Kotaku: drum

Guitar Hero Standalone Controllers Hit This Week

Brian Crecente — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:00:00 MST

Finally. Starting Sunday Guitar Hero World Tour players will be able to purchase individual guitar controllers and drum kit controllers in stores in North America.

While the quite lengthy press release goes into all kinds of details we already knew about the drum, the guitar and the songs you can use to play them with, it doesn't actually list a price.

Fortunately GameStop, which has the correct date, does.

According to the online retailer the Wireless Drum kit will sell for $100, while the guitar will sell for $70.

Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Compatibility Updates

Brian Crecente — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:00 MDT

Two bits of news hit the Guitar Hero World Tour community sites this week about drum compatibility.

Top of the list is news that Xbox 360 users can now download a Guitar Hero World Tour update that will allow ION Drum Rocker owners to use the drum kit with the game.

More importantly Neversoft wants everyone to know that while they’ve done everything they can to get the Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar to work with Rock Band 1 and 2, they’ve reached an impasse.

The team at Neversoft worked diligently on making the drum and guitar controllers compatible across Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 1 and 2 on the PlayStation 3 platform. The Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar controllers currently support a basic level of gameplay with both Rock Band games.
However, integrating the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller into the Rock Band games requires an update to the Rock Band game software. Until that update is made to the Rock Band software, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller will not function in the PlayStation 3 version of that game.

While I applaud the effort being put into making sure that people who own different pieces of hardware can use them with different games, I have to wonder how many people this actually affects. Seriously, let me know in comments. Is this a burning issue for a lot of you? Do you want to use one drum kit on another game? The only thing I want to do is use BOTH drum kits on one game. Maybe set them up in a metal cage with some hydraulics.

It’s the little dreams that keep me going at night.

Thanks for the pedals... Thank you everyone...

Brian Crecente — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:00:45 MDT

Thanks for the pedals... Thank you everyone for the offers of free Rock Band pedals, both broken and brand new. An Electronic Arts' product manager actually contacted us this afternoon to get directly in touch with Justin and fix things up. A big thank you to all of the readers and EA for doing the right thing... now stop emailing us with free pedals.

Rock Band's Drumkit and Microphone

Brian Crecente — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:11:59 MDT

You've seen Rock Band's Stratocaster, but that's just a neat looking faux guitar. This drumkit looks amazing. I especially like how it comes with what looks to be a collapsible stand and includes four drum pads and a foot pedal. Heck, even that stainless steel microphone looks sexy. I wonder if it will ship with a stand for those guitar/singer people out there. Brian Crecente

Eds Note: Keep in mind that Harmonix hasn't finalized these mic/drums designs, and that these are prototypes. The guitar, however, is final.

Rock Band DRUMS! [TV.com, thanks everyone for the tips]