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!

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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:

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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.

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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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