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Daft Punk mixing up DJ Hero

Ever since its 1995 breakout hit "Da Funk," French tech-house act Daft Punk has been a fixture in dance clubs and at music festivals. Now, Rolling Stone magazine has revealed that the Paris-based duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter will be appearing in a video game for the...

Ever since its 1995 breakout hit "Da Funk," French tech-house act Daft Punk has been a fixture in dance clubs and at music festivals. Now, Rolling Stone magazine has revealed that the Paris-based duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter will be appearing in a video game for the first time.

Unsurprisingly, that game will be DJ Hero, Activison's forthcoming turntable-based rhythm game. According to Rolling Stone, Daft Punk will use the game to release 11 exclusive mash-ups of its own tracks with hits from acts like Queen, No Doubt, and Young MC. The pair, who rarely appear in public undisguised, will also let players don their trademark robot helmets and play in venues modeled after their elaborate stage shows (see below).

Daft Punk is the latest high-profile band announced for DJ Hero, which ships October 27 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Wii. They join DJ Jazzy Jeff, Eminem, Jay-Z, DJ Shadow, Tiesto, and Grandmaster Flash on the game, which features and was partially designed by the recently deceased DJ AM.

[UPDATE] Activision has now made it official, releasing the first screenshots of Daft Punk in the DJ Hero game (pictured). It also named eight of the 11 exclusive mixes to be featured in the game:

--Daft Punk "Around the World" vs. Young MC "Bust A Move"
-- Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. NASA "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip"
-- Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
-- Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)" Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts
-- Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Queen "We Will Rock You"
-- Daft Punk "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades"
-- Daft Punk "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan "Cars"
-- Daft Punk "Television Rules The Nation" vs. No Doubt "Hella Good"

186 Comments

  • QE-Zodak

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 9:20 pm GMT

    ok, this game is making me think about buying a ps3

  • wario96

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 5:49 pm GMT

    DANG! i should buy a daft punk helmet so then i look cool playing it

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Sep 18, 2009 2:41 pm GMT

    @Intrakitt

    then now you know not to make assumptions, ok? that is all i wanted to say, so just chill. you did what i hoped you would do, and that is not an insult. you got mad at me, like i did you, i showed u that u shouldn't insult people u dont know, u get it?i am sorry if i offended you, but now you know what i meant, ok? just don't make assumptions of people u don't know. ok? no bad blood, just don't do stuff like that. all i wanted to say. you good?

    btw, this is not an insult, but it is OK to type wrong on the internet, just do it to ur comfort.

  • Intrakitt

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 10:48 am GMT

    Pwned56: You're telling me to go to school? You can't even compose a sentence without a bevy of grammatical errors. Learn to spell and type you illiterate prick.

    You couldn't be more wrong in your assumptions of me. I'm 23, I'm not a high school idiot, I take my own lunch which usually consists of a single fiber bar, and I haven't been home to my parents in years. I go to college every weekday and have a steady 3.5 GPA. I know it's not a 4, but I'm on my 4th year now and some of my classes are pretty difficult (i.e. Micro Biology). Furthermore, I don't own a high horse, nor have I ever been on one.

    Now that I've pretty much laid it all out on the table I suppose that you can judge me, but know this: I don't care what you have to say, nor will I ever care what anyone on the internet has to say because they are not my friends, I do not claim to be friends with them, and I do not know them anymore than the average person walking next to me on the street or in the mall. I believe all of your berating towards me can be directly related to yourself. Maybe you are just insecure? Hmm...that would explain why you care so much about what I say in regards to your stupid comments.

  • blakeney

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:45 am GMT

    @ joalmchotmail

    lol at you!!!!!!! you fail big time!!!

    1st, daft punk aint a band you jerk!!!! its 2 producers......

    2nd, they dont even make techno!!!!

    3rd where on earth do you get it shouldnt be a genre??? care to expalin why it shouldnt be? otherwise you just look like a plain jerk. have you even ever heard proper techno......(or are you from the usa where from some odd reason all types of HOUSE get shoeboxed into the techno box for some really odd reason??

    please hurry with your educated reply...i dont have all day to read the kinda junk im sure your gonna replywith lol!!

    just incase anyonelse is gonna fall flat on their face like joalmchotmail did....learn from his mistake......and know what the funk your talking about or just dont bother yourself.........

  • blakeney

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:39 am GMT

    @ fleshimp91

    If someone asks you to dj at their party and your an acualy dj...like with 1210s/cdj's id sugest NOT to turn up with ps3 and DJ hero;p they might be a lil pissed............but if someone asks you and your not the above then yea lol this certainly would make for a funky new party peice!!

    i guess its the same deal with guit hero......not dissing all you guit heros out there......but if you see an ad in the paper or shop window for a band looking for a new guitarist....DONT turn up with ur ps3 and guit hero! lol

  • Killingspree303

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:58 am GMT

    Before I knew Daft Punk was in it, I thought the game would be a rapper game or something like that. Now I'm actually planning to buy it. Daft Punk are the best.

  • dortega120

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 4:40 pm GMT

    Aw man tha is gonna be hella sik!!!! This game gonna be off the hook!!!!

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 3:14 pm GMT

    @Intrakitt
    well, maybe u should just get off ur chair, ask ur mommy to pack a lunch for u, and go to school, so u can learn things besides: slamming ppl who u don't know and didnt do a thing to u, taking ur anger for society out on places where people don't care about ur problems, and being an annoying little kid.be mature
    btw, i pity u, the only "friends" that u have are strangers on a website, and u have to make unnecessary comments that further support the theory that ur mom may have accidentally dropped u as a baby

  • Intrakitt

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 2:12 pm GMT

    @pwnd56: It's also pretty stupid to care about who thumbs you up or down or any which way...

