DJ Hero spun to consoles in October last year bringing in a new twist to rhythm music games with its DJ turntable controller. Now Activision has announced DJ Hero 2, the follow up to last year’s DJ title, coming this fall. The game will allow friends to party by hooking up two turntable controllers and a microphone delivering a unique mixing experience.
The game will feature tracks from the biggest artists in pop, dance and hip hop including Kanye West, The Chemical Brothers, Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, Metallica, Rihanna and more than 85 others. DJ Hero 2 will also have all-new social multiplayer game modes and innovative freestyle gameplay.
“DJ Hero was the best music game of 2009 and with DJ Hero 2 we’re delivering a new easy to pick-up, challenging-to-master experience that all players can enjoy together,” David Haddad, Chief Operating Office, Guitar Hero said. “With new social game modes, the inclusion of full microphone support, all-new levels of creative freedom and an amazing soundtrack, DJ Hero 2 is the ultimate mixer of music and friends.”
“We’re improving upon all the gameplay elements from DJ Hero that gamers loved with the all-new freestyle gameplay and a host of new multiplayer game modes,” Jamie Jackson, Creative Director, FreeStyleGames stated. “But we’re not stopping there either as the award-winning soundtrack is getting bigger songs from hotter artists that our talented crew of DJ’s is spinning into hits that fit the gameplay flawlessly.”
DJ Hero 2 will have mixes created specially for battle gameplay pitting DJ against DJ in DJ Battles. Vocalists can join in with integrated on-screen singing and rapping. There will even be jump-in/jump-out Party Play gameplay. The game allows players to get into the rhythm with freestyle scratching, crossfading and sampling and there will also be an all-new career-based Empire Mode for players to strive to become the head of a major entertainment empire.
DJ Hero 2 is in development with FreeStyleGames for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. The game will land this fall and has not yet been rated by the ESRB.