KONAMI ANNOUNCES RHYTHM PARTY FOR XBOX LIVE®ARCADE

Get Yourself Moving with this Kooky, High-Energy Rhythm Game that Brings Dancing Simulation and a Over the Top Style

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced Rhythm Party, a new downloadable game for the Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Designed exclusively for use with the Kinect sensor, no avatars or elaborate customizations are needed in Rhythm Party, because YOU are the star! Use the Kinect sensor to put your own silhouette in the game, giving a whole new level of fun and entertainment.

One of the best features of Rhythm Party is the "open format" dancing. Unlike other music and dancing games, there isn't any contrived choreography, so players can move about the beat and groove freely to create their own performance. Hit the performance "ripples" on screen to collect points and gain multipliers to increase your score. Players are thrown into a world of vivid color, wild backgrounds and random awesomeness. Zany and outlandish interactive backgrounds such as electric carnivals, wild discos and Spanish cafes will keep players laughing along the way!

And of course, no music game is complete without great music. Rhythm Party includes special collaborations with hit artists, motivating dancers with an interactive music experience unlike ever before.

Rhythm Party will be available February 1, 2012. For more information, including screenshots, log on to www.konami.com/rhythmparty .

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