  • Cheinei

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 10:57 am GMT

    Eh...im indifferent.

  • melisa06

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 7:34 pm GMT

    Really nice. Super man.
    http://www.gelsesli.com/

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 2:43 pm GMT

    @Intrakitt,

    you fail to realize that a stupid online name doesn't matter, and you fail to realize that MAYBE it means that I pwnd 56?

    its pretty stupid to make comments regarding ppl's fake names instead of the real subject.

  • gintheplacetobe

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 5:21 am GMT

    Daft Punk is great, but I don't think they are even DJ's. Yeah they produce some awesome electro-house, but I'm pretty sure they do all Live PA when performing in front of people.

  • MERGATROYDER

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 1:12 am GMT

    Daft Punk sold out.

  • danielplaza

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 9:27 pm GMT

    Ahh me encanta Daft Punk, y al saber la noticia, casi lloro...Gracias Activision. I love Daft Punk, my favorite group...Comprare ese juego apenas salga.

  • Linkari

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 2:44 pm GMT

    Screw it, I'm sold, but I still want a used game and controller. Too many other damn good games this season that don't go over a hundred dollars.

  • GuilSSJ

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 11:49 am GMT

    I love Daft Punk

  • ALCHEMYSTO

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 10:58 am GMT

    These will be the best mash ups of the entire game...

    Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
    Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Queen "We Will Rock You"
    Daft Punk "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan "Cars"
    Daft Punk "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades"

    Check out my video mash up of old School Transformers vs. Daft Punk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCElWmA_2tY

  • kikaazz

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 10:54 am GMT

    Daft punk is so hot.
    Saw them live once, best thing ever seen!

  • fleshimp91

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 9:25 am GMT

    with this, if people ask you to be a DJ at their party, you should just bring your PS3 or Xbox 360 along with DJ Hero and spin away... That would be awesome.

  • tremor33

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 9:19 am GMT

    Looks cool. Looks fun. I like Daft Punk. But I'm done with rhythm games. I'm not spending 100-150 bucks on another plastic peripheral

  • Shadow_Fire41

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 8:48 am GMT

    no way!!
    awesome!
    now we got some good songs!
    all we need is stronger, faster, harder and One more time.

  • DragonsCrest50

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 8:40 am GMT

    Daft Punk?! Cannot wait for this!
    Hopefully Musique and Aerodynamic will be in this..this game is going to be huge and if it has some of Tiesto's old tracks like Adagio for Strings and Traffic) maybe even huger. The turntable is a great idea i think

  • Somebody89

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 8:34 am GMT

    one more time?

  • P90E21

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 8:19 am GMT

    I agree with Hyper, I like them too but this game meeeh its a turn table.

  • hyper_trunkx

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 7:50 am GMT

    i luv daft punk...but i could care less about this game.

  • brian_13un

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 6:41 am GMT

    Cool

  • SenseiSNES

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 6:39 am GMT

    This makes me happy ^^ Although they are a bit hyped... They're very good at what they do.

  • mhsdrake

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 6:29 am GMT

    Hmmm... this is a massive boost for the video game. The words Daft Punk and fail dont usually go in the same sentence.

  • EzioVenezie

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 6:07 am GMT

    "Fort Minor - Remember the name " has same theme...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyWkOiVbHA

  • BLuFAlc0n

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 5:41 am GMT

    The game's fine... but it fails EPICALY because of a few things:
    Eminem's on it, which ruined the game
    Jay-Z ruined it EVEN MORE
    and..
    Beatmania got better beats.

    Unless there's freestyle mode in it, and create a song, it would be fine.
    Even Boom Boom Pow on it's own won't save the game.

  • libertine1306

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 5:28 am GMT

    This will be the biggest fail of the year.. the problem is people will buy it.

  • tonyranger007

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 4:45 am GMT

    "This game will be FAIL! Guitar hero is way better."

    - I doubt it. It looks like a bunch of very well known (and respected) artists got together to make sure that doesn't happen. As well as a recently deceased AM who'll live on through this title.

    I hope it does well.

  • H0rr0rG4m3r posted Sep 14, 2009 1:31 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    H0rr0rG4m3r

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 1:31 am GMT (hide)

    This game will be FAIL! Guitar hero is way better.

  • Killingspree303

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 12:34 am GMT

    Sweeet! Daft Punk for the win. But, I really doubt that I will buy the game even though they're in it... "DJ hero" just sounds weird.

  • Arpegiuz

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 11:47 pm GMT

    Wel this game is going to be made of pure win.

  • -WHATTHEDUECE-

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 10:20 pm GMT

    Daft Punk is awesome!
    i don't know if they are included in this game or not but Infected Mushroom would be cool too in my opinion.

  • AfroDeLiGht

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 9:16 pm GMT

    Work it harder, make it better
    Do it faster, makes us stronger!

  • disco_strangler

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 9:02 pm GMT

    we wanted ones like daft punk.

  • Yuna08

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 8:53 pm GMT

    ONE MORE TIME

  • dubel_07

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 8:27 pm GMT

    Yeah for Daft Punk!

  • starman4

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 7:54 pm GMT

    visit http://www.myspace.com/daftpunk ... the last track on the list is ****ing a.

  • Dimsos

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 7:27 pm GMT

    I love daft punk and im glad they are doing this, they have many hits that people like, their concerts are awesome, his Helmets are awesome.

    I would never hear daft punk if i havent seen the Anime movie they did, really awesome.

  • doubleA_ron0890

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 7:11 pm GMT

    i like digital love. and that anime musicmovie they did.

  • JimmyCos

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 3:54 pm GMT

    harder better faster stronger

  • ajy2

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 3:21 pm GMT

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