musicVideo Games8

Arcade 22 October 2015

A light-hearted music game, released exclusively for PlayStation Vita. The developers responsible for Superbeat: Xonic are known for DJMax, a popular music game series, and have changed the studio name to Nurijoy in 2014. The gameplay in Superbeat: Xonic is based on pressing in the right moment the discs that move on the screen. Depending on the discs’ colors, we either hold or move some of them in the chosen direction.

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Arcade 26 May 2016

Developed by the Taiwanese studio Rayark, VOEZ is an arcade rhythm game available on mobile devices. The game tells the story of Chelsea - a high school student, who loves to sing and decides to form a band with five of her friends. The player learns about the group’s successes from Chelsea’s journal, the entries of which can be unlocked as the story progresses. One’s objective is to help the young musicians in their rehearsals and concerts.

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Arcade canceled

A narrative musical game with arcade elements. Developed by Danish Cape Copenhagen, The Gentleman is set during the Great Depression (1928–1933) and tells a story about a great love of the titular gentleman, a street performer named Fred, and a young girl Lisa. The feeling they share is not approved by her father – wealthy entrepreneur Johnathan Joseph Price the Third. The powerful magnate has devoted his life to accumulating a fortune.

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Puzzle 19 July 2016

An upgraded version of Chime – a well-received mix of a logic and a rhythm game released in 2010. The new edition does not differ much from its predecessor – we are given a grid that is gradually filled with player-inserted blocks creating quads – rectangle and square shaped fields that are at least 3x3 in size. Completed figures unlock the further parts of the music track that accompany our actions.

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Arcade 11 April 2017

A science-fiction rhythm game developed Mad Fellows. Aaero does not offer an elaborate narrative layer, focusing on allowing the player to control a small ship hovering above ground and fight the enemies that appear on the screen. The ship’s movements can be controlled with the analog sticks. The player is tasked with following the precise track and sticking to a white ribbon, which boosts the score multiplier.

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Party 26 October 1997

One of the first modern rhythmic games. PaRappa the Rapper tells the story of a rap dog who, in order to impress his sympathy Sunny Funny, starts learning kung-fu and takes a driving license. The game consists of pressing the sequence of buttons displayed on the screen. The more precise the player is, the better the score is.

PS1

Adventure canceled

A rhythmic adventure game in which the essence of the game are battles for words. In comparison to other productions of this type, this title stands out due to the original mechanics of the game. The songs take on the role of extended dialogue trees, in which subsequent issues are arranged in successive lines. Success guarantees not only the right rhymes, but also enriching the tracks with the right emotional charge, fitting in with the weakness of a particular opponent.

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Party 22 November 2016

Another installment in a series of karaoke games popular among the users of Nintendo Wii consoles. We Sing can be considered a reboot of the franchise. Similar to the classic karaoke, the player's goal here is to sing different songs when the program displays the lyrics and plays the instrumentals. Performances are rewarded with points assigned by KaraEngine (an evaluation system).

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Party 06 September 2016

A karaoke game created by iNiS. It is a spin-off of one of Ubisoft's flagship franchises - Just Dance, a series developed since 2009. In contrast to Just Dance, Just Sing requires the player to sing along the lyrics which are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The game monitors the player's voice and reads the movements of their lips in order to evaluate their performance.

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Arcade 11 October 2016

A music action game released by an independent studio – Drool. The development team includes individuals who have cooperated with Harmonix Music Systems. The players are tasked with defeating CRAKHED – a large, crazy head from the future that is threatening the world. The action is presented from a third-person perspective, with the main character being a space beetle.

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Party 30 July 2015

An arcade rhythm/music game developed by Marvelous AQL. IA/VT Colorful allows players to cover the songs from various Japanese artists performed by vocaloid IA - a special application built from real voice samples that adds a virtual voice to music tracks. The gameplay is similar to games from the Project Diva series. Players gradually unlock new songs, and complete them on one of three difficulty levels.

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Party 06 March 2018

A rhythm game developed for PlayStation 4. DJMAX Respect is a special annual installment of the DJMAX series which was started in 2004 by the Korean company Neowiz. Similarly to Guitar Hero or Rock Band, it uses a vertical board divided into several tracks where colorful bricks appear and move down towards the bottom. Each track is assigned a gamepad button which we have to press when a brick is in the corresponding field.

