Official enough: Kotick confirms DJ Hero for 2009

by JC Fletcher on Jan 30th 2009 2:24PM

Activision has yet to announce DJ Hero through any official channels. The "rumored" game has been revealed through trademarks, secret sources, and even musicians whose work is included. But because Activision hasn't sent out a true press release, the game continues to be in some kind of limbo between reality and rumor.

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick totally spilled the beans to CNBC, saying, "We have this product called DJ Hero coming out later this year which is a turntable that you can actually play competitively, spin discs and mix on." Can we call this first Guitar Hero spinoff "confirmed" yet? Because it's totally happening.

In other news: CNBC's Joe Kernen is basically mystified by Nerf N-Strike. Just like everyone else.

[Via GamesIndustry.biz; image credit: lolololori]

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I'd hit that.

I hope to god you're 14

I hope to god you're over 50.

I don't why, at all, it's just wrong, but, eh.

come on guys, get ya head out the gutter.

he Meant hit the SPIN TABLES!!

He did not.

I'd take that for a spin.

http://geoffroper.com/

I wonder if neversoft is developing, and how this affects there plan to churn more Guitar hero out...

Sorry for the confusion. I thought that since it was useful info for 360 and PS3 users, and since it's sold about 7 million copies, that it would merit listing on the main site.

It is on both the 360 and PS3 sites. Regardless of how convenient that is, my apologies.

I doubt it takes that much work to make something worse.

Why no article yet on double xp weekend, addition of 4 vs. 4 tactical for CoD: WaW.

This is a video game blog, right? Did I miss it? News came down yesterday.

And down you go.

http://www.joystiq.com/contact/tips/

See that link, thats where you tell them you want to see a story on something. You don't complain about it in a totally unrelated story.

Rhinosaur ...

http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/30/world-at-war-we-love-the-smell-of-double-xp-in-the-morning/

You see those tabs at the top of the main page? Those are for the Wii, Playstation and 360. This just didn't justify a spot on the main page is all.

A guitar hero "spin-off?"

Get it?!? *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

There's something about Obi-Wan winking at me that I find disturbing.

well, I find your lack of faith disturbing.

winking? someones been staring at the monitor a lil too closely...

Ha Ha Apollo, Thats the whole reason I checked the comments. That chick on the left has something about her. I think it's her DSL's. I'm such a creep.

Christ man what are you some perverted hermit?

Get out and see the light of day now and again and you might meet a nice girl that has more to offer you than her "dick sucking lips" as you said. It's just a couple of girls messing around on some turntables certainly nothing to get all sexual about.

Maybe he was just talking about her Internet connection. I mean, we're all nerds here right?

@ J Penn

Dude seriously, why don't you get out of the house and go out there and find yourself a woman with some DSL's. Seriously some of you hear anything sexual and your fucking going crazy yelling "PErvert!", like if you've never thought of anything like that.

And for the record, I would do both of them. Yes even the one with the DSL's. I hope that doesn't shock your simple world J Penn.

Those two girls look like they have no idea what they're doing.

I imagine that the bulk of the DJ Hero user base will be the exact same way...

Yes, Farseer, just like most of the Guitar Hero base was when it first came out, too. Then people got better and better at it until we got to the point where we have the NEEDS MOAR METALZ crowd.

Eventually, people will get to the point where they start saying NEEDS MOAR TRANCE.

We will see what Konami has to say about this new title Activision came up with.

Wasn't real music on fake instruments geeky enough already?

More plastic controllers?
Are they expecting the GH demographic to buy into this?

Same comment as above delete "into"

I want to see how Neversoft makes a DJ interface without HMX to "inspire" them.

we've gone from fake playing real music to fake playing fake music... pretty soon we'll just sit there and watch dots rain down the screen while doing nothing in complete silence. I wait patiently for masturbation hero.

Fantastic Solo!

That's a solo where I KNOW I'll always get 100%.

Wait, what?

"Tap your Foot Hero"

Anyone else wondering if the "controller" will be direct-drive and require slip mats? I just miss my old pair of Geminis I guess.

This could be fun. A little DJ Shadow anyone?

Absolutely.

We could get real crazy and throw in some Autechre & Caustic Window. Of course you would have to have Fatboy Slim on there to have name recognition.

It would be nice if it included some Immortal Technique as well. I would loce to ability to mix Dance With The Devil.

Y'know, I had no idea till recently that the opening theme 'Six Days' from F&F: TD had him involved with it... it's pretty badass I would love to play that on DJ Hero

Fuck it, lets cut off the middle man already and just make a game called music hero with an endless number of add ons.

I know you're probably just joking...but that's a kickass idea!

I can attach my five-button kazoo? Score!

This isnt gonna do nearly as well as RB or Guitar Hero. Too much of a Niche Group and its WAY more simple to just buy a PDX3000 and learn to do it for REAL.

I'm going to disagree with you there. I think this could be very successful if implemented correctly. It's always better to buy the real thing and learn to do it but this is for those of us who would rather pretend to be doing it for real =^..^= ... you know?

I think this could be fun and a big hit if done proper.

maybe.......but hell if it cost as much as Rock Band then for just a few hundred more you could DO the real thing and possibly get PAID to do so.......

"WAY more simple to just buy a PDX3000 and learn to do it for REAL."

Yeah, totally. All you need is $900 for two turntables, a mixer that will run you a $100+, 2 needles for $100-$150, and a sound device to plug it into. Oh yeah, and $12 a record that has 2 songs on it.

Actually you can get all that for under $500.....as for Records only having 2 songs on them.......at last check most had entire ALBUMS on them.....not to mention you could always just go Digital and connect an MP3 player to the Tables.....

come on Aggie, im all for suggesting that people learn to play real instruments too as a musician myself but some people dont have the patience or interest for all that. and the cost is phenomenally more for the real thing as well. even if this thing does cost as much as Rock Band, it would still be much cheaper than buying all the equipment you need to get a set up going as a DJ.

now that said, i dont think this will sell as well as the GH series, but it may do fairly well with the Hip Hop audience. it should be very interesting to watch at least.

I agree it will be interesting to watch......I just dont think it will move over 500k in the first 6 months.....guess it depends on cost.......

I reckon that if done and marketed right (as in getting the proles to go "you seen that DJ game? looks freakin' sweet!") then this could be big, but on the other hand music games have lost their novelty to everyone who already has one. And a lot of people have guitar hero.

"but it may do fairly well with the Hip Hop audience"

It will depend. DJ Tiesto is invovled with this game and he's a trance DJ. I'm thinking that it's going to be all about dance music which means it's going to be all about beat matching instead of scratching.

"at last check most had entire ALBUMS on them"

Not Trance/Techno/House music. These guys usually don't release full albums. They release one song and then toss a few remixes of it on there.

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