David Guetta leaks DJ Hero 2

By Robert Purchese Published 5 January, 2010

Musician presumably wants a rewind.

French DJ David Guetta has blown Activision's cover and outed a sequel to DJ Hero.

"I think it's amazing, this game, and I'm going to work on the number two version," he let slip to Canadian newspaper Kelowna (picked up by G4TV).

"It's a really crazy game. After 10 minutes you get the rush that a DJ gets after 10 years of practising. I have fun with it, but you know what? I can't go to the maximum level. It's too difficult for me. It's crazy."

Now Activision has established DJ Hero and peripheral, news of a sequel will surprise none. But this Guitar Hero spin-off hasn't had the fairytale success Activision perhaps expected.

Fade over to our DJ Hero review to find out more.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Eraysor #1 2 years ago

    Hurrah, the actual game is very good, it's just a shame they gave it such a silly price.

  • Darkedge #2 2 years ago

    I played the original a friend bought and it was excellent and gave me such a big grin on my face, unfortunately the music is a big part of it an if you don't like the tunes you won't enjoy it. Maybe the sequel can have a bit more focus so it blends better together?

  • Widge #3 2 years ago

    As long as this forces the price of the original down, then win.

    For the same price I could have something like this:

    http://www.htf r.com/more-info/MR206436

  • Widge #4 2 years ago

    One comment I read was that it missed its target demographic musically by enforcing a load of pop/rock mashup hybrids on you.

    Sadly it needs the mashup thing to have any semblance of gameplay. I'm sure it wouldn't be much fun waiting for 4 minutes, moving the fader to the middle for 2 mins and then across to the other side!

    Maybe less obvious acts as the targets of the mashups, or perhaps medleys...

  • Kikizosan #5 2 years ago

    Get Soulwax/2 Many DJs involved in the sequel!

  • andywilkie35 #6 2 years ago

    I'll certainly buy a sequel, absolutely loved the first one

  • gjgjg #7 2 years ago

    he sounds like one crazzy guy!!! yeah!
    ...
    think its a slow burner game. people will pick it up when the price is less of a joke (when its been in production a while). however this whole not really a game not really musical thing is going to fall off a cliff soon. give it a few years and harmonica hero might not have been just a satire after all!

  • DaftVice #8 2 years ago

    Release Alive 2009 as DLC or as part of a Daft Punk DJ Hero game. Please.

  • Widge #9 2 years ago

    Yeah I can see it as a slow burner, I don't doubt that its a good game... its just for 1 DJ Hero, I got Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls and a God Of War Collection in preference.

  • Doctor_What #10 2 years ago

    It gives the reward of DJing without the hard work? This will stop kids becoming proper DJs! Ban this filth! They should pick up a real guita.. I mean set of decks and learn the proper DJing skills! Raaaaargh!

    It's funny how you've not seen DJs making the same complaints about this that musicians make about Rock Band and the like.

  • makeamazing #11 2 years ago

    They need it to be less niche on the music side (dare i say it, make it less DJ...lol), also it looked very difficult to play in the videos (not saying it is, but from everything i saw they seem to set the bar to high in terms of expectation). The cost was too high as well.... then i think it might sell better :)

  • JaysonG #12 2 years ago

    Awesome!

  • DoctorZoidberg #13 2 years ago

    It gives the reward of DJing without the hard work? This will stop kids becoming proper DJs! Ban this filth! They should pick up a real guita.. I mean set of decks and learn the proper DJing skills! Raaaaargh!

    It's funny how you've not seen DJs making the same complaints about this that musicians make about Rock Band and the like.

    I think thats probably because most "DJ's" these days just press play on an mp3 player. Real DJ'ing has been long gone since the arrival of CD, I bloody love a good vinyl DJ, but they are hard do come by. I guess maybe it'll introduce more people to the skill, rather than the over populated "band" area?

  • Moribundman #14 2 years ago

    Umm so this is official now? If Lance Hendrikson Twittered "I want to be in the next Avatar movie" because he thought the first one was quite good and he's mates with Jim Cameron does that constitute a sequel being confirmed as in the pipeline?

    Sequels to both are highly likely but I don't think saying you want to be in the next one means there's definitely a next one on the cards. Or am I just taking the quoted comments out of context?

    Personally I'd love a sequel. My brother got me the first one for Christmas (mainly so he could play on it!) and while I wouldn't have gone and spunked £100 on it it's a top game.

  • pikemon #15 2 years ago

    As a DJ of 13 years, and as a gamer of 24 years, I recommend DJ Hero.

    The music could always be better in a music game, personally I'd love to hear some dubstep, southern hip hop, baltimore breaks, and generally even more diversity and underground goodies in the mash-ups.

    Diverse genre-based DLC packs would be awesome, but it remains to be seen if this can ever become reality. Community created content is probably out of question, even if that could open doors for some really amazing stuff.
    Edited by 1 at 05/01/10 @ 14:03

  • pikemon #16 2 years ago

    Also, DJ Hero doesn't have much to do with actual deejaying, which is more about collecting music and programming a selection of tracks fit to the given situation, usually joining the songs together with seamless "blends". However the game does to some extent simulate "turntablism" which means using a vinyl turntable as a sampler-like instrument:

    [link url=http://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Turntablism
    ]http://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Turntablism
    [/link]

    DJ Hero does give the rush of successfully executing a difficult part though, just like Guitar Hero, and this is probably what David Guetta is referring to. :)
    Edited by 2 at 05/01/10 @ 14:14

  • kinky_mong #17 2 years ago

    "It's funny how you've not seen DJs making the same complaints about this that musicians make about Rock Band and the like."

    Trust me, go on the right forums and they have. One I frequent is full of "underground" (i.e. not popular enough to get more than a few free drinks for a gig) DJ's who derisively put the game down as being a kids toy that isn't like real DJing. My reply is "Of course it's not like real DJing it's meant to be fun".

  • Doctor_What #18 2 years ago

    Ahahahahaha! :D Bunch of muppets.

  • alcolepone #19 2 years ago

    DaftVice
    05/01/10 @ 12:42
    ignore poster | #8 +1 You buried this comment Comment below viewing threshold Show
    Release Alive 2009 as DLC or as part of a Daft Punk DJ Hero game. Please.

    Give this man job, he Speeketh the truth.

  • Pastici #20 2 years ago

    I really want it after trying it in GAME, the price barrier is too high to plunge into right away.

  • Sharzam #21 2 years ago

    Tesco made a mistake on some of there labels a while back , the PS3 and Wii were £85 but the Xbox 360 was down as £65 so i snapped it up. Went back to £85 across the board the next day. I really enjoy the game but i cant really see it being worth £100 for what is basically a single player game.

  • metalangel #22 2 years ago

    How about the sequel actually let you do some music mixing yourself? Using the MP3s you've ripped onto your 360 hard drive? Instead of what it is now, which is listening to someone else DJ and you just push buttons at the right time to ensure the music keeps playing.

  • jambo74 #23 2 years ago

    Played the first and was not that impressed

  • bmxbandit #24 2 years ago

    Horrible game ... rock has always been about sellouts, but any DJ who put their name to this title is pure trash ...