With COVID-19 keeping everyone indoors and away from karaoke bars, where does one turn for a drunken night of singing? The Let’s Sing series, of course. Going on for roughly half a decade (the earliest entry I could find hails from 2014 on Steam), this party-based rhythm game will soon be getting an entry dedicated to one of the greatest rock bands of all time: Queen.
In the aptly titled Let’s Sing Queen, budding vocalists will have the chance to sing along with 30 popular Queen songs in a variety of modes. Hits such as “We Will Rock You,” “I Want to Break Free,” and “We Are The Champions” can be played either in solo mode, a team-based “Feat” mode, and some online-enabled leaderboard challenges.
The game will be heading to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch on October 2, 2020, and won’t even require a USB microphone to be enjoyed. Through the use of the Let’s Sing smartphone app, you can turn your phone into a mic and take to the stage whenever the time feels right. I’m not sure how accurate that will be, but your drunken self likely won’t care. USB mics and headsets will also be compatible.
If all of this sounds appealing to you, know that Let’s Sing Queen will only be available as a digital download. This follows in line with some of the more recent Let’s Game entries, which tend to not get physical editions anymore. That’s a little disappointing, but understandable given the nature of rhythm games. The market previously crashed and churning out a yearly installment would cause a lot of clutter.
At least in terms of representation, you can’t get any better than Queen. Often a karaoke mainstay at bars, it should be a real treat to belt out “Bohemian Rhapsody” with up to eight friends. Harmonix’s Rock Band series allowed that in Rock Band 3, but the days of plastic instruments are long behind us.
There’s no price mentioned in the press material, but Let’s Sing 2020 currently goes for $44.99 on the Nintendo eShop. Queen features fewer songs, so it will likely end up at a cheaper rate.
Source: Koch Media PR
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