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Zivix Announces JAM Live Music Arcade
Minneapolis, Minnesota – February 14, in the year of our
Lord 2012 – Get ready to experience and create music in
an entirely new way! Zivix LLC, a developer leveraging
innovative technology through peripherals, real musical
instruments and entertainment software, an in association with
Reverb Publishing, announced today its latest offering, JAM Live
Music Arcade, is set to launch later this year for both Xbox
LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft and PlayStation® Network.
JAM Live Music Arcade gives you the freedom to become the DJ,
producer and the band leader for total creative access in a live
music sandbox. Allowing players to take on the role of lead
guitarist, bassist, drummer, singer and synth player, JAM Live
Music Arcade provides a deeper connection to the music through
jamming, improvisation and exploration rather than all the
emphasis being on the high score. Just grab any one of the
plastic guitar peripherals most gamers have lying around (or
your standard game pad) and you’re ready to kick off a music
gaming experience unlike any other.
“JAM Live Music Arcade builds upon years of our music experience
and some of the successes we had with previous iterations of the
JAM franchise, but takes it to an entirely new level allowing
creative freedom and a closer connection to the music,” said
Chad Koehler, vice president of Zivix LLC. “The world loves
music, and this product provides immediate accessibility in a
totally new way. If you’re looking to jam out, turn the living
room in to a live show and experiment with a near-infinite bank
of sounds, effects and rhythms, then this is the experience for
you. If you’re interested in a more traditional
follow-the-leader type of play, then we’ve included the Arcade
Mode just for that purpose. With the great songs and artists we
have and the wide variety refreshingly creative different play
modes, JAM Live Music Arcade is the breath of fresh air the
music gaming genre needs.”
JAM Live Music Arcade is a completely new approach to the music
genre with a real-time live music sandbox that allows the player
to immediately build and customize their very own tunes.
Starting with any one of the 30+ licensed songs featured in the
game, players jam with and remix all aspects of the song –
guitar, bass, drums, synth and vocals – to experiment with the
song and re-create it to their own personality. All of this is
done with any one of the compatible guitar gaming peripherals –
the entire band is in your hands! Accessible and easy to get
started, yet deep and almost endless to master, everyone can
touch real music across a broad range of sonic tastes. JAM Live
Music Arcade offers an immersive level of musical interaction
that’s inspiring, powerful and contagious.
Features of JAM Live Music Arcade include:
Allows the player to experience music in a different and
creative way by controlling and remixing all aspects of the song
– it’s an entire band in your hands!
Players have complete creative control over the music and are
rewarded for their sense of timing by getting into the flow of
the music and beat
Featuring 32 tracks from major artists to top-touring indie
bands designed specifically for the JAM platform, JAM Live Music
Arcade offers a wide variety of musical stylings
Compatible with any of the millions of gaming guitar peripherals
on the market today
JAM’s Arcade Mode not only engages a new type of follow the
leader pathway and gameplay style, but also incorporates more
controller actions from an up-strum to the whammy bar, creating
even more of a challenge
Dynamic visuals respond to your every move, ensuring your visual
jam is just as unique as your musical one
User created content: Create a mix, replay or challenge it in
Arcade Mode
Pricing information, the official XBLA and PSN launch dates,
complete set list and more for JAM Live Music Arcade will be
revealed in the coming weeks. For more information about the
game, please visit
www.jamlivemusicarcade.com. Also, be sure to visit
https://www.facebook.com/JamLiveMusicArcade and ‘Like’ the
page for a chance to win lots of great prizes.