DJ Hero!

[dereksworl]

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DJ HERO™ Overview

The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience music. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across genres – tracks that you love and reflect who you are. Using an authentic turntable controller, you will spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes and become the life of the party. Get ready for a whole new phenomena in music.

Access Unprecedented Music Variety: Mix and scratch over 100 individual songs, highlighted in over 80 exclusive new mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, electronica, R&B, Motown, pop, and rock. DJ Hero brings the hottest artists including: Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beastie Boys, N.E.R.D, and more.
Experience Music in a Revolutionary Way: The DJ Hero turntable controller immerses you into authentic DJ culture allowing you to scratch, cross-fade, and beat match. Customize your mix with a variety of effects and samples transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.
Rule the Hottest Parties: Where Guitar Hero brought gamers into the world of rock ‘n’ roll, DJ Hero brings you into the hottest scenes around. Party in venues reminiscent of real world locales from around the globe including an ultra plush and sexy Hollywood Hills style mansion to an open air beach club in Ibiza.

Party with Your Friends:

Features online and offline multiplayer competitive and cooperative modes.
Game Modes: DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ, DJ + Guitar

Supports: DJ Turntable, Guitar

Update 5/29

Main Points:

The upcoming DJ Hero video game just landed two heavy hitters as MCs: Jay-Z and Eminem.
Both rappers are bringing their music to the newest offshoot of Activision's successful $2 billion Guitar Hero franchise. The game, played with a turntable-shaped controller, is due out this fall for PlayStation 3, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii (no price or rating yet).

Players use the features on the game's controller — a rotating record platter, sampling buttons, an effects dial and a cross fader — to match streams of song tracks, create effects and add personal touches to score points.

In addition to single-DJ action, two players can compete or play cooperatively. Special mixes will let players use the Guitar Hero controller. The game spans hip-hop, electronica, R&B, soul and pop/rock with songs by 50 Cent, Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Blondie, N.E.R.D., Gorillaz and David Bowie. Superstar DJs such as DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and DJ AM will contribute, too.

"You are going to get over 100 songs from 80 artists and 80 brand-new mixes that have never been heard before, including one with Eminem and Jay-Z (together)," says Guitar Hero president and CEO Dan Rosensweig.

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[hardcore_canadian]

Sounds like something I could be interested in.... Wonder if they'll be using pre-mixed songs, or we'll be making our own.... so many questions now

[Pelican170]

you gotta be kidding me, lol. I joked about this exact idea for a long time now! I knew i shoulda made it myself, hahahal.

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Pelican170

you gotta be kidding me, lol. I joked about this exact idea for a long time now! I knew i shoulda made it myself, hahahal.

i feel your pain. you dont know how many of my ideas are somebody millions right now.

Sounds like something I could be interested in.... Wonder if they'll be using pre-mixed songs, or we'll be making our own.... so many questions now

good question. gonna have to wait for more info.

[hardcore_canadian]

Originally Posted by dereksworl

i feel your pain. you dont know how many of my ideas are somebody millions right now.

Tivo... 'Nuff Said.... although I wouldn't have known how to do it

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by hardcore_canadian

Tivo... 'Nuff Said.... although I wouldn't have known how to do it

This is a good discussion! i'll be right back, im gonna go open a thread about this in "off topic"

[hayzink]

man id get this in a heartbeat.

imagine it was 2 decks and it supported your own mp3 playback with a cdj style turntable

[j-ro]

Originally Posted by Pelican170

you gotta be kidding me, lol. I joked about this exact idea for a long time now! I knew i shoulda made it myself, hahahal.

Actually this idea has been done. Konami had an arcade version to this like more than 10 years ago. it was called beatmania. This was even before the whole guitar hero explosion.

[GLaDOS]

Does every music/rhythm game from Activision has to have 'Hero' on every brand?

[Joon]

I want to see how the game plays before I get it. If they do this right, this could be a lot of fun.

[aphex]

uhh iidx (beatmania) is way effin better than this could ever be.

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

Does every music/rhythm game from Activision has to have 'Hero' on every brand?

its marketing at its finest

[Icemage]

Just a note, but the projected price is available on this game. You'll get the game plus the required turntable controller for $120 USD (GameStop/USA) or £99 GBP (HMV/UK).

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ith-GBP108-rrp

[BlackMamba]

This game will be awesome if only for the fact that most popular songs today are of the pop/hip-hop/rap variety (no offense rock fans) and the weekly DLCs can include all the recent hot songs.

[dereksworl]

Overview from site

DJ HERO™ Overview
The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience music. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across genres – tracks that you love and reflect who you are. Using an authentic turntable controller, you will spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes and become the life of the party. Get ready for a whole new phenomena in music.

Access Unprecedented Music Variety: Mix and scratch over 100 individual songs, highlighted in over 80 exclusive new mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, electronica, R&B, Motown, pop, and rock. DJ Hero brings the hottest artists including: Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beastie Boys, N.E.R.D, and more.
Experience Music in a Revolutionary Way: The DJ Hero turntable controller immerses you into authentic DJ culture allowing you to scratch, cross-fade, and beat match. Customize your mix with a variety of effects and samples transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.
Rule the Hottest Parties: Where Guitar Hero brought gamers into the world of rock ‘n’ roll, DJ Hero brings you into the hottest scenes around. Party in venues reminiscent of real world locales from around the globe including an ultra plush and sexy Hollywood Hills style mansion to an open air beach club in Ibiza.

Party with Your Friends:

Features online and offline multiplayer competitive and cooperative modes.
Game Modes: DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ, DJ + Guitar

Supports: DJ Turntable, Guitar

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[jkwest]

thanks for the update, derek!

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by jkwest

thanks for the update, derek!

no prob. haven't seen in a while man, sweet av too

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by dereksworl

no prob. haven't seen in a while man, sweet av too

thanks...my daughter took that of me...she is only 5..her aim was a bit off, but, it looked cool to me..