'Real guitar' game stumbles on music licensing issues

The game allows players to plug in a real Epiphone Les Paul Junior electric guitar to learn and play music from featured artists which include Nirvana, The White Stripes and Blur.

When announcing the delay, the game's producer Ubisoft has urged consumers not to import it: "Rocksmith will not be available in Europe until 2012. This is due to music licensing and other external factors. For those of you in Europe who plan to import the game, we want to ...

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