Standalone DJ Hero Turntable Controllers Coming to Retail

March 23, 2010

Standalone DJ Hero Turntable
Controllers Coming to Retail

First One-Hundred Thousand Units
Contain Exclusive Shepard Fairey Poster Featuring The Game’s All-Star Cast of
In-Game DJs and Talent

Beat junkies, music fans and budding
turntablists already rocking the wheels of steel with DJ Hero – the number one
new videogame IP of 2009 – can now invite their friends to spin along with a
standalone turntable controller which is available today at retail stores
nationwide, Activision Publishing Inc. announced. Additionally, the first
one-hundred thousand fans to purchase a standalone turntable controller will
receive an exclusive Shepard Fairey poster, featuring the artist’s unique
renderings of the game’s all-star cast of in-game DJs and talent*.

“Adding a second DJ Hero turntable
controller to the mix puts a new spin on the game’s social experience,” said
Jamie Jackson, Creative Director at FreeStyleGames. “Now living room DJs can go
play with their friends and family and enjoy our exclusive mixes in another
all-new way.”

In addition to the DJ vs. DJ
competitive game modes that give beat chemists the option to battle
head-to-head, two DJs can mix and scratch together on multiple turntable
controllers, a player can join in to emcee over any track in the game with a mic
or, using a Guitar Hero® guitar controller along with a turntable controller,
gamers can perform a series of infamous DJ-guitar exclusive mixes, just as many
of the artists in DJ Hero have.

The #1 new videogame intellectual
property by revenue in the U.S. and Europe for calendar 2009, according to The
NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music
experience that allows players to not only experience, but 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 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.

Available now, DJ Hero was developed
by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 and the Wii.
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.

 

*Promotion limited to US customers
only; the hundred-thousand DJ Hero stand-alone turntable controllers will be
distributed amongst all major retailers nationwide.