Let's get the big news out of the way first! Ubisoft announced last week during E3 that Rocksmith will be adding support for bass guitar on September 4th via a $29.99 DLC package.
On October 16, 2012, the standard edition of the game, available for $79.99, will ship with the bass content included on the disc and the Rocksmith Real Tone Cable. The Real Tone Cable is a unique 1/4" to USB cable that is the first of its kind, developed exclusively for Rocksmith. This revolutionary cable turns the instruments signal from analog to digital, allowing it to be recognized and played through video game consoles for the first time. The popular guitar bundle will also be available for $199.99 and includes an Epiphone Les Paul Jr guitar, along with the bass DLC and the Rocksmith Real Tone Cable. Both the standard edition and the guitar bundle will ship for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and PC.
Bass arrangements have been added to all of the existing in-game tracks and previously released DLC tracks. Not only can you play the bass parts of songs, bassists of all experience levels can also improve their skills like 2-finger plucking, slapping, and popping with dedicated bass technique challenges, tutorial videos and mini-games. You can even use any 6-string guitar to emulate a 4-string bass. Tracking your learning has never been easier as bass progression is tracked separately from guitar progression.
Ubisoft announced this week that five Queen songs are now available for download thanks to the new Queen Song Pack DLC. Songs included in this 5-song pack are “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, “Keep Yourself Alive”, “Stone Cold Crazy” and “Killer Queen.”
Each song is available for individual purchase for $2.99 on the Playstation network or $11.99 for the complete 5-song pack. Each song is also available for individual purchase for 240 Microsoft points on Xbox Live or 960 MS points for the 5-song pack.
About Rocksmith
Rocksmith is the first and only video game that allows players to plug in any real guitar into an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 to play a sizeable library of songs from the latest hits to classic rock songs. Rocksmith adapts to the player’s skill level from novices who have never picked up a guitar to the most experienced shredder.
Release Date: Oct 18, 2011
Publisher: Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: Teen
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC