Following the phenomenal success of games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, Ubisoft sensed an opportunity. If gamers went nuts for playing real rock songs on plastic guitars, why wouldn't they swoon for ...

When Rocksmith was released in 2011, it had all the ingredients of a gaming pie capable of satisfying kings of Guitar Hero and Rock Band controllers wanting to learn how to play a real instrument in a ...

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 ...

It's great to listen to Alice in Chains perform, but how cool would it be to be able to play like guitarist Jerry Cantrell? The musician was on hand at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los ...

The age of the plastic guitars is over, thanks to the death of the fad-like Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. Now it’s time for the age of real guitars in video games. Above: Nao Higo and Nick Bonardi ...

Now that Rocksmith has two games with different music libraries, it has the chance to give Rocksmith+ a huge library that includes all the songs that were released on older versions. Players have ...

Ubisoft’s new Rocksmith 2014 Edition may be a game, but it’s also a covert masterpiece in music education that can legitimately teach you to play the guitar and help you improve your skills and ...

Having already appeared on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, Ubisoft's virtual guitar tutor Rocksmith 2014 is now ready to jump to the next generation of gaming consoles, namely the Xbox One and ...

Rocksmith+ - a player prepares to play upcoming notes, which are sliding down towards colored strings on a guitar fret. In the background, the screen is filled with pink butterflies and teal lights.

Following the launch of Rocksmith in 2011, an instructional tool-meets-rhythm game that followed the wave of Guitar Hero and Rock Band games of the era, the development team at Ubisoft San Francisco ...

For many of us, playing the air guitar is the closest you'll get to strumming your favourite tunes. But now, thanks to a new videogame called Rocksmith, even the most musically challenged can learn ...

Full disclosure: I'm not a very good guitarist. I spent my high school days clumsily banging around a Fender Strat snagged for 100 bucks at a pawn shop, looking up tabs online and learning simple ...