{"id":34311,"date":"2012-03-16T14:17:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T12:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=34311"},"modified":"2012-03-16T14:55:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T12:55:54","slug":"rocksmith-rocking-sa-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/34311-rocksmith-rocking-sa-in-2012","title":{"rendered":"Rocksmith: rocking SA in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Ubisoft&#8217;s legit rock star simulator Rocksmith launched in North America &#8211; and only in North America.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro snub effectively left the UK (and by extension, South Africa) empty-handed; dashing all of our collective dreams of becoming the rock stars we know we were born to be.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s time to go and dig out your tight leather pants and studded gloves &#8211; because Rocksmith is finally coming to South Africa, and your journey to becoming a rock star can begin.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed the buzz, Rocksmith is to Guitar Hero what CERN is to your high school chem lab:<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using a simple, plastic guitar and strumming along to your favourite songs, the &#8216;game&#8217; aims to teach you how to play guitar. Like, a REAL guitar. Hardcore.<\/p>\n<p>From complete newbies to rock masters, the game adapts to your skill level, and also teaches you along the way. The &#8220;Guitarcade&#8221; minigames keep you entertained, while also developing and teaching you news skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34313\" title=\"Rocksmith 01\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Rocksmith-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rocksmith will allow gamers to connect any real guitar with a standard quarter-inch jack into the USB port of aa Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Using the bundled Real Tone Cable, the game interprets a digital signal from the analogue vibrations of the guitar.<\/p>\n<p>The UK version of Rocksmith will include the original game already released in North America plus exclusive additional content, and through a partnership with Gibson, will come in a bundle that includes an Epiphone Les Paul Junior electric guitar.<\/p>\n<p>The game includes over 50 tracks from classic rock bands to current international artists, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blur \u2013 Song 2<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie \u2013 Rebel Rebel<\/li>\n<li>Eric Clapton \u2013 Run Back To Your Side<\/li>\n<li>Franz Ferdinand \u2013 Take Me Out<\/li>\n<li>Incubus \u2013 I Miss You<\/li>\n<li>Interpol \u2013 Slow Hands<\/li>\n<li>Lenny Kravitz \u2013 Are You Gonna Go My Way<\/li>\n<li>Lynyrd Skynyrd \u2013 Sweet Home Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Muse \u2013 Unnatural Selection<\/li>\n<li>Nirvana \u2013 In Bloom<\/li>\n<li>Pixies \u2013 Where Is My Mind?<\/li>\n<li>Queens Of The Stone Age \u2013 Go With The Flow<\/li>\n<li>Radiohead \u2013 High And Dry<\/li>\n<li>The Rolling Stones \u2013 (I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>The White Stripes \u2013 Icky Thump<\/li>\n<li>Velvet Revolver \u2013 Slither<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So when can we get our rock awwwwn? October 2012. I&#8217;m already wearing my leather pants in anticipation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sU_Nm_TRRMc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"MyGaming Article\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/10719-rocksmith-controlled-by-real-guitars.html\"><strong>Rocksmith controlled by real guitars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MyGaming Article\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/12111-ubisoft-reveals-a-bunch-of-new-tracks-for-rocksmith.html\"><strong>Ubisoft reveals a bunch of new tracks for Rocksmith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MyGaming Article\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/15230-ubisoft-slams-critics-for-lacklustre-rocksmith-reviews.html\"><strong>Ubisoft slams critics for lacklustre Rocksmith reviews<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put down that plastic guitar and play like a REAL rockstar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":34315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[31,2749,2748,733],"class_list":["post-34311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pc","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-gibson","tag-rocksmith","tag-ubisoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34323,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34311\/revisions\/34323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}