Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone Incoming, Won't Fit on Your Ear

Sorry, kiddos: this one isn't compatible with Halo 3, so you're going to just have to keep singing your squeaky renditions of Kryptonite into your Halo edition boom mics. Meantime, the real crooners can get down with the new Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone, the first peripheral microphone supported by at least one music game from each series.

Lips, Lips: Number One Hits, Guitar Hero: Metallica, Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, and yes -- Disney's Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year are compatible with the new wireless mic. Now your vocal domination can truly begin.

The mic will retail for $49.99 in the U.S. -- no details yet on a release outside of the States.

Get ready aspiring music stars, the biggest music event is taking place in the best hot spot ever – your living room! Now you can take the stage solo, or join your friends like true rock stars or power duets, free from the clutter of wires. Grab your friends and get ready to croon along to the best songs on your favorite Xbox 360 music games with the new Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone. Belt out your vocals while playing games like “Lips,” “Guitar Hero Metallica,” “Rock Band 2”* and “Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year” as well as new blockbusters available this holiday, including “Lips: Number One Hits” and “The Beatles: Rock Band.”

Whether you want to jam to today’s biggest hits or revive Beatlemania, the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone will bring out your best performance with high-quality voice reproduction technology and stylish interactive motion sensors and lights. Available this fall, the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone will have an estimated retail price of $49.99 (U.S.).

*Compatible with title update through Xbox LIVE. 

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For more information, press only:

Natalie Edwards, Edelman, (323) 202-1461, natalie.edwards@edelman.com

Ken Zhang, Edelman, (206) 505-6565, ken.zhang@edelman.com