In Real Life

Britney Spears’s Son Follows In His Mother’s Dance Steps

Well now we know where one of those 25 million copies of Ubisoft’s Just Dance games ended up: in Britney Spears’s living room, where the all-singing, all-dancing performance artist recorded her son Preston getting down to a little “Shake Your Groove Thing”.


January 14, 2012
Nintendo

Just Dance Franchise Has Sold 25 Million Copies?

Go ahead, smirk just like you do when you pass a display of Ubisoft’s dancing franchise games at Target or Kmart. With 25 million copies sold across six titles, odds are you secretly own a copy of Just Dance yourself.


December 22, 2011
In Real Life

Wii-Owning President Obama Doesn’t Care If The Xbox Version Is Better

Somewhere inside the Beltway today, copies of Just Dance 3 for the Wii and The Sims Plus Pets rode in a presidential caravan with the nuclear football. That, gang, is core game cred.


December 14, 2011
Nintendo

The Giant Rainbow Super Mario In Just Dance 3 Is Slightly Disturbing

The Just Dance series is the kind of red-hot gaming franchise that can pull in a guest character like Nintendo’s Super Mario. But who knew that such a combo would be so… colourful.


November 30, 2011
News

Dancing Games Hit Their Stride, Show Huge Growth In Sales

The Los Angeles Times has taken a look at the October NPD numbers, which show that dancing games like Just Dance 3 and Dance Central 2 have grown in sales 326 per cent over last year. That far outpaces the next nearest fastest-growing genre, fighting games, which grew just 33 per cent over the same period of time.


October 19, 2011
In Real Life

Assassin’s Creed Line Dancing At New York’s Comic-Con

New York Comic-Con’s Just Dance 3 stage was always filled with an interesting mix of cosplayers, but these are my favorite: A dozen assassins from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed line dancing to Sugarhill Gang’s Jump On It with the help of Ubisoft’s other major hit… Just Dance.


June 10, 2011
In Real Life

They Came To E3 To Dance—Just Dance

Some of us would admit to playing Just Dance in the privacy of our own homes. I’m not saying I would, mind you—certainly not on the internet. But these poor folks had to dance day after day for the duration of E3 to promote Just Dance 3 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. So let’s give ‘em a round of applause. Just, no handshakes, please: they’re bound to be too gross and sweaty.


January 25, 2011
Nintendo

Video Games Privately Turn Dads Into Britney Spears Fans

Chase’s dad is working out. Part of his workout regimen involves getting the hell down with some Britney Spears jams in Just Dance 2. We are the ones who benefit from Chase’s sneaky video of dad getting loose to “Toxic”.


December 8, 2010
In Real Life

World Of Warcraft Midnight Launch: Cataclysm Strategy Guide

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Late last night I got bundled up in my warmest clothes, kicked my Nissan Pathfinder until it started moving, and braved extensive imaginary lines, all in the name of picking up World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion… strategy guide.


October 15, 2010
In Real Life

Just Dance… Wii… Jersey Shore… Ungh…

It is 2010, and this is what the world has come to.