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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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Tags: bobby-kotick, cnbc, dj-hero, guitar-hero, PS3, Wii, Xbox-360

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I gotcha......as I know nothing about Techno....but Hip-hop & old school R&B albums have the entire album on there.......

hell I would HOPE they have quite a bit of Hip-hop on there........

Yeah, they're definitely shooting for a new niche audience here, because there's no way the GH/RB crowd gets into this. Whether it actually succeeds or not will really depend on the final sales price. If they try to trot this out for $100, it'll bomb big time.

Everyone's a critic, and most people are DJs.

I hope they have beat-boxing in the game too.

sy-sy-sy-sssy-syphillis!

Now I know why I hate you.

+1 for u

Am I crazy or is that ellen page at the turnstable?

I thought the same thing!

And the world weeps. I'd like an "Economy Hero" where you can play variations on our tanking GDP.

Wheels of steel, sweet! Do want.

We're just a couple steps away from Remix Hero. I'm stoked.

Konami did IIDX here, and even though the U.S. version sucked I never saw this kind of game taking off in the states, even with the FAKE INSTRUMENT HERO name on it.

James Zabiela Mixing Wizardry Simulation FTW!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTWTy0Iy2U4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BjA0KUe5Y

Stanton turntables make me laugh.

Technics SL-1200's FTW!

DJ Premier. Funkmaster Flex. Pete Rock. Hi-Tek. DJ Green Lantern. Just some suggestions for playable characters? And I'll let Daft Punk pass because that'd be a cool co-op game right there.

I approve of your list.

This is obviously a shameless knock-off of Guitar Hero.

lol, how do you shamelessly knock-off your own product?

Uhm... I don't know. I didn't get that far into the latest issue of Forbes yet. I'll get back to you as soon as I do.

I would be interested in it, except

1. More plastic instruments and no room
2. See #1

Spinoff?

AHahahahahaha

I don't believe any game that includes a turn table could have a good setlist, what's gonna be on it? Rap? Techno?

Hello? Would the complete works of the great Kid 'N Play not be sufficient for you?

Can we call this "Beatmania" copy-cat ?

Yes

nothing will ever top beatmania IIDX.

Konami better step in this time and bitch-smack activision.

The only enjoyment I get out of IIDX now is at the arcade, please don't suck DJ Hero.

lol "spinoff"

its funny. cuz its a turntable.

I see only one of you has played Beatmania IIDX.

If this game has quality electronic music and hip-hop on it, I'll definitely buy it. But if it has a bunch of tacky trance "DJs" like Tiesto... um, no thanks.

NO! Now Activision is going to ruin the TURNTABLE after ruing the GUITAR. In addition to 13 yr old douche bags who think they can play guitar, now we'll have similar douche bags who think they CAN DJ AFTER SPENDING 2 HOURS IN FRONT OF THEIR XBOX.

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