Just because Activision put an end to the Guitar Hero franchise doesn’t mean that music-based video games are done for. JamParty: Remixed, which we first encountered at CES 2011, is only one of a handful of new music rhythm games that hope to fill the void left by Guitar Hero. If you’re a Facebook user, you may even get a free copy to try out for yourself.

You’ve seen theThis is an object of seeming conflicting dualities. The You Rock Guitar is a game controller yet not a game controller. It’s a guitar with strings yet not a string guitar. It’s not as much a musical instrument as an instrument for making music.

This device includes a section of strings that you strum yet the strings are about 6 inches long, never need tuning and are not tied t the neck of the guitar. Instead, you press pressure-sensitive frets all along the neck, activating each note much as you would with a real string guitar. You then strum the string to play the note(s)or chord you are fingering.

Just when you think you’ve seen everything there is in music-themed video games, another one comes along. This time however, instead of the usual match-the-colors gameplay you’re accustomed to, this time you get to create your own music with Zivix’s Jam Party Remixed.

If you don’t want to get together a band with Rock Band 3, you can always go it solo with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Amazon. The retailer’s Deal of the Day for the video game section is the latest entry in the Guitar Hero series. All versions are on sale for all consoles, so whether you need a bundle or just the game, you’re covered…

I got the chance to try out developer Seven45′s music rhythm game Power Gig: Rise of the SixString at E3 2010. I chose to try out their guitar controller, which is essentially a real six-string guitar on which you can actually play music if you wanted to. The guitar does look and feel like a more »

Somewhere, Power Gig’s little heart is crumbling. USA Today reports that Rock Band 3 will offer a real guitar, in addition to the keyboard that was strongly hinted at several weeks ago.

Last week we reported that Activision has formally announced the upcoming Guitar Hero expansion called Warriors of Rock, which will have a new guitar controller to go along with it. Now we find out what it looks like.

As you’ll see from the trailer (click through, buddy), the most intriguing part about the new design however, is that all the electronics have been relocated solely on the guitar’s neck and fretboard…

Yes ladies and gents, it’s yet another Guitar Hero expansion and it comes loaded with new features: new songs, a new storyline, a new challenge mode and *sigh* a new controller. The game is slated for release September 2010…

Prepare for a zombie killing music game! Oh, but sorry, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners, it’s a Wii-exclusive, so you’ll just have to decimate zombies the normal way. Anyways, back to Rock of the Dead, the Wii exclusive from Epicenter is a lot like the classic Typing of the Dead, only instead of using a keyboard and typing words to dispatch zombies, you’re using your guitar controller and playing button pattern displayed on each zombie’s chest to defeat them.

IGN was fortunate enough to get the first look at Rock of the Dead, and I am so jealous right now. Seriously, seething, because Rock of the Dead just looks that fantastic. The budget Wii game is going to be out in the first half of 2010, and seems like the game has the potential to rise above cult classic status to become a mainstream hit. After all, it has zombies, an awesome control scheme that uses the guitar peripherals from games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero and the stars of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day, providing the voice acting…

Yeah, you read that headline right. A company is finally releasing a string-based, USB guitar game controller.

Named the You Rock Guitar, this is an honest-to-goodness string guitar (OK, a digital string guitar) that plugs into your computer. For $20 more you can get a GameFlex cartridge that adapts the guitar to be used as a controller for consoles games including Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

The You Rock Guitar will be available in February 2010 for $179.95 but will be on display during CES 2010 at Booth 5627 Gaming Showcase, LVCC, North Hall Las Vegas Hilton East Tower Hospitality Suite H2549

The company’s press release also lists the guitar-controller features as (video follows):