Wannabe DJs, your day has come...Activision's "DJ Hero" drops next Summer

We generally keep it strictly mixtapes here but I thought this was interesting enough to share. Nearly 2 years in development, game publishing tycoon Activision is set to release DJ Hero next summer.

In the latest form, the device looks a lot like a simplified DJ Deck. There is a platter for scratching which will act like the strum toggle on a Guitar Hero guitar. Above the platter are three buttons for sampling. The controller also includes a cross fader and a sound effects dial which will act like the whammy bar in Guitar Hero.

Instead of flowing the musical notes down a guitar neck, DJ Hero will flow the music down and around a virtual record in a half arc. Either left top to middle bottom if you are left handed, or right top to middle bottom if you are right handed.

To play you will have to either hold a sample button and scratch, just hold a button or just scratch as the neon icons flow around the virtual vinyl.

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Kotaku via Gizmodo

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