EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: djhero2
When Xbox frontman Major Nelson posted a list of upcoming Xbox LIVE content the other day, in amongst the talk of brand new Xbox LIVE games, Games on Demand titles heading to the service and an upcoming free Xbox LIVE Gold weekend, he also mentioned something about special price offers on digital content for a range of Activision games.
No further information was forthcoming… until now!
From now until January 17th, Xbox LIVE members will be able to take advantage of all kinds of great deals on massive amounts of Activision-related content: Everything must go!
Here’s the list:
Why must this time of year always be so busy? It’s school holidays, Christmas time for those that celebrate, holiday trips are being planned, loads and loads of shopping needs to be done, you’re going out with friends, and trying to make time for gaming… Why can’t we pause everything else and just game first? Thus I must duly apologise for El33tonline’s review of DJ Hero 2 being late - I would have preferred to use an alibi such as saying the game is so awesome that it kept drawing me in to play instead of doing its review.
Well, the game is really awesome, but that story would be far-fetched as the deck isn’t imbued with any form of magical powers… but enough drivel! Let’s get to it!
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of DJ Hero 2.
It’s no secret that the music game genre is a little… crowded these days, as Activision Blizzard continues to release at least one Guitar Hero game every year, which is now accompanied by what will be annual entries into the DJ Hero franchise. Harmonix, too, has its Rock Band franchise spilling out all over the place, with no less than five series entries to date, with a sixth releasing this past week.
With all of this choice and a resultant market deluge, sales of titles in the music game genre have been on the decline for a while, with a string of less than stellar Guitar Hero games, worse than expected retail performance by The Beatles: Rock Band (and the invisible releases of Green Day: Rock Band and LEGO Rock Band), as well as underwhelming initial sales numbers for the original DJ Hero.
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In the past, we here at El33tonline may have claimed that this or that content update for the PlayStation Store was ‘the biggest’ or ‘the best,’ or even ‘the greatest of all time.’
No. I’m going to come clean here and say that this was all false lip service. We deceived you, fair reader, and for this we are sorry.
But, how could we have known to reserve our praise of bounteous content updates until today, and this moment? Because it turns out that this week’s PlayStation Store content update for US users is by far the most amazing revision to the service we’ve ever seen!
There’s far, far too much content to discuss, but highlights include the addition of DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, demos for DJ Hero 2 and Enslaved, PSOne Import games Cho Aniki and Gaia Seed, free DLC for Dead Rising 2, DLC for Red Dead Redemption, a new set of PlayStation Plus content… plus much more!
Have a look through the full list of new content now available on the US PlayStation Store below:
Demos for two of Activision’s music games have today appeared on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, ready and waiting for you to hit that download button so they can show you a grand old time.
Unfortunately, you’ll need to be an Xbox LIVE Gold member to try them out.
Additionally, a demo for Ubisoft’s strategy game, RUSE, has similarly emerged out of the shadows and into the light of Xbox LIVE. Thankfully, no Xbox LIVE Gold membership is required for this one.
Here are all the details you need:
Activision has finally announced the list of songs to be included in October’s DJ Hero 2, and it is mighty.
With tracks from Lady Gaga, DeadMau5, Daft Punk and more, you can be sure developer Freestyle is sticking to its promise of delivering a DJ Hero game with more variety and focus on dance tracks… although the likes of Eminem, Rihanna and Kanye West are also represented to mix it up.
VP of music affairs at Activision, Tim Riley, said in a statement:
Activision has unveiled the 108-member list of music artists and acts that will contribute tracks to the publisher’s next platter-spinning music rhythm game, DJ Hero 2.
All of the usual club anthem staples are there, including Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Lady Gaga, The Prodigy and Basement Jaxx, with a healthy selection and injection of hip-hop stars like Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Puff Daddy. Other genres of music are also represented with the likes of Rihanna, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder and Metallica.
Of course, just like the original DJ Hero, all of the tracks from contributing artists will be paired up and mashed together, hopefully with the same successful results.
Browse through the full list of artists to be featured in October’s DJ Hero 2 below:
Activision has released a batch of new screenshots and a new trailer for DJ Hero 2 showing off Deadmau5 who will be available as an in-game playable character when the game releases on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii this Autumn.
DJ Hero 2’s track list will feature over 70 ‘speaker-blowing’ mashups comprising songs from over 85 artists, including Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Deadmau5.
Activision Publishing has just officially announced that DJ Hero 2 is in development at FreeStyleGames, following numerous comments and rumours to this effect earlier this year.
Activision says that with DJ Hero 2, “living rooms will transform into nightclubs letting budding beat chemists, singing sensations and all of their friends party together by firing up two turntable controllers and a microphone to experience their favourite music as they’ve never heard it before.”
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In comments made to Game Informer last month, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has confirmed that a follow-up to last year’s excellent-but-slightly-flawed DJ Hero is in the works, and somewhat dubiously admitted that they didn’t “get it right” the first time around.
Speaking about the publisher’s commitment to new and original intellectual property (IP) for the long haul, Kotick said:
While it could very well be a foregone conclusion that Activision will release a sequel to last year’s excellent (but coolly received) DJ Hero, we may have seen the first sign that such a follow-up is underway, after international DJ David Guetta casually announced that he will be working on the ‘number two version’ of the game. Speaking to Kelowna.com, Guetta said:
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