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Setlist Sunday: Rock Band Blitz

March 26, 2017December 29, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Rhythm games were in a weird state in 2012. Guitar Hero had announced in early 2011 that they were ending the Hero franchise and pretty much the only new release was a guitar teaching tool from Ubisoft.…

Song Speculation: Goldfinger makes music game debut in Skater Rock Pack!

March 24, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! The clue has been posted and solved, it was a tough one (damn you RollingStone222) but they got it! Let’s check it out: Oh boy, can it be? No way… It is!!!…

Rocksmith Remastered: 1000 Songs! Exclusive interview with Paul Cross and Brian McCune

March 22, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! If you were paying attention to Social Media yesterday you may have noticed a few tweets from @Rocksmithgame celebrating 1000 playable songs in Rocksmith: Remastered! The blog includes a very interesting infographic detailing a new Top 40 Requested Artist list!…

Rocksmith Remastered DLC 3/21/2017 – Skid Row

March 20, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! We’ve come a long way from October 11th, 2011 but here we are, the 1000th Rocksmith Song! This week will be celebrated with Toms River, New Jersey (and Peterborough, ON’s) @OfficialSkidRow! This is the first time there has ever been a Skid Row pack in a music game and the first time the band has appeared without a band covering them.…

Setlist Sunday: Rock Band 3

March 19, 2017December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Much like how a lot of Guitar Hero fans might point to Guitar Hero II as being the best game in the series if not the financial/cultural peak, Rock Band fans will take a similar view to Rock Band 3.…

Song Speculation: Skid Row goes wild on Rocksmith

March 17, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! The clue for next week’s DLC has been posted and solved! If you were wondering who will usher in the 1000th DLC song in the Rocksmith Remastered library, it’s New Jersey’s own @OfficialSkidRow!…

Rocksmith Remastered DLC 3/14/2017 – 90s Mix II

March 13, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! It’s time for another trip back to the 90s with returning artist @holerock, and two newcomers @Eve6 and @tonicband! From their self-titled debut 1998 debut, Eve 6 brings us Inside Out, For the first time in a music game we get Violet by Hole, and to wrap up the pack enjoy a drink mixer with Tonic’s If You Could Only See.…

Song Speculation: Eve 6 turns Rocksmith inside out with 90s Mix II

March 10, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! This week we are going back to the 90s once again with a second mix pack! This one has three songs and will take us to 998 total songs, exciting! Let’s take a look at the clue for today, shall we?…

21 Rocksmith Songs to try on Acoustic

March 9, 2017December 30, 2022 Elliott

You might remember a previous article where we talked about what songs in the Rocksmith library would be best to make you into a Campfire Guitarist. Now, that we have a Microphone Mode specifically for acoustic guitars we’d like to revisit some of the available content in the past three years.…

Rocksmith Remastered 3/7/2017 – Avril Lavigne

March 6, 2017December 29, 2022 Elliott

Hello Rocksmith fans! This week’s DLC pack takes us back to the early 2000s when skateboard culture and punk rock were co-opted by a young girl from Napanee, Ontario in Canada. By the age of 15 @AvrilLavigne had performed with Shania Twain, by 16 she had signed a two-album recording contract worth more than $2 million dollars.…