On October 30, Activision filed a trademark for Drum Hero that applies to “toys, hand-held games with liquid crystal displays, musical toys; action figures and accessories therefor; arcade games; coin-operated video games; electric action toys; handheld unit for playing electronic video games; electronic toy drums.”It seems strange to base an entire game around one instrument when Guitar Hero had gone full band along with prime competitor Rock Band. Of course, DJ Hero is focused around one instrument, but that’s an entirely new way to play. Most likely Activision is just making sure it has its bases covered so some other company doesn’t swoop in and try to use the “hero” brand to pimp a drum-specific game. After all, Activision already trademarked Drum Villain a couple of years ago and we haven’t seen that game yet.What do you think? Will Drum Hero actually turn into a real game?
I sure hope so!
sorry for the double
Probably not, whats the market for a game where you can only play drums when Rock Band and Guitar Hero have all instruments.
Activision is taking this too far.
I play the real thing, no need for the fake stuff.
Drums are fun but you still need the rest of the band which is why guitar hero now encompasses bass, guitar, vocals, and drums.
Have you heard about Phil Collins' (or insert any famous drummer here) solo drum album? No, you haven't b/c he uses a full band.
Boo activision! Kotick is a jerk!
god i hope not. maybe activision should focus more on releasing some halfway decent downloadable content for the properties that are already on the shelf instead of rendering them obsolete in a year with a new release. i'm ready to move on. activision, you have personally ruined the music genre. you are the MTV of video games.
*bashes head against nearby brick wall*
@ goatr: Which is ironic because MTV Games actually helps make Rock Band :-)
@vote 4 pedro-good call, i forgot about that. something tells me that Harmonix picks the songs though.
i never played guitar hero or rock band but i don't think a music game with only a drum would work to well.
Up next: Harmonica Hero, Theremin Hero, Sousaphone Hero, Tamborine Hero, etc. etc.
unfortunately yes b/c they are simply trying turn a few quick bucks
I can definitely see it happen. Activision has no problem milking their franchises.
I think it could work although it might be a bit niche. But it could work especially if you got drummers like Akira Jimbo, Dave Weckl, Mike Portnoy, Tony Royster, Jr., Jo Jo Mayer and a host of other skilled drummers to promote the game.
And I think it a bit arrogant that people would think that only the guitar is worthy of a instrument-centric game. Even at the start of the GH revolution there was always a full band behind the guitar so who's to say that you can't have a full band with just the drums playing with the rest of the band?
But instead of making yet ANOTHER instrument game they should just find a way to add Drum Hero as DLC with special jazz and fusion music packs. A little Chic Corea, Rippingtons or Incognito tracks would be great additions to the music library to include tracks for drummers only.
i wish. to many other instrument games for the drums to get its own
This may have been acceptable in 2008, but doing this now just seems really counter-productive.
god i swear i wanna cut the utters off of the HERO franchise because they are really milkin it dry
they have released 15 HERO games in 4 years.15!!!!