Dance Central players now have a companion app that lets them keep their groove wherever they go. Available for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android, the Dance Central "Dance Cam" app lets you preview tracks from Dance Central 2, practice moves, and even record yourself dancing.

When you record a performance, the Dance Cam will automatically "dancify" the routine into "a fun personalized music video, combining your dance moves." You can then share the ridiculousness on Facebook and even challenge friends to a mobile dance battle. After a battle is completed, the app will create a mash-up video of both performances, automatically embarrassing both participants on Facebook. Read more »

Harmonix has confirmed that it is developing "multiple new music games," outside of their popular Rock Band or Dance Central franchises. In fact, according to the company's chief operating officer, the games "won't resemble" the two titles at all.

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Battlefield 3 blew up across the video game world this week and its shockwaves carried right over to Weekend Confirmed. But believe it or not, BlizzCon momentarily upstages the modern warfare, as Xav, Jeff, Andrea, and Garnett get distracted by pandas in WoW and the latest title to board the DOTA train. This special episode was recorded in the evening and the crew celebrated with beers and bourbon. So buckle up, it gets bumpy from the start. Along the rest of the way there's talk of Uncharted 3 and Dance Central 2, hopes and dreams for Grand Theft Auto V, and, of course, Finishing Moves.

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With Dance Central 2 scheduled to hit stores tomorrow, developer Harmonix has discounted its entire catalog of downloadable content for the original title in the series.

All DLC is playable in the sequel and is available for as much as 2100MS points off, according to Major Nelson's blog.

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Sure, Dance Central 2 lets you import songs and routines from the original Kinect game. But, before you rush to Evacuate the Dance Floor, you should note that nabbing the 32 songs off the disc will come with a fee: 400 Microsoft Points, or $5. In addition, you'll need an additional 250MB of storage space on your hard drive, to hold the re-downloaded songs.

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Make sure you have your dancing shoes ready in October, because that's when Dance Central 2 will be launching on Kinect. Microsoft has announced global release dates for the Kinect dancing sequel: Oct. 21 in Europe and Asia, Oct. 25 in North America, and Oct. 27 in Japan.

The big new feature of Dance Central 2 is simultaneous two-player dance battles. During these battles, the freestyle sections are replaced with a new "Free-4-All" mini-game. You must recall moves from the song and quickly perform them in order to score additional points in this mode.

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QUICKTAKE: Harmonix returns to the dance floor with its second entry in the Dance Central franchise. This time, two players will be able to tear it up simultaneously with drop-in and drop-out gameplay. Like Rock Band to Rock Band 2, the core of the game remains the same, leaving Harmonix to focus on adding to the game's feature list.

Harmonix just took the stage during Microsoft's pre-E3 2011 to reveal a number of new featuring coming to the sequel to its Kinect-exclusive dance title: Dance Central.

Dance Central 2 will feature enhancements to the "Break it Down" mode from the first game, a campaign mode, the ability to import songs from the original, and a simultaneous two-player multiplayer mode. Read more »