Today Activision confirmed the rumors that an ass-ton of Guitar Hero games will be released by the end of 2009. Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero and Band Hero are slated for a fall release.

In the press release, Activision gave a brief summary of what to expect from each title:

• DJ Hero - "The company’s groundbreaking DJ Hero expands Guitar Hero’s signature social gaming to all-new consumers with the addition of diverse music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance. Introducing an all-new innovative turntable controller, DJ Hero transforms players into DJs who rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world’s most exciting artists and DJs."
• Guitar Hero 5 - ""Letting fans continue to fulfill their rock fantasies, Guitar Hero 5 features the hottest rock and roll artists today as well as classic rock bands and gives players an unprecedented level of control over the way they play the game with the ability to drop in and out of songs and change band members, instruments and difficulty levels on the fly."
• Band Hero - "The franchises’ first E10+ rated console game, Band Hero delivers an exciting music collection featuring top-40 hits designed to expand the experience to a new genre and appeal to a broad family audience who can play together on the guitar, drums, bass and microphone. The game builds upon Guitar Hero’s easy-to-play, difficult-to-master signature gameplay and allows novice players and expert fans to join together on their favourite songs."

Also in the pipe for 2009 are Guitar Hero: Modern Hits, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. Guitar Hero: Metallica was released at the end of March. Is it possible to make too many games of a hugely popular franchise? Activision seems intent on finding out.