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If you haven’t had your fill of music rhythm games by now or you watched with a furrowed brow as guitar-based game after guitar-based game flooded the market, your giant headphones covering only one of your ears and held in place by your own shoulder just like your favorite DJs, then you’ll want to scrounge up between $100 and $200 for Activision’s DJ Hero, depending on your console and whether or not you want the special “Renegade Edition.”
Pricing is as follows:
- DJ Hero with Turntable Controller for PS2: $100
- DJ Hero with Turntable Controller for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii: $120
- DJ Hero Renegade Edition for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii: $200
The “Renegade Edition” includes “premium Renegade turntable controller, case, stand and exclusive DJ Hero Renegade 2-CD pack from Jay-Z and EMINEM.”
Available today all over the place. Full press release below:
DJ HERO™ – THE MOST-ANTICIPATED NEW MUSIC GAME OF THE YEAR – SPINS ONTO STORE SHELVES NATIONWIDE
DJ Hero Renegade Edition Features Premium Renegade Turntable Controller, Case, Stand and Exclusive DJ Hero Renegade 2-CD pack from JAY-Z and EMINEM
93 Exclusive Original Mixes from World Renowned DJ’s Bring Unprecedented Variety of Music Spanning Hip Hop, Rock, Pop, Dance and R&B to the Music Game Genre
SANTA MONICA, CA – October 27, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — The party has started with the most anticipated music game of the year, as DJ Hero™ is now available at retail stores nationwide, Activision Publishing Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced. DJ Hero invites audiences of all kinds to the party, bringing living room legends to the main stage with the newest innovation in music gaming with an exclusive 93-mix track list, created by a host of legendary DJs uniquely blending almost every genre of music including hip hop, rock, pop, R&B and dance. Featuring electrifying gameplay that incorporates the fundamentals of DJing in a fun and accessible format, and booming tracks from Rihanna to The Killers; Marvin Gaye to Daft Punk; Queen to the Black Eyed Peas, DJ Hero provides consumers an opportunity to interact and listen to music unlike ever before. Heightening the euphoric experience, the DJ Hero Renegade Edition delivers exclusive special edition hardware and a limited edition CD collaboration between two cultural icons – JAY-Z, the most successful solo recording artist of all time and hip hop legend, EMINEM – introducing unreleased material from EMINEM and JAY-Z’s first ever “best of” compilation.
The game has already received global accolades:
“DJ Hero is an impressive piece of work…” with “…infectiously inventive mash-ups.” –Entertainment Weekly
“One of the best games I’ve played this year” with “the best soundtrack for any music game, ever” and “You’re going to want to have DJ Hero on hand for your next party.” – 9/10 – IGN.com Editors’ Choice Award. – IGN.com
“The best music game of the year and a leap forward for the genre.” – 92/100 – GamesMaster Magazine
“DJ Hero allows a player to get lost in a DJ universe, creating a genuine experience,” said JAY-Z. “It’s a perfect way to expose hip hop as all encompassing of every musical genre and how the DJ combines everything to make great music.”
“I think that the cool thing about DJ Hero is that the music is actually part of the gameplay,” said EMINEM. “You get a chance to experience what it’s like to be a DJ and scratch up different songs of mine in really great mixes.”
“When artists with the global appeal and cultural significance like JAY-Z and EMINEM come together you know it’s something groundbreaking,” said Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Guitar Hero. “DJ Hero pushes the boundaries of music and gaming with original music mixes and innovative game play that put the power of the DJ and the artistry of hip hop music into the hands of consumers around the world.”
Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero®, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to start the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way. Featuring mixes created by DJ AM, Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J. Period, DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and more, spinning over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into the DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master various DJ techniques including scratching, crossfading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.
The DJ Hero Renegade Edition includes a copy of the game, a premium Renegade turntable controller, hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand, and an exclusive JAY-Z and EMINEM 2-CD pack featuring “best of” and new, unreleased material.
Available now, DJ Hero was developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii™ system from Nintendo. The game is rated “T” (Teen – Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero, please visit djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero.
I’m vastly curious about this game, but I really don’t want to purchase it. I hope one of my friends does.
Thanks for the heads up. This looks fantastic. I absolutely suck at these games but they are great fun. My kids will want one for sure.
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i really want this game!!! it looks so kewl!!! & i always wanted to dj!!! i want it!!!
I’ve been waiting for this game for a while now…hope it lives up to the hype.
Heading to BestBuy after work…the shredding of wax or polycarbonate plastic will take place with hopes of becoming the ultimate DJ, hope to see you out there in internetlands – gamertag jdale38
I’ve been DJing (mostly as a bedroom DJ, but I’ve done plenty of small party gigs in my time) for about 5 years now, playing everything from Electronic to Hip-hop. I’m a huge fan of DDR, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band games, and have no problems pulling off 5 star expert scores. Needless to say, I had to have this game the second it was out.
Let me just say that this game is, by far, the hardest of them all. If you thought jumping between fret buttons, strumming, and the occasional whammy could be a mind melt, try pressing buttons, spinning a table (either randomly or to the command of up/down arrows), crossfading between tracks, and occasionally twisting a knob (for what sounds like a hi-lo fader to me). This thing is insane on expert. I’d say it is even a bit harder than keeping an insane beat on a double-pedaled drum set.
As for fun factor, my first take is that it is a LOT of fun, and I see it being infinitely extendable since all of the tracks are mixes. Look on any music service online, and you’ll find millions of mixes for any group of songs… so I don’t see this getting old any time soon. I’m sure the downloads will be coming as fast as they can make them.
Being a turntable DJ myself, my only complaint is that you don’t get the feel of working with two turntables, but I honestly don’t think that complexity is needed here. The game is great without this minute detail.
I’m not trading in my vinyl anytime soon, but I have a feeling I’ll be playing this game much more than bedroom DJing for the next few months (at least).
When I first heard about this game I gotta say, I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t warm to the idea that fast. But I watched some videos about it and now I really want to give it a go! It looks a lot more entertaining than I would have expected. I love Guitar Hero and Rock Band too, so I’m very interested in seeing how this one plays.
Yo yo yo… I knew this was going to be hot right off the cuff! Being first a voyer of those playing Guitar hero I watched and watched… hearing only a few tunes I was familar with I was hesitant to purchawse this game but with a larger screen tv I said what tha hay. Then I heard about this new game with dj mix soundz brought back memories of all the equipment that I now have collecting dust if I haven’t incorporated it into my entertainment setup.
I recieved my pre order call and I was there the next day. I picked up my bundle, I would have gotten the more advanced game had I known about it but I bought a few blue ray movies which are still packaged up by the way… This game rocks like none before, the cross fadeing and scratching is so realistic I see no problem having a serious party with this as the entertainment, add the guitar for the bass and whoa… entertainment has been taken to tha next level… keeps the updates comming… Just saying … hopefully one day the capability of transfering beats or your favorite compilations directly into tha game would be off tha hook… just sayin… peace…