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RPG 05 July 2016

A turn-based RPG inspired by the works of one of the most famous heavy metal bands of all time: Iron Maiden. The Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast mobile game was developed by Roadhouse Interactive (the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Carnage) and 50cc Games. The title is distributed using the free-to-play model. In the game the player assumes the role of Eddie – the famous mascot of the band, well known from the covers of Iron Maiden albums.

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Action 17 May 1999

A simple FPP shootout of the genre of 'viewfinder', based on lyrics, album covers and music of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. In the game we play the role of the title detective, who was hired to find and release the mascot of the band - the popular Eddie. During the game we visit the streets of London, a psychiatric hospital, and even hell itself, eliminating enemies appearing on the screen.

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Arcade 01 June 2016

An action-puzzle game inspired by the annual “Earth Hour” event organized by WWF foundation. The game was developed by the Russian studio Brainy. It shows how much the modern world depends on electricity. When an accident in the power plant causes the whole city to run out of electricity, the player assumes the role of the last “living” spark and is tasked with restoring the power and allowing the inhabitants of the city to function normally.

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Arcade 13 October 2016

A music game created for VR headsets, developed by Harmonix, known mostly for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises. Harmonix Music VR: The Dance is not a typical video game, as the whole gameplay is focused around a specific musical experience. You find yourself in a slightly surreal world, in which you get a task of getting a small party started. To do this, you use a mixing console and choose the right tracks, as well as choose the choreography for the characters on the dance floor.

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Arcade 21 January 2016

An unusual, rare combination of an autorunner with a narrative rhythmical game, developed by Digixart Entertainment studio led by Yoan Fanise, former Ubisoft employee and the creator of Valiant Hearts. The story of Lost in Harmony: Kaito’s Adventure is set in an unknown futuristic world, across which the protagonist – young boy named Kaito – rides on his skateboard, carrying his friend, Aya, on his back.

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Arcade 22 September 2015

A hybrid of arcade and rhythmic game developed by the independent studio Choice Provisions. The plot is filled with philosophical questions and issues concerning the nature of humanity. The story is focused on a deceased astronaut whose drifting body was found in space by aliens. They decided to examine the unusual finding and recreate the memories of the hero. The gameplay of Laserlife is based on exploring levels and obtaining fragments of the astronaut’s memories with two independent lasers.

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Party 23 June 2016

Another installment of the arcade series of music games available on Sony consoles and in the arcades. The game was developed by SEGA. The title focuses on the songs performed by six virtual vocalists originating from a professional music application created by Crypton Future Media. There are more than 200 tracks of various genres available in the game. The tracks were composed by fans from all over the world during the few last years.

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Arcade 06 December 2017

Arcade racing and music game created in cooperation with DJ and producer Tim Bergling, more widely known as Avicii. During the game, the music and environment change dynamically depending on our actions.

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Simulation 15 December 2015

Celebrity life simulator developed by the Glu Mobile company. We play the part of a young person who wants to become a pop star, and although the road to this goal is anything but nice and simple, during the game we can count on the support of Katy Perry herself. One of the most important features of gameplay is taking care of our character's appearance, dressing him or her up in costumes acquired in the course of the game.

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Party 23 March 2017

A spin-off of a popular music game series developed over the years by Harmonix Music Systems. The largest novelty which distinguishes Rock Band VR from the main installments is obviously the support of Virtual Reality goggles. Subsequent performances are viewed here from the first-person perspective. Apart from that, however, the Rock Band gameplay formula remains unchanged.

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Arcade 20 November 2014

The second installment of the popular in Japan series Taiko no Tatsujin, which came to the Wii U console. As in the previous parts, we are dealing here with a classical music game, in which to the rhythm of music we hit the virtual taiko drums. Production has an extensive library of over 100 licensed works from anime, games, series and popular films in the Land of the Cherry Blossom.

WiiU

Action canceled

Myriad is an interesting, eccentric production which is an interesting combination of a music game and a shooter. The game is about eliminating subsequent waves of enemies with the help of the song we create. The game was created by Erlend Grefsrud, creative director from Bifrost Entertainment studio.

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