Image courtesy of the NY Times. 

Guitar Hero has been a massive success for Activision, so it only makes sense that they start to branch out into other areas of musical talent. While details on DJ Hero have been around for a few months now it was still an unannounced project until yesterday.

Speaking on the American news station CNBC, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick had this to say;

“We have this product called DJ Hero coming out later this year, which is a turntable that you actually can play competitively and spin discs and mix songs,” Kotick said, looking frosty at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -CNBC (Via Eurogamer)

The game will be a musical rhythm game just like its predecessor, except you’ll be using a laptop turntable peripheral instead of a plastic guitar.  Kotaku has more to say on the controller’s design;

“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.“ - Kotaku

Interestingly Activision has also registered a trademark for Dance Hero. So, what’s next readers? Banjo Hero? Suggestions in the comments!