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Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero World Tour

June 5, 2016January 1, 2023 Daniel

After the absolutely smashing success of both Rock Band 1 and 2, Activision knew it had to severely step its game up from just guitar in order to compete with its own former developer, especially after the somewhat tepid critical reaction to their recent DS and Aerosmith titles. …

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

April 24, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Well, here we are. Arguably the peak of rhythm gaming’s popularity and cultural penetration, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was nothing short of a phenomenon. The first Guitar Hero game not to be made by original developer Harmonix, Guitar Hero III was moved to Activision and Tony Hawk developer Neversoft.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

April 17, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

In what would be the first of many (many, many) spin-offs to the Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s was released to a middling response. Designed to fill out Harmonix’s contract before leaving the Guitar Hero series, Rocks the 80s was an 80s themed re-skin of Guitar Hero II.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero II

April 9, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Widely considered to be one of the greatest rhythm games ever made, 2006’s Guitar Hero II is a beloved entry in the franchise. The first sequel to Guitar Hero, we’d still be a little bit away from the peak of the franchise in both sales and pop culture penetration.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero (2005)

April 2, 2016December 29, 2022 Oscar Bernard

This is where it all began. Sure, rhythm games had been around long before Harmonix and Red Octane stepped in to the ring to deliver the first Guitar Hero, but come November of 2005, the genre would never be the same again.…

Opinion: Gender Representation in Rocksmith

February 6, 2016December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans. Controversial subject today as we wait for the next DLC of February, 2016 to be revealed. Awhile back @pcgamingisted and I were talking about the lack of women artists in Rocksmith and decided to do a bit of exploring through the available songs to see just how much of the content varied from all dudes.…

Rocksmith 2014 DLC Battle: The Riff Repeater Bowl 2015

January 16, 2016December 29, 2022 Daniel

Well, Rocksmith fans, looks like it’s time for you to chose a winner for Best Rocksmith DLC of 2015! Competition was fierce, but it looks like we have two clear frontrunners with Stone Temple Pilots just barely edging out Queens of the Stone Age: Honorable mention goes to our third-placer Bachsmith II.…

DLC Round-Up: December 2015

December 26, 2015December 29, 2022 Daniel

Greetings, Rocksmith fans! I hope your holidays were as merry as can be! Now that the weekly DLC has finished for the year, let’s take a look back at the gifts @UbisoftStudioSF has lovingly given us for the month of December.…

Speculation: Rocksmith Newsletter hints at December DLC

December 4, 2015January 1, 2023 Daniel

Season’s greetings, Rocksmith fans! While the Rocksmith team is checking the Facbook request app list twice, the monthly newsletter came out! You know what that means… more potentially blind speculation! “Something metal” A skillet is made of some sort of metallic substance, correct?…

Speculation: The Black Keys return to Rocksmith

November 20, 2015December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! This week’s clue has been posted and solved and it looks like we’ll be adding a few more songs from @TheBlackKeys to Rocksmith 2014! Let’s check out @DanAmrich’s clue: thoman23 knew that we were looking for a periodic table translation Periodic table code.…

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