If you’re anything like me, you have a giant area of some cupboard devoted to the plastic peripherals that gaming time forgot; a giant elephants graveyard of sorts devoted to your guitar hero guitars, drums — perhaps you even have a DJ Hero turntable. You know what you should do? You should totally turn that turntable into an etch-a-sketch — like this guy.
It got lost in the hubbub caused by Guitar Hero’s demise, but we were equally as sad that Activision’s fledgling rhythm franchise, DJ Hero, got caught up in the cancellation flurry last week. While Guitar Hero was arguably ready for the glue factory, DJ Hero was a fresh take that we felt never got a fair shake. Thankfully, Activision are giving it a final encore with a track pack featuring Aussie artists Pendulum.
There will be no skateboarding games, no music games coming from Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero publisher Activision in 2011. That means no DJ Hero 3 to play and no Tony Hawk games to stand on this year. And, oh yeah, no Guitar Hero games.
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The man responsible for the 8-bit version of zombie shooter Left 4 Dead has turned his “de-make” skills to another recent franchise – Activision’s DJ Hero. Pixel Force: DJ Hero, as it’s known, is musically true to its ’80s roots.
