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December 8th, 2009 at 03:45pm
Under Xbox 360
If you’ve been desperately wanting to live the luxurious life of a virtual DJ, but lack the finances required to do so, fret no longer — GuitarHeroStore has temporarily knocked the price of the Wii, PS3 and 360 versions of DJ Hero down to $79, and the PS2 version of the game to $64. That even includes free shipping, which is good, since plastic turntables probably cost more than your average parcel to transport cross-country.
Make sure you enter in the coupon code “DJHPP1″ while checking out in order to access the offer. Otherwise, you’ll end up paying full price for the game, losing out on $20 you could’ve spend on other disc jockey accessories. Like oversized headphones! Or LED-infused robot helmets.
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GuitarHeroStore scratches DJ Hero price down to $79 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 1st, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Xbox 360
If you’ve been sitting around on your fat stacks of cash, waiting to pick up an extra DJ Hero controller then now is the time, friend. Activision sent along a press release stating that the turntable controllers are now in stock at the Guitar Hero Store for $70 a pop, $40 cheaper than the regular, game-packing bundle.
With a weak showing on October’s NPD charts and UK retailers slashing prices, we can’t say we fully understand Activision’s decision to charge so much for the turntables. From our vantage point, it looks like this: if Activision came down on the price a bit, more people would buy a second controller and have their friends try the game. Then, maybe those people would go out and buy their own set-up. Isn’t that a novel idea?
Standalone DJ Hero controllers now available for $70 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 24th, 2009 at 06:20pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
A DLC three-pack of tracks by French DJ David Guetta is available today for DJ Hero across PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. The original works “When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland, “Sexy Chick” featuring Akon, and “On The Dancefloor” featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap make up the mash-up pack, which goes for 640
($8) and $7.99 on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store, respectively (the tracks are not offered for purchase separately). Each track is sold separately for Wii at 300 Wii Points ($3) apiece.
Also out today for Wii are the two tracks from last month’s Extended Mix Pack 01: “All Of Me” by 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige vs. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen, and “DARE” by Gorillaz vs. “Can’t Truss It” performed by Public Enemy. Those will set living room DJs back 300 Wii Points, as well.
The knowledge that your DJ Hero controller is a million times cooler than the Tony Hawk Ride board is, as always, priceless.
Spend your scratch on New DJ Hero DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 27th, 2009 at 07:27pm
Under Xbox 360
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DJ Hero could end up being the most divisive video game ever created. It flies proudly in the face of certain qualities I’ve come to expect of the casual-aimed rhythm genre — qualities such as accessibility, recognizability and general ease of play. Activision’s latest possesses none of these characteristics: It’s got a sheer learning curve, it exclusively features music that has been mashed into an indistinguishable pulp, and it’s easily the most difficult peripheral-based rhythm game I’ve ever played. (Dance Dance Revolution notwithstanding, of course. These legs just weren’t made to flail.)
Everyone who plays DJ Hero will either hate it to its core, eject the disc and toss in a more familiar musical standby, or, if they possess a certain collection of odd inclinations, they’ll fall wildly in love with it. I fall into the latter group, though the small assembly of friends I recently had try their hands at the game fell firmly into the former. Yes, those people aren’t writing this review, but I thought it important to note their existence.
For my part, I found DJ Hero to be fresh by every conceivable definition of the word.
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Review: DJ Hero originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 25th, 2009 at 04:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
It’s rare that we hear anything but doe-eyed optimism from publishers of yet-to-be-released games — however, Activision’s Kai Huang, co-creator of the Guitar Hero franchise, recently voiced some fairly realistic expectations for the upcoming disc-spinning rhythm title, DJ Hero. “We’re expecting this to be the type of game that may come out of the gate a little bit slower, but continue to grow over time,” Huang explained during a speech at the PLAY Digital Media Conference in Berkeley.
Huang mentioned that while overall sales will be bolstered by the Hero part of the game’s moniker, the DJ portion may scare potential players off — causing Activision to focus on in-store demos to push the product on passersby. If we were unenlightened of DJ Hero’s existence, we’d probably be snared by the siren call of the demo unit’s mash-up of “Hollaback Girl” and “Give it to Me.” Curse you, Stefani/James!
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Guitar Hero co-founder expects DJ Hero to have slower initial sales originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 15th, 2009 at 12:45pm
Under Xbox 360
If Activision really wants to reach the widest possible audience with DJ Hero, TV commercials are probably the best way to expedite that process. If said TV commercials happen to feature Daft Punk’s wonderfully catchy “Around the World,” even better.
After the break, see one TV ad starring a digital version of Daft Punk (though, since the band is ostensibly robotic, what’s the difference?) and another featuring both a clip of Justice vs. Public Enemy, and an improbably shiny DJ Hero controller. And if you like those, Activision continues to upload preview clips of in-game songs to its YouTube channel.
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Activision wisely promotes DJ Hero with Daft Punk originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 12th, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Activision has sent out the intro cinematic for DJ Hero, and we can’t help but think of Brütal Legend set in a hip-hop / club universe. A world filled with monstrous record needles and gigantic subwoofers. A place where DJs — and truck drivers, apparently — are kings, battling it out for rhythmic supremacy. We’re not sure if the actual gameplay experience of twirling plastic records and tapping buttons will evoke the same feelings — the signs are good so far — but the intro video certainly has us pumped.
You’d best check it yourself, lest you wreck yourself.
DJ Hero intro video destroys the world with beats originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 12th, 2009 at 01:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
When you get home with your gigantic DJ Hero Renegade Edition box, make sure to get everything out of it. We know the temptation to just unfold the case/table thing and start playing the game with that kind of irresistible-looking novelty controller will be overwhelming, but if you turn the package over and shake it, exclusive greatest-hits CDs from Jay-Z and Eminem will fall out.
Rolling Stone got the full list of tracks on both sets. Jay-Z’s disc sticks exclusively to past hits, but Eminem’s includes a brand-new song, “Taking My Ball.” That’s right, the “unreleased tracks” mentioned on the box is really unreleased track. And it’ll premiere on Eminem’s Sirius radio station over a week before the game comes out, so it’s more like no unreleased tracks.
After the break, as a reminder, we’ve included the full list of the songs in the actual game.
[Via Kotaku, This is 50]
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DJ Hero Renegade Edition’s Jay-Z, Eminem compilations detailed originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 9th, 2009 at 03:10pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Activision has announced that GameStop will be hosting a special DJ Hero demo event this Sunday, October 11. The event is taking place at all United States GameStop locations from 10:00am to 6:00pm, and will give gamers the chance to try out the game a full three weeks in advance. Gamers will also have the opportunity to win prizes, including a trip to meet Eminem and see him perform in New Orleans. Naturally, a few copies of the game and some Xbox 360s will be up for grabs as well.
Oh, and before you go, be sure to get a quick primer on the game by reading our recent hands-on impressions. After all, you wouldn’t want to embarrass yourself in front of the whole mall. See the full prize details after the break.
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Play DJ Hero at GameStop this Sunday originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 5th, 2009 at 12:57pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
During GamesCom, Activision said that DJ Hero would come to Europe in “late October.” The good news is that the publisher didn’t pick the very last day in October to release the game … though it’s awfully close. Today, Activision told Eurogamer that all versions of DJ Hero will be out in the UK and mainland Europe on October 30.
The previously-announced price of £109.99 (roughly €120) still stands, meaning that gamers may have to sell off some of their record collections to get the game and turntable deck. Of course, with many of DJing’s biggest stars repping Europe, the territory is a key — and potentially profitable — market for Activsion.
DJ Hero mashes up Europe on October 30 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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