Ubisoft launched its Rocksmith guitar-learning game in 2011, just as the faux guitar video game craze started by Guitar Hero seemed be at its end. Above: Rocksmith 2014 uses real guitars. But ...

With Rocksmith's release date moving ever closer, it's time to draw on everything we've learnt so far and channel it into that one killer performance. Last month we added chord play to our repertoire, ...

A new trailer for Rocksmith 2014 Edition focuses on its comprehensive new "Lessons" mode designed to teach players how to rock the six-string. Rocksmith 2014 has over eighty new individual lessons ...

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 ...

I'm no guitar hero. But after a weekend spent playing "Rocksmith 2014," I could be well on my way. "Rocksmith" came out in 2011, following in the footsteps of "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" in look if ...

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, ...

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 ...

Rocksmith 2014 is coined as a learning tool for fledgling guitar players. Newcomer Ray Willmot takes axe in hand and plays for a few weeks to see if it really can give him the skills to pay the bills.

Music-based games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, which let you play along to popular songs with fake instruments, once ruled the video game industry. They raked in billions of dollars in sales in ...

If you've been gaming since the Xbox 360 era, then you may remember an innovative release called Rocksmith. Rocksmith taught users how to play guitar via a selection of licensed music and fun ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. With the Guitar Hero franchise on "hiatus" and no signs of Rock Band 4 in the near future, Ubisoft has swooped in to fill the rhythm-genre void with ...

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 ...