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Scratch offers Numark-controlled Guitar Hero for hip-hop heads
Are the blatant rockist tendencies of Guitar Hero and Rock Band ruining your enjoyment of those otherwise brilliant titles? Of course they are -- we noted your b-boy flava from two blocks away. But don't sweat it because Genius Products, 7 Studios and Quincy Jones III have your niche in their sights and will happily sell you Scratch: The Ultimate DJ when it hits the stores sometime in Spring 2009. With a game controller designed by Numark (known worldwide for its DJ controllers -- there's an example for you after the break), the game will be available for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and feature tracks by "many" (as yet unnamed) hip-hop artists. Trevor Drinkwater, President and CEO of Genius Products promises all and sundry "a cutting-edge game that captures the vital energy of hip-hop culture." And here we thought they were cynically jumping on the Guitar Hero bandwagon! We stand corrected.
Genius Products digital content coming to Netflix, CinemaNow and VUDU
Genius Products, a home video firm responsible for distributing DVDs for companies such as Tartan Films, ESPN, Discovery Communications, ImaginAsian, Sesame Workshop, World Wrestling Entertainment and IFC Films, has just inked non-exclusive rights agreements with CinemaNow, Netflix and VUDU in order to distribute select digital content throughout the US. Unfortunately, the terms are mostly being kept under wraps, but we are told that the aforesaid trio will have "non-exclusive rights to digitally deliver and distribute certain non-Weinstein Genius Products' titles." Though it goes without saying, be sure to keep an eye out for more material to pop up if you use one of these three services.
