Mok

The big update hits tomorrow.

On Wednesday, 4/1, at 2AM PST, the long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated title update for Lips will be released to the world. With a multitude of features and fixes, the new Lips experience promises to bring heightened levels of depth and polish to your favorite singing game.

Along with the title update, the new PowerPack DLC will be available for download at the same time. If you download and install the PowerPack DLC with the title update, you will be able to enjoy global leaderboards, a new microphone calibration tool, and shiny UI changes designed to improve and streamline your Lips experience. The PowerPack DLC is optional and free for download, but don't let that deter you from getting it. With the title update and the PowerPack DLC, you will be able to enjoy the full new Lips experience like never before.

So on Wednesday, boot up your Xbox 360 and get the new Lips title update and PowerPack DLC! It's time to kick the party up a notch!
Posted by: Karena on 3/31/2009

And no this will not let you use the Lips mics in Rock Band or Guitar Hero.

http://lips.xbox.com/Templates/CMBlo...133&blogid=175

DVDChris

ugh or cool, not sure yet based on this tidbit. That infinity achievement is sure hard to get.

"Lastly, we wanted to bring your attention to a significant change in the scoring system for Lips. For starters, we've added algorithms to help detect white noise and reduce its impact on scoring, so simply blowing into the mic won’t rack up the points anymore. We've also made rap-marker detection more precise than before; no more mumbling your way through "Bust A Move" or "Lip Gloss"--now you've got to enunciate and elucidate. Finally, adjustments to pitch-detection, vibrato detection, and scoop detection have balanced out gameplay that some people have complained is too "easy" or random."

http://lips.xbox.com/Templates/CMBlo...088&blogid=175

Mok

I got the infinity achievement singing The one I love it was a bitch to get it though. The update is up now.

Krayzie

did they ever make the lips mic work with ghwt or rb2 yet?

Mok

nope.

Krayzie

Damn slackers! I don't want to buy a mic for ghwt.

pinata242

You have to take that fight to Activision and Harmonix, not the Lips folks.

hail2dking

price drop, this is now $50 (was $70) at gamestop

Mok

Wow the leaderboards make this game so much more fun now.

edstein

paging Gatordeb!

HotThang

I agree. The leaderboards do make it a little more challenging.

Mok: What is your gamertag? I have zero people on my friends list playing this game!!! lol

DVDChris

what, you got me!! :-)

HotThang

LOL! Maybe you haven't played yet after the update. I checked the friend leaderboard and I was the only one there. :-)

DVDChris

oh yeah that's it. I'm still stuck at work on pacific time.

Mok

Swamp Thing 71

forsho01

damn it, i still need to get the infinity achievement still. people have been saying that bust a move is the easiest one to do it on, but haven't found a way to get 4,000,000+ on that song. and with the new no mumbling update, it'll make it just a little harder to get through that song...

Shagrath

Delete the update and do it offline.

I don't have it either, but I've only played it a few times. Purchased it mainly for the mic's supposed future support with Rock Band.

Mok

Try this works for me all the time, you will need a controller in 1 hand and the mic in another. You don't need 4,000,000 I did it today and only got 3mil.

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Mok

Though it's been a few months, Microsoft today re-affirmed that the Xbox 360 release of Rock Band 2 will indeed be someday compatible with the flashy wireless microphones that came with the Microsoft-published, iNis-developed karaoke game Lips (X360).

Not only that, but Neversoft's recent Xbox 360 release of Guitar Hero Metallica will be joining Harmonix's multi-instrument game in its support of the wireless microphones.

In fact, Guitar Hero Metallica will be the first to get the downloadable update that enables compatibility, followed by Rock Band 2 update in the "summer." No word as to exactly when the updates will arrive, but it's still good news for those tangled up in blue wires.

Microsoft added that other games due out this year will also support the Lips mics.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58010

HotThang

Ugh! I didn't realize my mic was off when I started your challenge, Mok! :-) At least I got the Challenge Achievement.

What song did you challenge me with, TF? It said I didn't have it. :-(

DVDChris

ugh, i forgot Every Little Step by Bobby Brown was DLC. I can try a different song.

Mok

Here is a list of the DLC I have purchased for future challenges. If anyone wants to challenge me my gamer tag is Swamp Thing 71.

"Violet Hill" - Coldplay
"Give a Little Bit" - Supertramp
"A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
"Every Little Step" - Bobby Brown
"What Is Love" - Haddaway
"Let's Groove" - Earth, Wind and Fire
"People Are People" - Depeche Mode
"Suddenly I See" - KT Tunstall
"Erase/Rewind" - The Cardigans
"Thnks fr th Mmrs" - Fall Out Boy
"Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo
"In My Place" - Coldplay
"Building a Mystery" - Sarah McLachlan
"Magic" - Olivia Newton-John
"My Happy Ending" - Avril Lavigne
"How to Save a Life" - The Fray
"Lips of an Angel" - Hinder
"The Scientist" - Coldplay
"Reunited" - Peaches & Herb

Mok

Even singing only one time you beat me

Decker

For those interested, Lips is on sale for $39.99 (free shipping) at Amazon right now. I'm thinking about it, mostly for Rock Band microphones.

kajs

Has anyone else ever had mic problems, where it will just essentially disconnect during the middle of a song? I'm not sure if its the game, the mics, or my Xbox.