“Long live rock, be it dead or alive,” the man once said, and for a little more than a year now, Rocksmith 2014 has indeed been dead. But now it’s alive again, and back on Steam in a slightly retuned format as Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered Learn and Play.
First released in 2013, Rocksmith 2014 is a bit like Guitar Hero except it uses a real guitar as a controller, and teaches you to play real songs. It’s quite good, and amassed a “very positive” user rating over the years on Steam, but in October 2023—its 10th anniversary—Ubisoftremoved the game from sale. A reason for the takedown wasn’t provided at the time, but we suspected expiring licenses were the cause, and sure enough Ubisoft has now confirmed that was the case.
