Deep Silver reveals DJ Star

By Robert Purchese Published 21 April, 2009

DS turntabalism for late 2009.

Deep Silver plans to join the turntabalism gang with DJ Star on DS later this year.

The game follows spinners from beginners to winners until they can pack stadiums or Brighton beaches like Fatboy Slim.

The touch-screen acts as a deck that players can simulate scratching on, and French developer Game Life promises several real-life DJ features to fiddle with.

We're also told to expect 40 popular tracks covering Electro to R&B and more; mini-games; and a creation studio to make our own music in. We'll even be able to swap tracks with our friends over Wi-Fi.

We've got one lonely screenshot in our DJ Star gallery for you to look at.

DJ Star follows in the beat of big-name console ventures Scratch: The Ultimate DJ by Genius Productions and DJ hero by Activision. Both use turntable peripherals, both are due out this year and both have been in a legal spat with each other recently, which always excites us.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • kinky_mong #1 3 years ago

    "DJ Star follows in the beat of big-name console ventures Scratch: The Ultimate DJ by Genius Productions and DJ hero by Activision."

    Good to see all these companies striking while the iron's hot. I mean it's not as if the obsession with the Superstar DJ phenomenon died out 8 years ago.

  • Eraysor #2 3 years ago

    DJing is the new World War II!

  • TheBoyChris #3 3 years ago

    Shame no-one has done a easy to use mixing game before with heavy tutorials in. If anyone has used 'VirtualDJ' before they'll know how simple it is to knock something together that sounds half-decent, and if you combined that with a good party game it'd be a dead cert on a saturday night.

    Two track pass with actual scoring? Yes please!

  • afray #4 3 years ago

    Korg DS-10 >>> DJ Star

  • Sonic_D #5 3 years ago

    The Korg DS-10 is the most played 'game' on my DS.

  • Reihn #6 3 years ago

    DJing is the new World War II!

    LOL! (Like, for reals!) Nice. : )

  • makeamazing #7 3 years ago

    So now there is enough products coming out to match the number of people who will be interested in this... I would be surprised if this is the next Rockband type product hit. Now bring out a Pop Star keyboard (real one that you can learn in a game) and it will do alot better!

    Looks like games developers are running out of ideas. What next i wonder... perhaps "Triangle Band" where you get to play a triangle, or perhaps "tamberine Band"... I think I'd better copyright these quick!

  • Eraysor #8 3 years ago

    I've always thought Rock Band with a keytar would be a good idea. Some of the sections in GH:WT where you don't have to strum feel like you're playing a keytar anyway.