News – Ubisoft Guitar Game Revealed

<p>We all thought the guitar style game died when we heard news that Activision was pulling the plug on Guitar Hero&period; Many of us were happy to hear the news and thought the genre that fostered the ridiculous guitar playing house parties had run it&&num;8217&semi;s course and that average guys could not and would not ever be like Led zeppelin playing a colorful plastic guitar&period; But alas&comma; Ubisoft a little late to the game has decided to wade into the waters of this ever so struggling game genre&period; The new game has been dubbed &&num;8220&semi;RockSmith&&num;8221&semi; and will feature a full functioning electric guitar and songs by Nirvana&comma; The Rolling Stones&comma; and David Bowie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ubisoft&comma; well aware of the troubled genre doesn&&num;8217&semi;t want gamers to view Rocksmith as they did Guitar Hero or Rockband&period; &&num;8220&semi;Guitar Hero is a Party game&comma;&&num;8221&semi; explained Tony Key&comma; VP of Marketing at Ubisoft&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Rocksmith is a music experience&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he continued&period; And to that point&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s been rumored that Ubisoft is trying to partner with Gibson and other guitar manufacturers to foster a realistic experience of how to learn to play an instrument rather than just mimic one like in past games&period; Too add to this realistic effect&comma; the game will also feature an add-on module with an input jack so players can actually hook up their own electric guitars or most other manufacturer guitars to their console&period; This is something we have never really seen before on a full scale&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; aspiring musicians can not only enjoy playing songs by iconic artists like Nirvana&comma; The Rolling Stones&comma; and David Bowie but also delve into the intricacies of learning to play an instrument&period; And the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;staytunedguitar&period;com&sol;best-part-chords">best part chords<&sol;a> seamlessly fit into this narrative&comma; offering players the opportunity to explore and master the genuine chords that make up the backbone of the songs they love&comma; marking a significant evolution in the world of guitar gaming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is hoped that Rocksmith will capture the dreams of many young adults who don&&num;8217&semi;t want to just play a game but who want to actually learn how to play an instrument&period; As Tony Key said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We will create a new generation of game players&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and in that spirit they hope to revitalize the whole genre into something more and to reintroduce players to what guitar gaming should be&period; A music learning experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ubisoft is looking to launch Rocksmith this September and don&&num;8217&semi;t expect it to feature any fan favorites from Rockband or Guitar Hero&period; This game is suppose to be completely unique with a whole slew of different artists being featured&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s just wait and see if players take the bait of the developers vision and like the game&period; Time will tell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thanks to the The Hollywood Reporter for breaking the story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1430" title&equals;"Ubisoft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;03&sol;Ubisoft&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"610" height&equals;"323" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;