Everything you'll dance to in Just Dance 4

UBISOFT® UNVEILS JUST DANCE® 4 FULL TRACK LIST

SAN FRANCISCO –August 15, 2012 – Today, Ubisoft® revealed the full track list for Just Dance 4 in the US. Just Dance 4 will be released on October 9, 2012 on the Wii™ system from Nintendo, Microsoft Kinect™ for Xbox 360® and Sony PlayStation® Move for PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system. The game will also be released on the Wii U™ system from Nintendo during launch window.

Just Dance 4 features more than 40 new tracks, ranging from chart-topping Billboard hits to classic dance party tracks. Whether it's pop, hip-hop, rock, R&B, country or funk, there is something for everyone.

The Just Dance 4 track list includes:

1. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" new!
2. Las Ketchup – "Asereje (The Ketchup Song)" new!
3. Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj – "Beauty and a Beat" new!
4. Panjabi MC – "Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" new!
5. Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe"
6. Boys Town Gang – "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" new!
7. Emma– "Cercavo Amore" new!
8. Army of Lovers – "Crucified" new!
9. Rihanna – "Disturbia"
10. Dancing Bros. – "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" new!
11. Flo Rida – "Good Feeling"
12. Blu Cantrell – "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" new!
13. A.K.A – "Hot For Me" new!
14. The Blackout Allstars – "I Like It" new!
15. They Might Be Giants – "Istanbul" new!
16. Elvis Presley – "Jailhouse Rock" new!
17. Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca" new!
18. Selena Gomez and the Scene – "Love You Like A Love Song"
19. Nelly Furtado – "Maneater"
20. Sergio Mendes ft. The Black Eyed Peas – "Mas Que Nada" new!
21. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – "Moves Like Jagger"
22. Alexandra Stan – "Mr. Saxobeat" new!
23. Rick Astley – "Never Gonna Give You Up"
24. Marina and The Diamonds – "Oh No!" new!
25. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – "On The Floor" new!
26. The Girly Team – "Oops!... I Did It Again" new!
27. The B-52's – "Rock Lobster"
28. Skrillex – "Rock N'Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)" new!
29. Kat DeLuna ft. Busta Rhymes – "Run The Show" new!
30. Anja – "Crazy Little Thing" new!
31. P!nk – "So What"
32. Sammy - "Some Catchin' Up To Do" new!
33. Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass"
34. Stevie Wonder – "Superstition" new!
35. Europe – "The Final Countdown"
36. Halloween Thrills – "Time Warp" new!
37. 2 Unlimited – "Tribal Dance" new!
38. Rihanna ft. JAY-Z – "Umbrella" new!
39. Hit The Electro Beat – "We No Speak Americano" new!
40. One Direction – "What Makes You Beautiful"
41. Will Smith – "Wild Wild West"
42. Barry White – "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"
43. Carrie Underwood – "Good Girl" new! (US exclusive)
44. Bunny Beatz – "Make The Party (Don't Stop)" new! (available on Wii U, Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation® Move)

Wii U-exclusive Tracks
45. The Girly Team – "Ain't No Other Man" new!
46. Cher Lloyd ft. Astro – "Want U Back" new!
47. Jessie J – "Domino" new!

Just Dance 4 also includes an array of fresh new features and game modes, including:

• Battle Mode: In the all-new Battle Mode, friends go head to head with each other in six rounds of dance battles. During the battle, the choreography and music changes in real time, depending on who is currently winning or losing. The ultimate winner gets bragging rights until the next dance battle!

• Alternate Choreographies: Players have the chance to unlock alternative dance routines for some of their favorite tracks. They can opt for a more challenging, faster-paced routine or more outlandish choreography, depending on their mood.

• Expanded Just Sweat Mode: The popular Just Sweat mode gets a major upgrade with new workout sessions, personalized programs and a calorie counter to track your workout intensity. With Just Sweat, players stay fit while having fun – it's exercise in disguise!

• Wii U-exclusive Features: The Wii U version introduces up to 5-player gameplay with an exclusive Puppet Master Mode. The Puppet Master Mode allows the player operating the new Wii U GamePad ™ to switch dance routines that are being performed by the four other players in real-time. In this mode, the operator has the power to create choreographies and choose playlists for the other players to follow. In addition, the operator also has the ability to write on-screen live dedications and take pictures and videos of the best dance moments to share online!

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Indie dev PerBlue makes millions, sees Android dominating iOS

Justin Beck launched PerBlue while finishing college in 2008. He got to work on the company's first title, Parallel Kingdom, with his co-founder and a staff of seven in Madison, Wisconsin, surviving on $20,000 of savings from a stint at Microsoft. Today, PerBlue generates $3 million a year, supports 35 employees and has successfully launched three free-to-play MMOs in the Parallel universe on Android and iOS.

PerBlue's Parallel Mafia and Parallel Zombies both hit mobile devices in 2012, but during his talk at GDC Europe, Beck discussed the specific finances of Parallel Kingdom, which has been live since 2008.

