DJ Hero announced at last, along with Band Hero for the family and Guitar Hero 5 for the face melters

Activision just confirmed a whole lot of heroes: the long-teased DJ Hero being the most notable among them. Many trivial humans had conjectured what a "Hero"-style DJ controller would look like, and at last we have our first look (above, and there's another shot after the break). Sure, we have no idea how we're supposed to play it -- where's the whammy bar, for instance? -- but we're sure once we tape a couple of our mom's Perry Como records to the sides we'll start to get the picture. Music genres include "hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance," and the game will allow turntablists to create "original mixes" of songs. Additionally, Activision is also prepping a family-friendly Band Hero game, and a Guitar Hero 5 followup to its flagship title, with all three new Hero games hitting sometime this fall.

[knc47 Posted May 7th 2009 10:18AM]

I think I'll pass. Waiting for Cowbell Hero!

[drbootleg Posted May 7th 2009 10:24AM]

I've got a fevah; and the only pah-scription is more Cowbell Hero!

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 10:51AM]

I'd only buy guitar hero if Will Ferrell playing Gene Frenkle from Blue Oyster Cult was a character.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 10:54AM]

meant cowbell hero...sorry :-(

[EatMoreBread Posted May 7th 2009 10:26AM]

Let the whoring of a perfectly good music franchise begin!

...Oh wait, it already has.

[bdav Posted May 7th 2009 10:30AM]

If the controllers were cheap, this would make an awesome oversized griffin powermate-stye control for a PC/Mac. Imagine spinning through final cut footage with that thing.

[(Unverified) Posted May 8th 2009 12:04AM]

hahaha. that would be awesome. It could actually be useful to control something like traktor dj software, as a cheap dedicated controller.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 10:30AM]

So do these talentless charlatans just have an unlimited license to shamelessly rip off Konami's entire product line?

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 10:59AM]

Poor Konami. They did it best :'[

[Sir Mycroft Posted May 7th 2009 10:40AM]

....aaand the de-evolution of music is now complete.

Time to start drinkin' whisky and rye...

[unibrow Posted May 7th 2009 10:39AM]

I'm so done with the Guitar Hero franchise. I loved 2 and we all know that was done by the Rock Band guys. Three was mediocre at best and World Tour seems way better then Three but I didn't have the desire to play it. Between the GH guitars being steaming piles of shit and the feel of the game not being the same I'm unfortunately only left with Rock Band. I'm not saying Rock Band is bad at all, it's f'ing awesome but would be nice if the GH series instead of being milked would have some quality to it so there are other options and more stuff worth playing.

[mario83 Posted May 7th 2009 2:07PM]

band hero? thats kinda pointless,.... what the heck is world tour then? you know im starting to like rockband more and more, i just hate the guitars i find them uncomfortable to use than a guitar hero one

[kevout Posted May 7th 2009 10:48AM]

Still waiting for this version to leave the world of satire and hit production: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 11:12AM]

are they going to make a piano hero?

[KeegdnaB Posted May 7th 2009 11:24AM]

you mean like this?

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/keyboardmania

[KeegdnaB Posted May 7th 2009 11:22AM]

3 buttons?

WEAK

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/beatmania_iidx

[gambit410 Posted May 14th 2009 2:17PM]

you know people should just buy a real turntable and learn to mix/scratch for real..... (sarcasm for all those who might miss it)

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 12:27PM]

Wow this is dumb. We one thought about how Guitar Hero makes real guitar players lose skill, just imagine how bad a DJ would become pushing buttons on this. Heck, even a iPod DJ would have skills compared to this.

[MisterSquared Posted May 7th 2009 3:55PM]

Coming next year, 'Guitar Hero Hero'. Unleash your inner wannabe!

[aoleyva Posted May 7th 2009 5:25PM]

Piano hero kthxbai

[ajoan0077 Posted May 7th 2009 6:28PM]

im still waiting for:

Toilet Bowl Hero

Electric Triangle Hero

And of course Super Rock Band Metallica World Tour Aerosmith Hero

[Naoki7 Posted May 8th 2009 12:04AM]

Maaan...

Where's my Kraftwerk Hero :(

[albundy Posted May 8th 2009 12:54AM]

yay, more plastic instruments made for 2 year olds and played by 40 year olds!

[(Unverified) Posted May 8th 2009 4:19AM]

knowing this is an american product and among the genres included hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance i guess the focus will be more on the first 3 and dance/electronics will be underrated.
one thing i question about is what kind of dance/electro songs will be available to play, since most american hits over here in europe are pop hiphop r'nb or metal, but the next thing close to dance/electro would be lady gaga, wich is more urban, and surely not the same as the dancegenres we have over here in europe.
i really hoep they include some artists like ellen alien underworld kraftwerk daft punk armand van helden and more like them but i don't think it will be:(...

[(Unverified) Posted May 8th 2009 4:53AM]

"Jakjak9210 @ May 8th 2009 12:04AM

hahaha. that would be awesome. It could actually be useful to control something like traktor dj software, as a cheap dedicated controller."

GMTA.

[(Unverified) Posted May 10th 2009 11:13PM]

Screw this crap, come on, someone make a Keyboard Hero dammit (ala the japan-only Keyboardmania from Konami)

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 4:41AM]

"I remember when I was 14 years old and I got and import of Beat Mania for my birthday because my mom got tierd of me and my friends running to Chinatown in Manhattan every morning that summer." http://www.dvd-to-psp.com

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 5:30PM]

I am excited for this game...I am personally a ZTRIP fan simply because he is so diverse in his choice of music...I can't wait to see what he brings to the table!

[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2009 7:44PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania

beatmania anyone? seems like guitar hero was already derived from it, now this...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2009 10:58PM]

iD rather play my donkey kong bongos than this 3 button shit.


or i can turn into donkeykong bongo band hero the Beatles edition