Amazon discounts select PS3 peripherals, active games
We don't mean these games will make you start taking hikes or playing bocce ball in the park or something. These are games Amazon has classified as active -- they require more input from the player than simply mashing a button or d-pad. Sometimes you have to, like, stand up to play these games. ...
Rocksmith drops free holiday DLC
Just in time to prepare for your audition with the Transiberian Orchestra, Rocksmith is getting into the holiday spirit with the free Holiday Song Pack. The pack includes shreddable versions of "Carol of the Bells," "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" and "We Three Kings." You can grab it from ...
12 Days of Joyswag: Rocksmith, Epiphone guitar, and Astro A40 headphones
Another year, another 12 days of holiday giveaways! Between now and Christmas Day, we're doing the one thing that makes us feel truly alive: giving. Specifically, we're giving you fine folks some of the swag we've managed to collect in our cluttered home offices. And the good will and merriment ...
Rocksmith DLC adds Vampire Weekend, T. Rex, Three Days Grace
If you've got the patience to stick with Rocksmith's guided tutorials, you could know the guitar parts of three new songs by the weekend. The real guitar-utilizing game will have its DLC library expanded with a trio of tracks this week: "Cousins" by Vampire Weekend, "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex ...
Rocksmith adds Radiohead, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Black Keys; more DLC coming Nov. 15
Fret not, ye who have mastered all of the licks and diddies found in Ubisoft's Rocksmith: DLC is incoming. Today, Ubisoft has announced that select Radiohead, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Black Keys jams are available for download today. It's mostly what you'd expect -- well, in the case of Lynyrd ...
Detoc: Rocksmith reviews show 'lack of enthusiasm' for innovation
Laurent Detoc, Ubisoft's North American executive director, believes Rocksmith didn't fare better in reviews because it was just too innovative. "What I see when I read the reviews is a lack of enthusiasm for something that is new," Detoc told Gamasutra. "We, as human beings, tend to like what we ...
Rocksmith review: Drop-D minus
Video games, by design, are meant to impart fantasy; they let us make believe that we as people are more incredible than we actually are, or that there's more to the world around us than we realize. They're a way to bridge the gap between the possible and the impossible, and music games like Rock ...
Ubisoft delays Rocksmith until 2012 in Europe over trademark dispute
If you live across the pond, you may be familiar with the band Rocksmith. Ubisoft, publisher of the upcoming Rocksmith video game, is currently entrenched in a legal dispuit with the band, who tells Eurogamer that it even preemptively approached Ubisoft to work out an agreement. Apparently, ...
Rocksmith, as demonstrated by John 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
Surprisingly, there's nothing "XTREAM" at all about this Rocksmith promo video featuring pro gamer John 'Fatal1ty' Wendel. Instead, we have a laid-back look at his daily progress with the game. He's no Satriani after three days, but it's still pretty nifty to see a game actually teach someone ...
Rocksmith: Schooled by rock
If I had Rocksmith when I was a kid, I would be a lot better off now. In 1995, I begged my parents to buy me a guitar. As you can imagine, I was swept up in the grunge fever that permeated a lot of the '90s. My idol, Kurt Cobain, died a year before and being the 12-year-old I was, I had it all ...
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