Parallel Kingdom doesn't have a massive number of players, hype or notoriety in the wider gaming world, but it proves that when managed efficiently, a mobile game can provide huge profit for a small developer. Parallel Kingdom has 1.5 million registered accounts, but only 15,000 daily active users, which Beck admits is "not that big." These users, however, represent $0.40 - $0.50 per user, per day for PerBlue. Extrapolated to 50,000 monthly active users, that's more than $200,000 each month in microtransactions from one title alone.

Beck has transitioned from programmer to CEO, tracking PerBlue's finances with detailed precision, but without self-destructive obsession. From this vantage, he sees Android outpacing iOS in almost every way – 85 percent of PerBlue's players use Android, with the remainder on iOS. The Android market is growing, with multiple carriers offering dozens of devices to potential players, compared to Apple's slimmer choices.

"Android is continuing to outpace iOS.... Android is a freight train."

- Justin Beck, CEO of PerBlue

Furthering the hardware imbalance, mobile carriers earn a higher margin on Android devices and have begun advertising those over iOS, Beck has noticed. Previously in Germany, for example, Vodafone advertised iPhones in its windows, but today it's the Samsung Galaxy S3.

PerBlue sees slightly lower monetization rates on Android, but higher player retention, making monetization across Android and iOS equal. Though of course since more players use Android, its revenue stream is higher.

"iPhone makes a little bit more money at a quicker pace, but Android actually has more users over a longer period of time," Beck tells Joystiq. During his talk, Beck called Android a freight train and predicts that while Apple is "an amazing business," it won't be able to keep pace.

PerBlue itself will continue chugging along, creating games with the tools and approach that it has proven work well, 3 million times over.

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Killzone Mercenary takes a stab at Vita's neck

by Jessica Conditt on Aug 14th 2012 1:34PM

The next game coming to Vita is Killzone Mercenary, Sony announced at its Gamescom press conference today. Sony showed off a live-action video that transitioned to a back-stabbing, screen-swiping Vita frenzy of glowing gas mask eyeballs.

If this is the previously rumored Killzone title, it is in development from Sony's Cambridge studio. Sony hopes to share more information about it in the coming months.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us may ditch clash system

by Jessica Conditt on Aug 15th 2012 6:00AM

NetherRealm announced a wager system in its DC Universe fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, at E3 this year. Dubbed the clash system, this special function combines individualized cutscene cinematics with a process of betting your character's super meter, with the fighter betting the most winning the wager and getting the special move. It sounded confusing at E3, and it still is now at Gamescom, which is why NetherRealm is considering removing it from Injustice entirely.

"I can see the cinematic moves staying and the wager system going," NetherRealm's Adam Urbano tells Joystiq at Gamescom. NetherRealm is tweaking the clash system and may end up disposing of it entirely, while keeping the character-specific attacks and cinematics, Urbano says.

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Diggs Nightcrawler, Walking with Dinosaurs are two new chapters in Sony's Wonderbook

by Jessica Conditt on Aug 14th 2012 2:02PM

Sony's augmented-reality Move accessory, Wonderbook, has two new, official stories to tell: Diggs Nightcrawler and BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs. We heard the Diggs Nightcrawler name at E3 this year, but today at its Gamescom press conference Sony showed a video, featuring a multi-armed insect detective in a noir setting as he solves fairy tale crimes. Diggs Nightcrawler is in development from Moonbot Studios.

Walking with Dinosaurs, from Supermassive Games and the BBC, allows players to interact with a range of extinct creatures, including T-rexes and Allosauruses, in a suspiciously educational way.

Disney has also signed on to lend its properties to Wonderbook, though Sony has yet to reveal any details about potential titles. Sony also showed off more footage of Book of Spells, the Harry Potter Wonderbook game, leading us to conclude that this bit of hardware is indeed intended for a family audience.

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Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault coming to Vita

by Jessica Conditt on Aug 14th 2012 1:19PM

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will be hitting the PlayStation Vita, Sony announced at its Gamescom press conference today. Full Frontal Assault, subtitled Q Force in Europe, will be one of the first titles to use Sony's new Cross Buy functionality, which gives people who buy a game on PS3 a copy for the Vita, for free.

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K’NEX releasing Mario Kart Wii sets, holding event in New York

Fan of Mario Kart Wii? Enjoy building with K’NEX? If you answered yes to both of the previous questions, here’s some news that should excite you in only a way pixels and plastic blocks can. K’NEX has announced their collaboration with Nintendo in bringing fans Mario Kart Wii K’NEX sets.

These sets will feature Mario, Wario, Luigi, Bowser, Yoshi and more of your favorite Nintendo characters, as well as their matching go-karts. The toys are designed for children 6+, but if you are a big Mario Kart fan, they could make a unique collectible as well.

The two companies are holding an event in New York at the Nintendo Store to celebrate the release of the toys. Michael Araten, president and CEO of K’NEX spoke about the event and the release.

“We are excited to partner with Nintendo World Store to unveil the newest K’NEX Mario Kart Wii Building Sets to our fans,” said Araten. “What the success of this line has shown us is that not only are we enabling kids to build a world they love, but by offering them interchangeable track and expansions sets it becomes their world—a world in which using their imagination is key, where they can interact with their favorite characters and bring the video game to life in a whole new way!”

Sound interesting? You can find pictures and information on the whole series of Mario Kart K’NEX toys at http://www.knex.com/mariokartwii/.

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