Activision Announces Daft Punk in DJ Hero

Legendary Electronic Music Duo To Lend Unique Likenesses and Massive Variety of Music Exclusively to the Game

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- For the first time ever in a video game, GRAMMY(R) Award winning DJ's and producing duo, Daft Punk, will start the party right with Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero(TM) on October 27, 2009. Featuring 93 exclusive on-disc mixes from some of the biggest acts in hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, players will be able to test their DJing chops as virtual recreations of the renowned twosome and experience their iconic sounds in eleven original mixes, including two signature "Megamixes," using their music. Among the mixes in the game featuring Daft Punk are:

-- 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"

Source: Activision Press email