The Beatles: Rock Band
 

The Beatles: Rock Band will hit worldwide on Sept. 9, MTV, Harmonix and Apple Corps. announced today.

The Beatles: Rock Band will allow fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and "experience The Beatles extraordinary catalog of music through gameplay that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band's legendary career," according to the release.

The game will also have a limited number of new hardware offerings modeled after instruments used by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr throughout their career.

The game will be sold as standalone software and hardware as well as a limited edition bundle. It will also be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers and other current music-based video game peripherals.

Available on 9/9/09:
• The Beatles: Rock Band Software - Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $59.99 MSRP
• The Beatles: Rock Band Standalone Guitars - Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $99.99 MSRP
• The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle: Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $249.99 MSRP

The pricing for the game outside the U.S. have not yet been announced.

Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles LOVE album project, is providing his expertise and serving as Music Producer for the game, which is being developed by Haromonix, published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts.

Exclusive content created by Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix will be made available to people who pre-order the game over the next few months. More details on The Beatles: Rock Band game and pre-order will be revealed in the coming months.
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:| Happy for the fans, I guess.

No word on whether the songs transfer, eh? I really don't dig these stand alone "big name band games" because I am the kind of dude who digs variety. I don't wanna play just Aerosmith or just Metallica or just The Beatles.

Well the guitar hero ones at least have a bunch of music from other bands, to add variety.

They'd be better off just exporting them. I've been spoiled by Rock Band. Fuck switching Discs every 5 or 6 songs.

Rock Band 2 has spoiled me and it's unacceptable for any new music game to not have backwards compatibility with it's own series DLC (>>> GHWT).

That's what I just said, basically.

$250???? Are the fucking instruments gold plated???

No, the finish is made of LSD.

They said when the deal was announced that it wouldn't export to Rock Band as it would be a completly different game.

However, they also said it would not have the Rock Band brand on it so fuck knows now.

Is there any Rock Band version that doesn't transfer to RB2?

You know, I think the Beatles are a band for which I would put up with this. Especially if it's the only way to play the Beatles.

I didn't do it for Metallica, I didn't even do it for Aerosmith, but for the Beatles? I could see it.

STILL, I would rather have transferrable content, because Rock Band has set a precedent, and Harmonix would be retarded to go backward.

I have been wanting this ever since I first started playing Rock Band. :love:

Harmonix have said that despite the bolting of the RB name on it, It is still a brand new experience and are not talking about exporting or DLC just yet.

title was bugging me

I wish it was Metallica Rock Band but oh well. GH: Metallica > this

Damn.

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pass

Probably be a good way for me to get to know The Beatles' music.

How can you not know the Beatles music? I mean really, how?

Because they suck! :shifty:

at this point i think it would be cheaper and easier to buy a guitar and learn to play the beatles.

I'd imagine that would require a level of talent most people playing GH.RB don't have. Obviously not all, but....

What? How dare you. I can beat Battery on expert. Surely I could play the beatles on a real guitar.

If it's got Tomorrow Never Knows, I am A Walrus and the like I'll go for it. Not a big fan of their earlier pop sound, bar HELP which I think is awesome.

Get Revolver and listen.

It's one of those rare albums where you can listen to every track knowing they are all good. No fillers.

Mr. Shakeycam caught some footage:

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I cannot freaking wait for this. I'm more excited for this than anything else coming out this year. So far.

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HOT

Not getting the game, but grabbing one of those axes is now a mission priority. Suppose this Beetles thing isn't a total waste for me!

^ Me too. Those look awesome.

I am under the assumption that Michael Jackson still owns the publishing rights to the Beetles' catalog.

Under which case it's a definite pass.

I am under the assumption that you don't know what you're talking about.

Why would that even matter?

Yeah, what G said.

I'm presuming he doesn't want his money going to someone he thinks is a paedo

moralfag

I would bet that The Beatles get a special exception and get a flat fee and revenue sharing.

Anyway, didn't Jackson sell on the publishing rights to Sony?

