Activision explodes with four music game announcements

Activision should consider changing its company name to something like Guitar Hero Incorporated, because that seems to be the company’s main focus lately. Don’t believe me? Consider the latest announcement. Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, DJ Hero and Band Hero are all coming to a console near you. Guitar Hero: Van Halen is tentatively scheduled for a release in the second half of 2009, but the rest of the games should be in stores this fall.

See that controller in the picture on the right? That’s what you’ll be using to play DJ Hero. The game lets players make remixes of popular songs and will feature music from a number of diverse genres, among them R&B and dance. While Guitar Hero fans will probably enjoy the gameplay, the music could help lure in a whole new legion of fans.

Guitar Hero 5 is the next installment of Guitar Hero…