On Tuesday, Ubisoft announced a release date for Rocksmith Plus, a service that helps aspiring musicians learn to play acoustic, electric, and bass guitar. Rocksmith takes the concept of Guitar Hero ...

Rocksmith has been around since 2011, beginning as an alternative to the five button rhythm guitar craze, set apart by the fact that it lets players use their own real six strings as the controller, ...

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I tried taking lessons. I tried reading guitar tabs online. The only thing that worked was Rocksmith. Music has long struck me as a kind of magic. In terms of my life essentials, it ranks only just ...

I'm not a true video game enthusiast. There is one game, however, for which I have a nearly religious reverence (in fact, I actually maintain a whole blog about it here): Rocksmith. Admittedly this ...

Ubisoft is reviving its Rocksmith franchise with Rocksmith+, a subscription service that aims to help you learn guitar and bass. You can connect your instrument to your PC, console or mobile device ...

(10-17) 11:02 PDT -- Each day that his employees worked on "Rocksmith," a new video game from Ubisoft, Laurent Detoc would stop by the creative director's desk to pose a question. "Do you know your ...

As musical novices, last month's Rocksmith lessons were limited to learning the basics, which covered everything from holding the guitar and how to strum, to playing riffs and performing solos - badly ...

Ubisoft is a gigantic publisher. While many associate the name with hardcore brands like Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry, a huge part of the company's business actually comes from casual titles. With more ...

If you are thinking of learning to play the guitar you may be interested to know that the remastered Rocksmith 2014 Edition has today launched and is now available for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and ...

Learning to play the guitar is extremely rewarding but can be very frustrating. As a self-taught guitarist who spent many years getting into bad habits and feeling like I’d hit a brick wall and couldn ...