Rocksmith 2014 Remastered: Official FAQ

[Jason Paradise]

This year marks the 5th anniversary of Rocksmith as a franchise – and to prepare for the occasion, we’ve been working on some special stuff behind the scenes. The biggest idea is definitely Rocksmith 2014 Remastered, which brings some fan-requested features and several improvements to the software you already know and love. Here’s a quick overview of Remastered:

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What is Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered?
Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered is a free patch for all platforms and an updated re-release of Rocksmith 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Macintosh. Remastered is the same core experience that has helped so many people learn to play guitar, now with additional improvements and redesigned features.

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When will Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered be available?
Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered is scheduled for release in stores in October 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Macintosh. (Existing Rocksmith 2014 players on all platforms will receive the Remastered improvements as a free patch at the same time.)

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What has been updated for Remastered?
Remastered includes a major patch featuring a wide variety of improvements that we hope will be welcomed by new and experienced players alike.

• Manage your song library using updated Search, Sort, and Filter tools
• Search by artist or song name in Learn a Song, Score Attack, and the Shop—just enter the desired text with your keyboard or game controller
• Build custom Song Lists in Nonstop Play to group songs for personalized practice sessions
• Pause and navigate freely through entire tracks in Riff Repeater, and loop phrases more efficiently
• View all song arrangements from the improved Song Hub, and launch directly into any of them without changing paths
• Filter your Nonstop Play list by tuning, and switch between all available arrangements between songs
• Customize the rate of Dynamic Difficulty adjustments, or disable the feature altogether
• Track your progress with detailed in-game player statistics

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If I already own Rocksmith 2014, do I need to buy Remastered?
Nope! It’s the same core software, and the updates it offers will be supplied to existing players through a free patch.

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As an existing Rocksmith 2014 player, how do I get the Remastered improvements?
If you’re already enjoying Rocksmith 2014, all the improvements found in Remastered will be delivered in the form of a free patch. That applies to all six platforms – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, and Macintosh – none of our existing players will be left behind!

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When will the patch be available for existing players?
The patch is slated to appear this fall. When it’s available, just go online with your system of choice and the update will download automatically. Watch the forums at Rocksmith.com as well as our social media portals on Twitter and Facebook for news.

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Are there any new songs in Remastered?
The core song library that comes with the main software remains the same as Rocksmith 2014 Edition. As an incentive for new players, a voucher with codes for six bonus DLC songs will come with physical copies of Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered at retail; players will redeem these codes via an online connection to obtain the bonus songs. However, these songs will also be made available for purchase as DLC for existing players, so no songs will be available exclusively through Remastered.

Those six bonus DLC songs are:

• Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
• Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
• FUN. – Some Nights
• Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
• Outkast – Hey Ya!
• Train – Drops Of Jupiter

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If I already own Rocksmith 2014, how do I get the Remastered edition’s bonus songs?
These six tracks will be available for purchase as DLC the same week that Remastered becomes available at retail outlets. There is nothing exclusive to Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered; all its content will be made available to current players, as well.

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We’ll share more details about what you can expect from Rocksmith 2014 Remastered in the coming weeks, and we’ll be talking about Remastered today on our livestream – join us at http://www.twitch.tv/rocksmithgame at 3pm PT/6pm ET/10pm GMT if you can. Thanks for your continued support, and happy 5th anniversary!

[MTZIGG]

You Guys are ♫A-W-S-O-M-E♫

[Boris the Animal]

Nice

[gomania161]

Sweet! 2

[Kineticvoid]

SWEET I can hardly wait.ELVIS!!!! and my favorite Marley tune to boot, and major core improvements where you actually implemented user suggestions, you guys really are awesome.

[Ringo]

Only been playing about a month now but a couple of the changes are things I was already thinking about. Good stuff mate. Looking forward to the update.

[TRex Bassist]

Whoa this is an unexpected and welcome surprise. My hat is off to you.

[StuntApe]

sweet! A few options that would be nice would be:
1. allow you to go to maybe 120% speed in Riff Repeater.
2. hide songs that you don't like or be able to rate a song from 1-10.
3. More Achievments! (one per song?)
Excellent job guys!

[(No Tilt) Bladezz]

Awesome this will be a great birthday present !

[Cobretti]

The Rift repeater rework sounds exciting. I am currently taking a lot of my playing offline because the current RR isn't very nice to quickly navigate around on.

Nice one guys!!!!!

[wr*****]

Shame this does not have a 'fix' for the unobtainable cable issue in it, so that new buyers can actually get up and running after buying a digital download copy

£50 plus for a £3 cable is really not helping sales (assuming that 1 can be found for sale outside the US)

[ianj001]

I watched the Twitch last night, what a great couple of announcements. I am excited at the changes coming. It would be great to see some screen shots of the changes. - The Gig in SF with RS players will also be cool, will it be broadcast/available on demand?

[Jason Paradise]

Glad everyone is excited! We're stoked to finally be able to show you what we've been working on as well.

Originally posted by wr*****:

Shame this does not have a 'fix' for the unobtainable cable issue in it, so that new buyers can actually get up and running after buying a digital download copy

£50 plus for a £3 cable is really not helping sales (assuming that 1 can be found for sale outside the US)

More cables are on the way. Expecting them to be available by the end of the month.

[grimlog]

Great! Thanks for all the work you still put in RS2014! My favorite "game" of all times :D

[DElyMyth]

Some night!
Not sure I can wait til October now that I know

[Sir Grady]

ASIO please. Make it a additional DLC, just like the Song import tool, and sell it for the price of the realtone cable....