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Activision: DJ Hero Coming in 2009
by Nick Breckon, Jan 30, 2009 11:57am PSTConfirmed to exist last October, the long-rumored DJ Hero will make it out to stores later this year, according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.
"We have this product called DJ Hero coming out later this year, which is a turntable that you actually can play competitively and spin discs and mix songs," said Kotick during a CNBC interview transcribed by Eurogamer.
DJ Hero is rumored to come packed with a turntable controller, featuring three rhythm buttons, a cross-fader and various sound-effects dials.
Of course, just as Konami fired a lawsuit at MTV/Harmonix over Rock Band--Konami established the Guitar Hero format with its Guitar Freaks--so too could it be eying Activision's new property.
Konami's DJ-styled Beatmania games helped establish the rhythm genre in 1997. The company holds a patent covering the genre, and recently sued Pentavision over its DJMAX (PSP, PC) series.
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Years too late. Although still might consider. Don't own a single Hero game.
Ugh, that Bobby Kotick is the kind of soulless suit that I'd think ill about running the local game store rather than the CEO of the largest publisher out there. Speculation but I can just imagine so easily the meeting between the Execs thinking of that under served demographic they can attract with a full marketing campaign using the Hero(TM) brand this year. And then after all that is settled, they might consider the actual worth of the game for its sake.
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Anyhow, why is it not called Activision Blizzard? Just for brevity?
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