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 ...

Rocksmith has a ridiculous number of modes that offer guitar and bass instruction. It includes the in-depth Learn A Song that teaches you how to play popular songs, as well as Guitarcade, which ...

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.

News of the title, which will feature an electric guitar and songs from the Rolling Stones and Nirvana, comes on the heels of Activision's pulling the plug on "Guitar Hero." By Paul Bond A little more ...

I'll be the first to admit, I'm not that great a guitar player. Sure, I felt like some sort of demi-god playing the plastic button slapping guitars of Guitar Hero and Rock Band but in the back of my ...

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 ...

Anyone who has owned or even played Rock Band has encountered that one friend who, despite numerous attempts to convince otherwise, absolutely refuses to believe that the game has any musical merit at ...

The music gaming genre has been hit hard recently, but game developer Ubisoft will unveil Rocksmith--which will allow gamers to plug in a real guitar--later this year. CNET contributor Don Reisinger ...

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.

Rocksmith allows you to use any guitar as a music game controller, and for interactive music lessons. That's so awesome if you have an electric guitar! But what if you don't have a guitar? What then?

Anyone can play guitar. Radiohead said that. Of course, their sentiment was less an encouraging call to ax's and more an acerbic attack on musical mediocrity – anyone can play guitar, but few of us ...