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Activision, in a rather surprising move, has announced that DLC support for its Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises will continue to appear in the next few months, despite the two series being axed by the company.
Activision made a lot of money with the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises, but, in the last couple of... |
28 February 2011
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Publisher Activision has offered information saying that DJ Hero, the music game put together by FreeStyleGame and designed to expand the audience for the Guitar Hero franchise, has actually managed to sell more than 1.2 million units on the North American market, despite the fact that initial performance in the NPD ... |
12 July 2010
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Dan Amrich, social media manager at Activision, has recently stated in a blog post that his company did not consider Blur or DJ Hero commercial failure, despite what had been reported by the press. He insisted on the fact that both titles would make up for their investment over a longer time, mainly because of the co... |
8 July 2010
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Rock Band has gone into full hype machine mode, with Harmonix and MTV Games saying that Green Day: Rock Band will be coming on June 8 for the Nintendo Wii, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and also announcing that they plan to release the much rumored Rock Band 3 at some point later in 2010, probably in time for th... |
16 March 2010
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Tony Hawk: RIDE could be considered one of the biggest videogame flops of 2009. It came packed with a big and complex skateboard peripheral and was meant to mark the return to form of the long running Tony Hawk franchise, with natural motion used to perform moves that would then be translated into tricks on the scree... |
15 February 2010
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it plans to continue to focus on Guitar Hero and DJ Hero to dominate the music simulation genre. The company is aiming for a broader audience and releasing a smaller number of versions of its titles in order to make a profit. Ten music game SKUs are set to arrive in 20... |
12 February 2010
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Analysts have stated that the music genre is one of the main reasons behind the decrease in overall videogame sales in 2009 but Activision, which is the publisher of the Guitar Hero franchise, begs to differ. The company is saying that DJ Hero, the music game spinoff focused on hip hop and electronic culture, is the ... |
21 January 2010
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Tony Hawk RIDE was not well received by reviewers when it was released and it seems that it is not doing very well in the sales department either. The skating title ships with a hardware peripheral used for tricks, has a pretty high price tag and received some damning reviews but it appears that the best known skater... |
9 December 2009
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Modern Warfare is released worldwide on the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, and the PlayStation 3, and initial reports are showing that it could actually live up to the Activision hype of “the biggest videogames release ever.” Michael Pachter, who is an analyst of the videogame market for Wedbush Morgan,... |
12 November 2009
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The NPD numbers for hardware and software sales on the North American market are expected to arrive soon and it seems that after the rosy patch that September was, the videogames industry is set to return to its blue period, with falling sales, less revenue brought in through console sales and falling profits made fr... |
10 November 2009
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Activision, as the publisher, and FreeStyleGames, as the developer, have already outed two new downloadable tracks for their new release DJ Hero and plan to add more DLC every month in order to maintain gamers’ interest. But players have been a bit surprised to see that the two new tracks, which mix Queen with ... |
5 November 2009
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Initial performance for DJ Hero, the most recent music game spin off from Activision, seems rather weak, with the title just breaking into the United Kingdom top 20 sales charts and with North American customers not flocking to pick it up, despite the fact that most reviewers praised it for the way it simulates the a... |
4 November 2009
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Activision has announced the first pieces of downloadable content for its recently released DJ Hero, with two packs set to arrive during November and more content planned as support for the title after that. Players who have gone through the 93 mixes that are part of the disc-based element of DJ Hero can now head to ... |
4 November 2009
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It seems more and more people are noticing the decrease the market sees in the rhythm-music genre. Initially a huge hit, the games have begun to pop up from everywhere, like old friends do when you win the lottery, and, with the “new thing” not being new anymore, people have started losing interest in it ... |
27 October 2009
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Activision has revealed the full track lists for the bonus material that Jay-Z and Eminem are set to contribute to the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero, the Guitar Hero spin off that should arrive on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii and the PS2. The special release of the game should come with exclusive t... |
15 October 2009
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DJ Hero is the next milestone in Activision’s campaign to dominate the world of videogaming and establish a culture of fear and anxiety, just like Bobby Kotick likes it. And one of the major innovations of the music simulator is integrating a controller that manages to actually replicate rather well the experie... |
1 October 2009
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The latest electronic icons to be drafted into DJ Hero seem to be French Daft Punk. Activision is saying that they will be featured in the upcoming DJing videogame with 11 mash ups put together exclusively for the title, using material taken from bands like Queen, No Doubt and Young MC. The band is also bringing to t... |
15 September 2009
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There are a lot of videogame industry insiders who are thinking that the age of music games is past, with Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles not popping up in the NPD numbers or in the United Kingdom charts for some time and with players less inclined to pick up new releases like DJ Hero, The Beatles Rock Band and Guit... |
4 September 2009
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GameStop, that trailblazer of videogame retail, is currently selling the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero, the Guitar Hero spin off coming this fall from Activision Blizzard, for the price of 199.99 dollars. The package can be pre-ordered for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii an... |
7 August 2009
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DJ Hero manages to generate news pretty much every day, which says something about Activision's commitment to the Guitar Hero spin off.After learning that DJ Jazzy Jeff will have his tracks featured in the game and that a Renegade Edition of the title will be sold, complete with stylish hard case, a premium mixi... |
31 July 2009
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Activision has announced that its upcoming DJ Hero is set to get a special Renegade Edition that will offer gamers a more complex experience than the basic edition, while packing in quite a bit of extra content.All those who pick up the Renegade Edition will get what is described as the “premium” edition ... |
30 July 2009
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Red Octane and Activision have announced that DJ Jazzy Jeff will be a playable character in DJ Hero, the upcoming music game developed for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PS2 and the Nintendo Wii.The developer is saying that Jeffrey A. Townes, aka Jazzy Jeff, will be joining other well-known DJs, like DJ Shadow,... |
28 July 2009
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Activision has announced having released a new song pack for Guitar Hero: World Tour, the most recent music simulation that it has put out, not focused on any particular band.The Victory Track Pack is out for the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Nintendo Wii and allows players to play alon... |
14 July 2009
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One of the big releases of this fall will be DJ Hero, Activision's attempt at establishing a new spin off from the Guitar Hero franchise, which comes packed with a new controller, designed to look and behave like a DJ table.The company is saying that the title was developed to attract a whole array of new gamers... |
6 July 2009
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Activision Blizzard is competing with Electronic Arts for the spot of biggest videogame publisher in the world and the fall release line up is a key battle in this wide commercial war.And now Mike Hickey, who is an analyst with Janco Partners, is saying that Activision Blizzard might have some problems, generated mos... |
2 July 2009
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Guitar Hero is the franchise that turned music games into a genre in videogaming but Activision is not content with its performance and hopes that DJ Hero, the spin off, will attract even more people and will prove to be more mainstream.Michael Griffith, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, to... |
26 June 2009
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Guitar Hero is among the biggest earners for Activision Blizzard, standing alongside World of Warcraft as one of the pillars on which the publisher is relying for continued revenue.So, it's no surprise that the company is planning to release, in quick succession, a lot of titles bearing the brand, from the all n... |
25 June 2009
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It seems that DJ Hero, the music simulation videogame coming from Activision this fall, will, after all, allow other players to pick up a guitar controller and riff over the scratches delivered by the gamer who handles the turn table controller.At first site, it appears to be a cool mechanic suggesting that tracks ge... |
15 June 2009
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Activision is currently one of the biggest video game publishers active in the industry, holding the rights to big franchises such as Guitar Hero or Call of Duty, which gross millions of dollars in profit each year and contribute to the budget of the large corporation. Now, as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) ... |
29 May 2009
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With the controller for Activision's DJ Hero already presented to be public and set to be demoed at the upcoming E3 trade show, Numark Industries and Genius Inc., which have been working on Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, have also released the first images of their controller, called Scratch Deck, which their videoga... |
28 May 2009
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Activision is bound to make even more money from the music game genre, as it already announced plans to expand its Guitar Hero lineup to new heights, officially presenting DJ Hero a few weeks ago. Coupled with partial shots of the turntable controller, people were left craving for more details. Now, thanks to a repo... |
21 May 2009
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DJ Hero will be surprising a lot of people when it's released in the coming fall for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 2. The game, which is part of Activision's plan to dominate the world via its Hero franchise, will bring with it its own peripheral, a turntable that it ... |
21 May 2009
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The gaming industry has evolved over the years and with it its ability to market on almost any type of celebrity and custom make an experience based on his or her own input or skills. But although this is usually reserved for virtual characters that are the work of fiction, real-life people are also the subject of vi... |
12 May 2009
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Music games are currently one of the biggest money makers for the companies behind them because they offer a wide variety of profit sources, starting from the classic retail sales and expanding to DLC and peripheral sales, thus delivering corporations such as Activision quite a lot of money. Now, after unveiling som... |
8 May 2009
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Do you remember that Activision told us last week that it had won the legal battle against Genius and Numark, related to the DJ Hero videogame which it plans to release this year? Well, it seems that the publisher had not revealed the whole truth. Now, the two companies that sued are saying that they were the ones th... |
21 April 2009
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Genius Products, which put out a game called Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, has joined forces with Numark, a company that specializes in creating technology for DJs, to sue Activision Blizzard, the publisher of the upcoming DJ Hero, claiming that the latter acquired developer 7 Studio in order to make sure that Scrath was... |
17 April 2009
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Recently we've been hearing quite a lot about music games, largely due to the fact that a lot of people like to listen to music, and combining it with a game in which they can play along with friends or family is a guaranteed recipe for profit if you are a video game developer or publisher.That is why Activision... |
12 March 2009
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The music game genre is one of the most popular on the gaming market today, with titles that bring a very big profit to the companies behind them, so it's only natural to see more and more big publishers and developers wanting to get into the action and make money in these hard financial times. But seeing how a... |
9 March 2009
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Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision, has finally conceded that DJ Hero, a game set to replicate the experience of being a disk jockey, is in development and would be released in 2009.CNBC reporters have ambushed Kotick at the World Economic Forum, which took place in Davos, Switzerland, and asked ... |
2 February 2009
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Michael Pachter, who is an analyst of the videogame industry employed by consulting firm Wedbush Morgan, said that the overall financial estimates for Activision Blizzard related to 2009 had been lowered, mostly because of the lackluster performance of the Guitar Hero franchise.Estimates for the fiscal third quarter,... |
30 December 2008
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The music game genre is on a high ascending trend these days, and it is set to dominate the holiday season sales this year. Because these titles offer quite a lot of entertainment, and because gamers can play their favorite tracks along with their friends, you can be sure that games such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band w... |
22 December 2008
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Activision is definitely a busy company these days, as it is shipping quite a lot of high-end titles and has its development teams hard at work on other projects. One of these presumed new titles is the DJ Hero one, which is set to take the gameplay of the very successful Guitar Hero title and adjust it according to ... |
9 December 2008
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It's clear for all those watching the videogame market that the two big music simulation oriented franchises, Rock Band and Guitar Hero, are doing very well, bringing big amounts of money to the developers and publishers. Activision, now married to Blizzard, has ownership of Guitar Hero but must be regretting d... |
28 October 2008
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Guitar Hero: World Tour is not out yet and Activision Blizzard is still thinking of new things that can get the valuable Hero tag. It's pretty much sure that, in 2009, a Metallica themed Guitar Hero will make an appearance and the company also says that it plans to release more games in 2009 and 2010, with... |
1 October 2008
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Activision has moved to trademark the name DJ Hero planning to use it both for a game and for a piece of hardware. The trademark protection, filled on February 8, makes sure that no other entity snaps up the name and uses it, and it also might reveal Activision's plans for its Guitar Hero line of products.Activi... |
20 February 2008
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