Crkd Is Making A Drum Controller For Rhythm Games

CRKD is expanding its lineup of hit crippled controllers. The gaming accessory shaper antecedently released guitar controllers that are compatible pinch games for illustration Fortnite Festival and open-source projects for illustration Clone Hero, and based connected a caller teaser video, it looks for illustration it's doing a drum kit controller next.

The teaser is brief, but CRKD appears to beryllium covering each nan basics that aged Rock Band and Guitar Hero controllers did, pinch 4 abstracted colored pads, a pedal and cymbals. In a blog post, nan institution says that it plans to incorporated "the bully lessons (and nan bad)" from its erstwhile controllers, operation them pinch customer feedback and hopefully make an moreover amended controller erstwhile nan drum controller is formally introduced successful Q1 2026.

While hit games aren't arsenic large arsenic they utilized to be, they ne'er afloat near nan indie scene, and they could beryllium primed for a spot of a comeback successful 2026. Nintendo plans to merchandise a caller introduction successful its Rhythm Heaven series, Rhythm Heaven Groove, successful 2026, and Epic Games continues to support Fortnite Festival pinch caller songs. CRKD besides happens to beryllium owned by Embracer Freemode, nan aforesaid genitor institution of the revived RedOctane Games, which is moving connected caller hit games aft helping to popularize nan genre pinch nan original Guitar Hero.