albums making him the biggest selling solo artist in the UK. Earlier this year he picked up the Outstanding Contribution To Music BRIT Award.

Cubed3 attended the launch party for the karaoke title last week, and the report can be read here.

We Sing Robbie Williams will be available for Wii on 12th November.
http://www.cubed3.com/news/14866

1997: Old Before I Die

1997: Angels

1998: Let Me Entertain You

1998: No Regrets

1999: Strong

1999: She's The One

2000: Rock DJ

2000: Kids

2000: Supreme

2001: Let Love Be Your Energy

2001: The Road To Mandalay

2001: Eternity

2001: Somethin' Stupid

2001: Beyond The Sea

2002: Mr Bojangles

2002: Feel

2003: Come Undone

2003: Something Beautiful

2003: Sexed Up

2004: Radio

2005: Tripping

2005: Advertising Space

2009: Bodies

2009: You Know Me

2009: Morning Sun

2010: Shame (unlockable bonus track)

The game has been released in tandem with Robbie Williams' greatest hits, which is entitled "In and Out of Consciousness", and it features 25 of his most iconic songs from his career as a solo artist as well as a duet with fellow Take That co-star, Gary Barlow. You'll be able to sing songs such as Angels, Let Me Entertain You and Feel, and duets like Kids and Something Stupid.

For those who have experienced a We Sing title before, We Sing Robbie Williams follows the same premise. It has the same modes as We Sing Encore, although there have been a few modifications to the engine behind the scenes. You can play the game solo or with up to three other players, but in either variation the aim is to get the highest score possible.

Notes are displayed on screen with a pitch relative to each other and you'll get a score based on how well you hit the notes. If you're too low, or too high the graphics on screen will let you know and it'll give you some feedback at the end of each passage, ranging from perfect to awful. The "Star Notes", which made their first appearance in We Sing Encore are also present, which give multipliers for hitting key notes throughout a piece - perfect for playing catch-up if you find yourself lagging behind.

We Sing Robbie Williams: Let Me Entertain You Each of the songs can be played on either easy, medium or hard and in full instrumental form, or with Robbie's vocals in there too. There's also the option to play short versions of each of the songs should you not feel like singing all the way through. But given the lack of additions to the title, it's clear that this is a game for Robbie fans and not for those who're looking to find a more substantial title than the last.

As previously mentioned, all of the modes from We Sing Encore make a return, although the singing lessons now have a personal touch to them - the voice of Robbie Williams and his likeness in the form of a Mii avatar.

What's great about the title is that Robbie has fully endorsed it. All of the tracks are the original masters, which is why the instrumental versions sound so crisp and all of the videos are there to go along with the music. There's very little to complain about, but sometimes the videos seem to get stuck during the middle of songs, which can be a bit annoying. It generally catches up, but it's not something that should really be happening at all.

Any fan of Robbie Williams will surely find plenty of replay value in this game, but to make it more appealing there are special videos to unlock for performing certain acts within the game. An example of this would be achieving a certain score. It'll certainly take a long time and a lot of practice to get some of the awards though, like getting a score of 9,000 points in every song.
http://www.gamingunion.net/reviews/we-sing-robbie-williams--383.html

GRAPHICS: It seems that Le Cortex like the colour grey very much, at it’s pretty everpresent throughout We Sing Robbie Williams! However, the main draw of the game, visually speaking, is the music videos playing whilst you are singing the songs and, whilst they are pretty good overall, you can visually see the compression at times which is probably due to the age of some of the older material on the disc.

Other than that it’s a fairly sparse affair, the Wii remote has a nice effect on it when moving around the screen, but other than that, it’s pretty colourless and bland for the most part. The menus are well executed but, thanks to the quite basic layout, the game has the appearance of a karaoke DVD.

SOUND: The sound throughout the game is consistently good, but not great. The obligatory cheering sounds when you perform well are present and in line with any other traditional karaoke game of course, but there are some negatives as well. For example, when browsing the photograph sections there is usually a Robbie Williams song playing underneath, but as you browse, scrolling with “+” and “-” buttons on the Wiimote, there is an awful clicking, clanking sound every time you press the button. It’s totally unneccessary and baffling really as to why it’s in there. When you take into consideration that you’ll probably be playing the game at a respectible volume, it’s actually really jarring and out of place.

Such a shy, retiring guy that Robbie Williams.

Sound is of course the key feature of any karaoke game and if you like or love Robbie Williams, you won’t feel short changed by the audio treatment. Tracklisting wise it’s very much a greatest hits compilation in line with the “In and Out of Consciousness Greatest Hits 1990-2010″ CD that has also been released. You’ll find 26 songs on the disc by Mr Williams randing from “Old Before I Die” (1997) all the way up to the more recent (2010) single “Shame”. In between them you’ll find a few live tracks to perform as well.

GAMEPLAY: It’s hard to find new ways to describe a karaoke game and if you’ve ever played one before you’ll know exactly what to expect, especially if you’ve played a Singstar game on the PlayStation 3 or Lips on the Xbox 360, as the gameplay is very similar.

So, you’ll sing along to the words on screen whilst the official music video (or live performance in some cases) plays behind it, grabbing score multipliers on certain phrases to boost your score. Getting good performances unlocks footage from “the famous” Knebworth performance and other features; photo galleries for instance, but there really isn’t much to unlock and you’ll probably unlock it after two or three songs if you are a half decent singer.

The thing that differentiates We Sing from other games in it’s genre is the way the game shows your performance. Instead of splitting the screen up for each singer, We Sing shows each person’s vocal stream in a different colour, so if someone is underperforming you’ll see exactly who is letting the side down because their colour will be above or below the stream!

Featured within the game Mr Williams himself makes an appearance as a Mii at times, coaching you and offering pearls of wisdom now and again. However, this feature just feels very strange and, at times, awkward.

Would you give Kylie all your lovin'...?

The game also contains a training mode which is sadly rather lacking. You have to sing (“Do Re Mi Fa Sol La” etc) but there is no example given, you’ll just have to find the note by going up and down the scale until you find it. It doesn’t really seem very helpful in conjunction with the game and in truth, if you are thinking of grabbing We Sing Robbie Williams then you are more than likely already a fan and have sung along to the songs a thousand times already!

Everything else you’d expect to find in a karaoke game is present and correct. You can partake in duets, have a bash at the party mode or just watch the videos of the songs and give the rest of the house a little break from your singing! There is absolutely no online component to speak of though. No leaderboards, nothing!

LONGEVITY: The amount of time you’ll spend with We Sing Robbie Williams is directly in line with how big a fan you are of Mr Williams himself. If you are a big fan (and again, surely you must be if you are considering this title) then you’ll probably get quite a bit of fun out of it. To add to that, if you have a group of like minded friends there’s no telling what kind of drunken escapades you’ll get up to after the children have gone to bed and the keys have been thrown into a bowl.

VERDICT: You can’t be too down on a game that has a limited appeal in the first place and it’s definitely an arguable point of view to say the game achieves what it sets out to do. However, in a crowded environment, when a title is clearly aiming for a niche market it’s hard to recommend the game without reservations. If you are a massive Robbie Williams fan that owns a Wii, then it’s pretty much a no brainer of a purchase. If you are a casual observer who likes karaoke games, then…well, it’s still hard to say “Buy it now”. Whilst We Sing Robbie Williams is a good game, it is let down by a mostly bland aesthetic and some other small negatives. You could do a lot worse than getting We Sing Robbie Williams, but with the likes of Singstar and Lips currently available on store shelves, you could also probably do a lot better.
http://www.godisageek.com/2010/11/sing-robbie-williams-review/