Ranyard replaces Bozek as head of SingStar franchise

by Jem Alexander { Oct 29th 2008 at 11:45AM }

We know you've all been wondering who's going to be replacing Paulina Bozek as head of the SingStar franchise after she quit to join Atari. Finally, we've got an answer. Dave Ranyard has been appointed as the franchise's head and leaves his previous position of creative services manager to Dan Bardino. We'll be intrigued to see what changes, if any, will be made by this wee resuffle. SingStar continues to release decent DLC every other week and with SingStar ABBA and SingStar Disney on the horizon before Christmas the series is the strongest it's ever been.

Tags: atari, dave-ranyard, paulina-bozek, singstar, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tru-blu @ Oct 29th 2008 12:10PM

I'm still awaiting a decent update to the American SingStore. And with the Vol.2 disc coming out, I don't want to have to buy the Vol.2 disc just to get the songs on that tracklist. Those songs should be available in the SingStore as well.

goonchy @ Oct 29th 2008 12:14PM

I couldn't agree with you more! We shouldn't even have to buy the PS2 series to be able to sing along w/ those songs. DLC is the way to go using Sing Store.

Terence Stamp @ Oct 29th 2008 12:17PM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - no fucking Abba.

The_Black_Circle @ Oct 29th 2008 1:06PM

"SingStar continues to release decent DLC every other week "
no, very no.

lego91994 @ Oct 29th 2008 1:16PM

"with SingStar ABBA and SingStar Disney on the horizon before Christmas the series is the strongest it's ever been"

So when Singstar releases disc based band expansions its good, but when Guitar Hero does it its milking?

Jazzman @ Oct 29th 2008 2:03PM

I have given up on Singstar with its lackluster updates and hope that LIPS can fulfill my video karaoke fix.

Mick @ Oct 29th 2008 2:27PM

Hopefully we'll get wireless mics, but I won't hold my breath.

Pumapayam @ Oct 29th 2008 2:32PM

Slightly OT about SingStar versus Karaoke Revolution.

I have two Karaoke Revolution mics already. I know that SingStar mics can't work on KR games, but can KR mics work on SS games?

I just feel silly having 2 sets of mics?

Any thoughts on this anyone?

Deaddy @ Oct 29th 2008 2:44PM

Decent DLC every other week? Get your facts straight. I've given up on this game.

Damian @ Oct 29th 2008 2:52PM

No Singstar Disney in the U.S.
Which is where Disney is located.
Weird.

Archon @ Oct 29th 2008 3:28PM

We do have decent updates in the UK.

Also, in response to:
"So when Singstar releases disc based band expansions its good, but when Guitar Hero does it its milking?"

You can hot-swap discs to play content from all the discs in one game. Also, some of the disc releases are already available in the DLC form. More on their way. Sure they were disc exclusive first, but that's what business is all about.. The disc releases are for people who don't have internet access on their PS3 and can't download those songs. Can you say the same about Guitar Hero? No. That's just milking. No excuses.

lego91994 @ Oct 30th 2008 7:12AM

You kind of contradicted yourself by saying the GH games were milking and then saying the Singstar games were for people without internet access. Wouldn't that same reason apply to the GH games?

Archon @ Oct 30th 2008 7:16AM

No, as they don't release that content as DLC afterwards. Singstar does. They give you an alternative. Also, even if you do have all the Singstar discs, you can hot-swap them during the game which further indicates that they are meant to be treated as an expansion, not a separate entity.

whistlepig @ Oct 29th 2008 4:20PM

decent dlc every other week . i guess the songs can be to people that like what they release but we havent had an update since around oct 2 . they skipped the oct 16th update . who knows if they will skip tomorrow as well