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    DJ Hero

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Oct 27, 2009

    FreeStyleGames' DJ Hero uses a turntable controller to bring Guitar Hero-like gameplay to more genres and styles of music.

    Another Activision Employee Says “DJ Hero”

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    Edited By Ryan  Staff
    DJ BK, cutting it up on the ones and twos.
    DJ BK, cutting it up on the ones and twos.
    Sometimes I just don't understand the motivations behind the engine of paranoid information control that powers the video-game PR business. We've been hearing people with various levels of affiliation with Activision drop the DJ Hero name for months now, yet for some reason Activision refuses to confirm its existence in any official capacity. We know it's coming, and acting cagey about it suggests a lack of confidence.

    Today we get Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick looking mad uncomfortable on CNBC. After spending most of the interview talking up Activision's financial solvency amidst the economic apocalypse, he once again brings up DJ Hero, a product he describes as “a turntable that you can actually play competitively, spin discs and mix on,” and which he says will be coming out sometime this year.

    I'm certainly intrigued, but you know what would be great? Some screenshots, maybe a sampling of involved artists, or, you know, any kind of information not gleaned off of dry-ass financial TV programming, Activision.
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    #1  Edited By Ryan  Staff
    DJ BK, cutting it up on the ones and twos.
    DJ BK, cutting it up on the ones and twos.
    Sometimes I just don't understand the motivations behind the engine of paranoid information control that powers the video-game PR business. We've been hearing people with various levels of affiliation with Activision drop the DJ Hero name for months now, yet for some reason Activision refuses to confirm its existence in any official capacity. We know it's coming, and acting cagey about it suggests a lack of confidence.

    Today we get Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick looking mad uncomfortable on CNBC. After spending most of the interview talking up Activision's financial solvency amidst the economic apocalypse, he once again brings up DJ Hero, a product he describes as “a turntable that you can actually play competitively, spin discs and mix on,” and which he says will be coming out sometime this year.

    I'm certainly intrigued, but you know what would be great? Some screenshots, maybe a sampling of involved artists, or, you know, any kind of information not gleaned off of dry-ass financial TV programming, Activision.
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    #2  Edited By N3onThr33

    This is so crazy...

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    #3  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    Since the CEO mentioned it, that makes it official, right? Or are we going to have months more speculation about it before we hear anything about it again?

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    #4  Edited By Systech

    I want to play me some DJ Hero, but I don't like Activision... Hm... What to do?

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    #5  Edited By IFlipCars

    Ever try Beatmania?

    Unless it features Wu-Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, or The Roots, I'm not interested.

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    #6  Edited By waza

    so you scratch ... left and right, following the beat
    you raise or lower some things that practically don't modify the sound
    (real DJs do that we attitude ... but i'm not ignorant, i know that if ends up making a difference to twik those stuff, but most of the time changing just one doesn't do anything to the people on the dansefloor)

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    #7  Edited By JJOR64

    Zzzzz.....

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    #8  Edited By norton123

    No thank you.

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    #9  Edited By christilton

    At Amazon.com you can buy DJ for Dummies and an ION iCue DJ spinning interface for your computer, which will allow you to use ANY song you want for just $150. With options like that, a DJ Hero "game" seems pretty pointless to me.

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    #10  Edited By Da_Muffin_Man

    Wat?
    Wat?








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    #11  Edited By Zereta

    Um...Sounds cool but am I the only one getting sick of all the Music Games? Just release one base game and support it constantly with new songs and maybe instruments as well. 

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    #12  Edited By JoshLarson

    Activision might as well just call the game DJ Hero 2009 because we all know it will be a yearly milked franchise. Unless they pull a Guitar Hero and add a "side" game ala GH: Aerosmith, Metallica etc.

    I can just see it now. DJ Hero: FakeAssPoser, coming Q2 of 2010.

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    #13  Edited By Ghostin

    That cageyness is due to the Guru Josh Project's Infinity 2008 and Basshunter not yet being on the playlist...

    I think the only way I'll remotely be interested in this is if I can import and remix my own tracks then upload them for other people (so they can be mixed with other tracks in the game or tracks generated by them).  So basically a DJMMO.


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    #14  Edited By Aaron_G

    If they over did the "Hero" series that would be an understatement. 

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    #15  Edited By RipTheVeins

    can't wait for DJ Hero: White Suburban Heat to come out...

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    #16  Edited By Kohe321

    Dj hero sounds boring.

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    #17  Edited By MrKlorox

    I hope the controller works on the PC, or better yet, that you can use your own USB turntable.

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    God damn I hate Kotick's ugly face.

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    #19  Edited By ZombiePie  Staff

    Uhhh and I care why?

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    #20  Edited By MrKlorox

    Dude is much fatter than he looks in photographs.

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    #22  Edited By kennybaese

    Oh good god... I've really liked me some Guitar Hero over the years, but this is something like the final straw. I'm switching to Rock Band. Screw this stuff.

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    I hope they change the name to like DJ Tiesto's Music Mix or something lol.

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    #24  Edited By AvD

    Perhaps it will change but right now I have zero interest in this game.

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    #25  Edited By stokes

    I honestly think that Activision is just trying to kill the music game business at this point.

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