DJ Hero was announced by Activision in May 2009 . Prior to the announcement , the company had purchased FreeStyleGames , a small developer of music games , to help produce localized downloadable content for Guitar Hero games and a then @-@ unannounced music game , later revealed to be DJ Hero . DJ Hero use a special turntable @-@ based controller for players to perform with on various song mixes in the game . The game also incorporate the use of a Guitar Hero controller on ten specially arranged tracks ; Bright have suggested that future Guitar Hero games after Guitar Hero 5 may include the use of the turntable control .