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DJ Hero game was in development for the last two years. DJ Hero was registered early this year and it seems that we will finally find out what the game is about. The game is planned for summer 2009.

DJ Hero is a dj simulation game. Thus it is played with a new controller. The controller consists of turntable and 3 buttons. On the board you can also find cross fader and sound effects dial for changing the sounds. On the screen we will be able to see the flowing notes. The combination of confirming notes are holding a button and scratching at the same time, holding just the button or just scratching.

BTW Guitar Hero controllers will be compatible with this game. Fret buttons = sampling buttons, pick = turntable, whammy bar = the sound effect changing thingies.

Activision also registered Dance Hero. I though that this is a joke at first but it unfortunately is not.

Finally the long awaited DJ Troopers CS is announced. The game will be released on 18th December 2008.

I had the chance to personally try out PIU ProX multiplayer system at LIW 08.
The pads are about 10kg each, made of metal and the “sensors” (more likely the the two metal plates) are sealed off which could make this platforms work for a long time. The panels are from different kind of metal than the cover (which is slippery, the panels are not hopefully). The center panel is too big, otherwise the pad would have the real measurements (or could be considered a PIU pad).

The software is mostly PIU Pro with new features. You can select 3 difficulties at once or 1 difficulty. If you select 3 different difficulties and you select easy difficulty it will show easy + the other two that follow (thus normal and hard). Selecting any other higher difficulty will show normal, hard and crazy at once.

The player can choose on what difficulty to play. The computer will recognize what difficulty the player is playing on and will keep counting score for that song. A player can choose in mid-play to switch difficulties. It takes some time for the computer to register the change but it does it. (what the score does is another matter though).

Modifier menu is available.

you can check my PIU ProX video on my youtube account =>
LIADZ2

Go check the Hardkore of the North video on my youtube channel =>
Hardkore of the North

Today is the official day of the Dance Dance Revolution CS USA release. The game will hit the shelves of your local game scores tomorrow so get ready and go get your copy!

“He’s better than Jesus, he does not only walk on the water but he clears 12s on the water!”

14 days before the official launch Positive Gaming has sent out press release containing more information about iDance.
As all you may already know iDance is a new dance game by Positive Gaming. It is a four panel dance game featuring songs by PG selected music artists (various genres) and featuring step charts by step artist from the community. The judgements are in stars not in words as we are used to. 3 yellow stars are when you are on time, two green stars when you are a bit off and one blue star when you almost missed the arrow. no star means a miss.

Features

- Up to 32 players using RF-based high range wireless transceivers.
- Over 100 licensed songs
- A minimum of five step charts and difficulty levels per song
- 1 to 3 simultaneous difficulty levels during play
- 3D game engine.
- Real time scoring (star system)
- Early-late timing indicator (nice graphic will show you also in the end how your timing was)
- Direct player feedback in all game modes
- remote controlled interface
- Regular software upgrades with new song packs and features (once per 6 months)
- Durable and light-weight wireless Positive Gaming(TM) dance platforms
- Optional space effective transport and storage cart for up to 16 dance platforms.

Newly confirmed songs

- Behind The Horizon - Daniela Elger
- Bollywood vs. Hollywood - Xaviaro
- Crocodiles - Cat Jahnke
- In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Digital Explosion
- Hardkore Of The North - Dr. Tanner
- Kleine - Shiki
- Million Feelings - Floren Cristea
- Party Hard - Neo Cartoon Lover feat. Daddy Boastin
- Tek Drum - Ryan Blair
- We Met Dat Night - Vospi

Pentavision announced an official American release of DJ MAX game. This game will be named DJ MAX Fever and it more or less a merge of DJ MAX Portable 1 and 2.

The second release announced and tested last month is DJ MAX Technika. It is an arcade machine of DJ MAX meant for the Korean audience (for the time being). But beware it’s nothing like pressing 4-8 buttons on a PSP. It has a new gameplay system. The arcade machine consist of a screen and a big touch pad/screen. The touch pad screen is divided in half vertically. Notes of the melody of the chosen song appear on the screen. A bar goes from the left to right. As it goes and reaches the notes the player is supposed to confirm the notes by touching them on the screen.

There are three types of notes. Normal notes that just need to be pressed. Freeze notes that need to be pressed all the time till the bar does not touch them and some kind of slide notes. Those are notes that can be played by “sliding” your fingers in the direction indicated on the screen.

Now Pentavision announced even more releases. DJ MAX Portable: Clazziquai edition and DJ MAX Portable: Black Square. Black Square is a DJ MAX Portable game that follows the series. Thus new songs from not that really known artists, returning songs from DJ MAX Portable 1 and 2 and the same gameplay difficulty and setings. Clazziquai is a DJ MAX version is not targeted at hardcore gamers but for more general audience. The game is easier compared to other DJ MAXes and features more known songs (k-pop). Also Pentavision hopes that this game will be played also by female players.

Brett Ratner an American film and music videos director announced his will and wish to create a Guitar Hero movie. You heard me well….a Guitar Hero MOVIE. The director is known for Red Dragon, Rush Hour trilogy (for the time being, fourth movie “coming soon”), X-Men: The Last Stand and Prison Break pilot. Do you think that this person can make a good movie about a video game that is taking over the world?

The movie is supposed to be about a boy who always wished to be a rock star till one day he wins a local tournament in Guitar Hero game. (ok, what else? I guess a romance with some nice guitar hero heroine or something - it’s Hollywood right?)

Anyway the wish is not the only thing he needs. Of course he needs the rights and thus a lot of money to do that. Do you think Activision will support this idea or they won’t? The other thing needed is time. Bratner will be working on four different movies and one of them is God of War. I name this movie because it’s also based on a video game. Might not be such a phenomenal game as GH is, but I have deep respect for the authors of the game and the game itself. I personally think no one can recreate this game (in a movie) so I wish he would stay away from it.