In one of the timeliest strategic moves in the video game industry's recorded history, Ubisoft has announced an upcoming rhythm title from a totally new IP, called Rocksmith. The game lets players ...

During the incredible rise -- and subsequent rapid decline -- of rhythm games, a few aspiring plastic-instrument aficionados wondered what it be like to take their skills to the next level and learn ...

It’s been a tough stretch for the rhythm genre. After being sold off by former parent Viacom, Rock Band developer Harmonix laid off 15 percent of its staff. Meanwhile, rival rhythm publisher ...

If the concept of rhythm-game-cum-guitar-tutor Rocksmith has intrigued you, then there's a good chance you fall into the same category of guitarist that I do: a gamer who's fumbled behind the bike ...

Rocksmith is a video game that is going to teach you guitar. Not a fake, plastic toy with color-coded buttons or even some hybrid game controller. Guitar. Six strings and a fretboard. There’s no ...

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 ...

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Trained exclusively on our massive library of expert buying advice, finding the right tech to fit your life has never been easier. Rocksmith has a ridiculous number of modes that offer guitar and bass ...

Sean grew up playing Jurassic Park and Road Rash on his dad’s Sega Genesis before saving up for a GameBoy Advance to play Pokemon Ruby. Not long after, he began reading everything he could about video ...

There are few things in life better than music, so obviously there are even fewer things in life better than music and rhythm games. Music evokes more emotional responses than any other and usually ...

With the oversaturated and ailing rhythm game genre in a state of decline, it seems ill-timed to launch a new guitar-focused music franchise. But Ubisoft has pulled one out of left field with ...