Thanks to a great new live mixing program, PixlTalk is back in action!
On this momentous day, Nick, Jason R., and Stanton have convened to create the twentieth episode of PixlTalk after an extremely long break. The crew has skipped discussion of what they've been playing in lieu of talk of current news and recently released games.
Sales will rely heavily on word of mouth and in-store demos.
DJ Hero sales are expected to be low according to Kai Huang, president of Red Octane, who spoke at the PLAY Digital Media Conference in Berkeley, Calif.
Check it out and play songs from Finger Eleven, Taylor Swift, and Katrina and the Waves.
Activision announced that the Band Hero demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Both games have met sales expectations in their first month.
The Beatles: Rock Band reportedly sold between 1 million and 1.3 million copies compared to Guitar Hero 5's 700,000 to 800,000 copies according to Wedbush Morgan Securities' Michael Pachter and Electronic Entertainment Design and Research's Jesse Divnich.
The Activision subsidiary was reportedly shut down because they didn't want to commit to a specific franchise.
Shaba Games has shut down according to Neogaf and Wikipedia. The Activision subsidiary developed last year's Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and also worked on many other well-received games, most in the extreme sports genres.
DJ Hero's 93-mix track list runs the gamut from a 50 Cent/David Bowie mix to a Jackson 5/Third Eye Blind mix.
Activision announced the full track list for DJ Hero, which is due out on October 27.
For anyone who took part in Activision's offer with Guitar Hero 5 where you could get Guitar Hero: Van Halen for free, get psyched.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is now out in the wild according to ScoreHero.com member ubermeister30, who conveniently lives next to a shipping warehouse.
DJs are already talking about how Activision has contacted them for next year's version. Also, the DJ Hero turntables won't work with anything else.
Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Activision is already recruiting new talent for a sequel and downloadable content for DJ Hero, which hits stores on October 27. Award-winning DJ Qbert has apparently been contacted by Activision as they reportedly plan to annualize the franchise.
Fans can expand their library with discounts on up to ten of Guitar Hero downloadable favorites
Guitar Hero® is ushering in ROCKTOBER™ with a limited-time-only discount on ten of our favorite tracks available to fans for Guitar Hero® 5, Guitar Hero® World Tour and the upcoming Band Hero™ games through Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Guitar Hero fans can look forward to Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother, Billy Squier, the Misfits, and more in the month of October.
Activision announced the October track packs for Guitar Hero 5 today, and it includes a good variety of bands.
