They Could Be DJ Heroes

[Keane Ng]

They Could Be DJ Heroes

In the wake of the recent SXSW [http://sxsw.com/] festival in Austin, Texas, several tidbits of info about Activision's still enigmatic DJ Hero have surfaced, including the names of a few high-profile turntablists who may be lending their music and likenesses to the game.

Last we Tom Endo [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.96375], displaying music taste clearly superior to mine, wasn't seeing things the same way. "Sure, there will be some hip hop tracks on there, but I guarantee they'll have some serious turntablism going as well," he said. "DJ Shadow is definitely under Universal and for me that alone is worth the price of admission."

Mr. Endo might be getting his wish, as it looks like Daft Punk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Shadow].

"There are some things brewing that I'm not at liberty to reveal yet, but that are exciting and very different for me," Shadow last said about his newest projects. DJ Hero would indeed be something "very different" for the DJ famous for pioneering instrumental, sample-based hip-hop listened to by music snobs too cool for Will Smith.

As for the DJ Hero website [http://www.djhero.com] that Shadow was promoting at SXSW, it didn't reveal much about the game itself aside from the fact that it'll be coming to PS3, 360 and Wii.

[Via URB [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/23/dj-hero-spotted-at-sxsw-platforms-and-site-revealed/]]


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[Cousin_IT]

Well thank goodness they arent apparently going down the hip hop hell route

 

[tendo82]

Now I can only hope that the controller looks and feels like a Technics 1200 turntable.

 

[Keane Ng]

Fingers crossed for RJD2!

 

[wordsmith]

come on! I want it!

Actually, it will mean I'll have to buy a console to play it (PC gamer here).

Which is the cheapest of the three?

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

And yet, still no word about Rez HD 2.

 

[mokes310]

As a REAL DJ, the thing that worries me about this game is that it might skip over one of the most crucial aspects of DJ'ing: beat matching. To me, it just doesn't seem like DJ'ing really lends itself to a game, and if the game is truly going down the road of turntablism, it's skipping 4/5's of what it really is to be a DJ. Scratching, and beat juggling are only a very, very small portion of DJ'ing. The more I learn about this game, the less interested I become.

 

[dthree]

Mokes, its a game, not a trainer. Learning to beatmatch is boring, just like learning to play guitar. Thats why people play games like guitar hero because they don't hvae the patience to learn the actual skill, the game is there to simulate it. How boring would Skate or SSX be if it took you 2 years to learn the basics? BTW, I found playing drums in rock band fun even though I am a real drummer so you might find some fun in DJ hero.