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#clips Freestyle Games creative director Jamie Jackson walks us through DJ Hero 2's Empire Mode, the replacement for the original game's underwhelming career mode. More »

The following information has been taken from a Google translation… “Party Mode”: Anyone can join in to play at any time, be it another DJ or a singer “Streak”: See who can set the highest record between friends “Head to Head”: two DJs playing at the same time to see who can create the better mix, singer can [...]

IGN's resident SingStar picks up the microphone and battles some beats.

DJ Hero 2's multiplayer modes are detailed in this new video. There are six modes in all, with Party Play -- featuring drop-in/drop-out play for turntables and vocals -- looking like the best choice for your next musical soiree. Assuming your guests dig phat beats, of course.

#clips Multiplayer in the original DJ Hero was a plain vanilla affair that stripped some of the coolest elements from the single-player game for simplicity's sake. DJ Hero 2 throws simplicity out the window. More »

Well, Activision and FreeStyleGames have gone ahead and signed on some pretty big guns to craft mixes for their upcoming rhythm title, DJ Hero 2 -- it makes sense that they'd go after the biggest gun. We're talking about DJ Tiesto, a man who most leading scientists in the field agree is made of beats. Like, his physical structure is composed entirely of beats and high synth, and also glowsticks.

Don't believe us? Check out the video after the jump to see some of Tiesto's in-game work. Just don't blame us if you're reading this post at your job, and then you get fired when you start uncontrollably full-on raving.

Dance music superstar DJ Tiësto will be providing two mixes and appearing as a playable character in the upcoming DJ Hero 2. More »

In a small hotel room in midtown Manhattan this month, I spent just over an hour with Activision's noticeably slimmed down holiday rhythm/music game line-up. Though we'll have to hold our impressions of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock until later this month, I can tell you all about my time spent with DJ Hero 2.

First and foremost -- and this might sound nuts to open with -- the design and layout of the user interface is beautifully vacant. The DJ selection screen isn't much more than a bright white background with selectable characters. That same design aesthetic carries over into the gameplay interface -- unlike the muddied rock and roll world of Guitar Hero, everything in DJ Hero 2 is sharp, crisp, and clean. The lighting may be low, but blues and reds and yellows can be seen popping all over the place.

Though Qbert 2 featured zero DJ heroes, DJ Hero 2 will feature at least one Qbert: DJ Qbert, that is. Activision announced this morning that the California-based DJ will become a playable character in the upcoming scratch-em-up and add two "exclusive mixes" to the varied soundtrack (see the tracklist here).

You know, we might employ DJ Qbert's in-game avatar at one point or another ... if we get tired of sporting that giant mouse head. (Spoiler: We won't ever get tired of the giant mouse head.)

DJ Qbert will be a playable character in Activision's upcoming DJ Hero 2 music game. And he's bringing two mixes with him. More »

We chat with the scratch wizard about pretend DJing and Starcraft.

From 2Pac to Young Jeezy, check out the artists you'll be spinning this fall.

If your curiosity was piqued by last month's partial list of musicians whose work would appear in some conjoined fashion in the DJ Hero 2 soundtrack, then you're about to be extremely satisfied. Posted after the jump is the full list of all 108 artists who will have their work featured in the upcoming follow-up to FreeStyleGames' mix-mastering simulator.

You know what? In the interest of simplicity, we think it might be best to just point out who's not in the game. Let's see ... well, Steely Dan's nowhere to be seen in the list. And any contributions from Fleetwood Mac are still unaccounted for. Also, where's Snow? We can't -- wait, Snow is in there? Well, then, pinch us, because we're clearly dreaming.

2Pac 50 Cent Adamski Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force Armand Van Helden A-Trak B.o.B. Basement Jaxx BlakRoc Bobby Womack Bruno Mars Busta Rhymes Calvin Harris Chamillionaire Chic Chris Willis Clinton Sparks Colby O’Donis Daft Punk Damian Marley David Guetta Deadmau5 Deee-Lite Dillinja Diplo Dizzee Rascal DJ Shadow Donna Summer Dr. Dre Drake Edwin Starr Eminem Estelle Flo Rida Gorillaz Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Harold Faltermeyer House Of Pain Iyaz Jackson 5 Janet Jackson Justice Kanye West Kaskade Kelis Keri Hilson Kid Cudi Kool & The Gang Lady Gaga Lil Jon Lil Wayne LL Cool J M.I.A. M|A|R|R|S Major Lazer Malcolm McLaren Mase Melle Mel & Duke Bootee Metallica Missy Elliott Mos [...]

#music What does DJ Hero 2 and RPG series Suikoden have in common? Both feature 108 stars, though while Suikoden's stars represent demonic overlords from an ancient Chinese story, DJ Hero 2's stars simply represent. Check out the full list below. More »

Copies of the DJ Hero 2 turntable bundle or "Party Bundle" from Gamestop will include the Puma turntable bag seen above. As far as pre-order bonuses go, this is basically a win-win for Activision, Gamestop, and you (probably Puma as well).

#e3 Is DJ Hero 2 best played as a battle? More »

Spin tracks from the biggest artists in pop, dance and hip hop.

Screens worth a scratch.

Activision's presumably outrageously expensive E3 event was largely devoid of megatons, but rich with appearances from musical artists such as Usher, NERD, Chris Cornell, Tool's Maynard Keenan and Jane's Addiction. However, a brief gameplay trailer for DJ Hero 2 revealed a fairly lengthy list of contributors to the game's mashed-up soundtrack. You can check out the full list after the jump -- but we'll say right here, right now, that if they mix Justice with The Prodigy, we are going to lose our minds.

#soundtracks Eminem tweeted he'd appear in Activision's event at E3, and yesterday I joked "I don't think he's appearing on behalf of Call of Duty: Black Ops." Maybe he is. A track from his new album will be in the game. More »

We know what you're thinking: "Two turntables and a microphone? Madness!" You're right, of course, but don't let it stop you from watching the debut trailer for DJ Hero 2, which serves both as an advertisement for the game and gigantic living rooms.

“Something that’s exciting to me about DJ Hero 2 is that the artists and the labels are excited as we are about making the gamer better, and including a wider range of popular music.” - Jamie Jackson, Creative Director at Freestyle games - 70 mixes - 100 individual songs - Lady Gaga, Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye [...]