At last! Those redesigned, improved Guitar Hero/Band Hero drums are finally due to hit U.S. shores on systems other than Wii.

Reporting on a Guitar Hero/DJ Hero press event last night, Dan at Activision’s One of Swords blog dropped this bit of knowledge upon us:

The drum kits for [Warriors of Rock] are the new Band Hero kits that fans have been asking for — round cymbals, a relocated control box, and an overall refinement of the previous GH drums. The MIDI port that was introduced with GH: World Tour is still there, but now it’s joined by a second bass drum jack (no more splitters for double-bass on Expert Plus!) and the pedal now stays put on the kit itself.

I’m waiting on confirmation that these will come packed in with the Warriors of Rock Super Bundles, but whether they are or not, I’m just happy to know I’ll be able to grab a set of these for my 360 at last.

UPDATE: Dan confirms that the new drums will definitely be available in the Warriors of Rock super bundle, and also be available on their own — possibly in advance of WoR’s release. Rock!

Hit the Read link to learn more about the swanky event…that I wasn’t invited to.

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