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Free songs are available this week through Karaoke for Xbox 360. All tracks are “in they style of”, so don’t expect the originals. You can nab karaoke songs from the following artists: Heart, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Albert King, and The Mamas and The Papas. Hit up playXBLA for more information.

Xbox Live is to receive 40 new dashboard apps from today until Spring 2013 across various territories. Some are region specific while others are global, including an official GameTrailers app. Check out Major Nelson’s update below.

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Xbox 360′s newly announced crooner app – simply called ‘Karaoke’ – will feature a library of 8000 tracks to massacre, and will charge players on a time basis, rather than an initial fee. It’s another dip into the free-to-play pool by Microsoft. Get the details below.

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Nintendo-JoySound Wii Karaoke U, or for all intents and purposes, Wii U Karaoke, was announced for Japan this morning via the latest Nintendo Direct session. Users can purchase a Wii U karaoke microphone with a trial disc, or use the in-built mic which comes with the Wii U controller. Over 90,000 songs will be available, but at this point, it’s unknown whether Wii U Karaoke will be released outside of Japan. It’s not looking very likely, but karaoke lovers can dream. Thanks, IGN.

Microsoft has released a tracklist for Lips for the whole month of July. Pricing will run the usual.

Can’t imagine singing Baby Got Back in the living room with Mom and Dad, but there it is anyway.

Full thing below courtesy of Joystiq.

July 3

• “Baby Got Back” — Sir Mix-a-Lot
• “The Next Movement” – The Roots
• “Shut Up” – The Black Eyed Peas

July 10

• “Get The Party Started” – Pink
• “Don’t Let Me Get Me” – Pink
• “So What” – Pink
• Pink Song Pack featuring all three songs

July 17

• “Just So You know” – Jesse McCartney
• “Hey Mama” – The Black Eyed Peas
• “Can I Get Get Get” – Junior Senior

If the US government’s Patent and Trademark office’s website is to be believed, Activision’s applied for a trademark for Sing Hero.

Surely it sounds like what it is–a competitor to Sony’s Singstar and Microsoft’s Lips.

Looks as though ActiBlizz bossman Bobby Kotick wasn’t lying during his company’s financial call last month, when he said that five more “Hero” games would be heading our way this year.

Great. More drunken karaoke is in our future.

Lips users: here’s a new bit of downloadable music for your karaoke game.

Each tack will run you 160 MS Points ($2) and should be up on XBL as we type:

• Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending
• Olivia Newton John – Magic
• The Pussycat Dolls/ Snoop Dogg – Buttons

How many people who own this game are actually old enough to remember that Olivia’s offering was from the film Xanadu?

Better yet, how many parents want their kids singing that Pussycat Dolls song?

Not a good line up this week, Microsoft.

Lips, Microsoft’s answer to Sony’s SingStar, gets an update today in the form of Alicia Keys, Coldplay, and Sarah McLachlan.

Here’s the list:

• Alicia Keys – Fallin’
• Coldplay – In My Pace
• Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery

Alicia and and Coldplay will run you 180 MS Points each ($2.25), and Ms. McLachlan 160 Points ($2).

With such fare to be downloaded, it might be wise to invest in a pair of earplugs.