McCartney's replica Rock Band bass looks awesome, backwardsby Griffin McElroy { 4 hours ago } http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...001xbox001.png http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...intendo001.png http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...station001.png
Regardless of your feelings towards the mop-topped British rock sensation upon which the next Rock Band game is based, you have to admit -- The Beatles had them some lovely instruments. Two of these six-strings, Lennon and Harrison's Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet, will be coming as $99 add-ons to The Beatles: Rock Band -- however, a third replica guitar will be coming in the game's Limited Edition Premium Bundle: Paul McCartney's Höfner bass guitar, pictured above.

According to a recent Harmonix press release, this wireless periph will work with all versions of Rock Band. It certainly looks gorgeous, but as our well-read colleagues at Engadget point out, this Höfner controller was designed for a right-handed player. McCartney, of course, was a Southpaw. Man, the game isn't even out yet, and already Harmonix is taking outrageous liberties with history. Unbelievable.


A THIRD guitar. :drool:

Do they have a single guitar/game bundle? I want one of those so I can trade in my wired stratocaster.

Judging from Gamestop.com, doesn't look like it. Have to buy the game plus a $100 guitar separately.

That's a sweet bass controller. Probably gonna go for all three Beetles' axes. For fashion reasons, of course.

Shit. :mad:

Suppose I could always just stroll into Gamestop and pick up a used wireless strat. Really don't wanna tho.

Wasn't really feeling those first two guitars, but damn this third one is nice.

XBLive also has a decent length trailer of the game that's nothing but gameplay and cutscenes. I admit it was a charming presentation. I like the harmonizing integration, and having DLC makes a fool out of GH band exclusives.

There is no rockband 3 this year, so this is somewhat of a substitute for that.

A little research hurts no one...

Pfft, you cared enough to inquire with aim to degrade.

I feel a sharp pain in my duodenum when I do research.

So RDD wins.

But you would know Harmonix isn't pulling an Activision because it's common knowledge Beetles is the only RB announced for this year. Every three months a new GH game is hyped.

This isn't "in the know", "let me look up some sites" information. Hell, this board has enough info itself, so you wouldn't even be websurfing.

lol that is in no way common knowledge.

Maybe not Walmart Mom common, but certainly readily available here.

Not everyone here is a follow-every-bit-of-news gamer, kalyx.

I'm willing to bet Doggy had some passing knowledge that there were leagues more GHs floating around than RBs. He knew enough to point it out, in fact. Post #50. Go look. He sees one Rock Band spin-off and immediately finds it comparable to GHs strategy. And we are here.

He is also likes GH a lot more than RB, so that's why.

BUT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH.

Also, I'm done.

Not gonna argue about something so dumb for any longer.

I win.

Your point was weak sauce and your mom knows it.

She put it on your fail fries today.

And hand fed them to me.

Tasted like shame.

...Okay. Must have been a cool guy.

lol

This guy I work with is totally him

ffs


The Beatles: Rock Band, DLC not compatible with other Rock Band games

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Harmonix Creative Director Josh Randall confirmed to us today that we should think of the Rock Band platform and The Beatles: Rock Band as two totally separate entities. Meaning, that The Beatles: Rock Band tracks and DLC will not be playable with any other Rock Band songs and vice versa.

So, only owners of The Beatles: Rock Band will be able to download the Abbey Road album when its released as DLC later. There will also be no export feature for The Beatles: Rock Band into Rock Band. It's really a shame and one we hope that some licensing agreement in the future can fix.

It is a dick move, but it makes sense business-wise that they would want to force people to buy Beatles Rock Band if they wanted any chance of playing the Beatles.

Maybe...just maybe after the game is out for a while, they will give us an export option.

I don't think this was a Harmonix-MTV decsion, I think it was a Beatles one.

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Unlikely. the powers that be tend to be anal about Beatles music.

I know it's a rumor, but whatever.


Rumor: The Beatles: Rock Band track list leaked

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<!-- sphereit start --> It reads like so many rhythm/music game releases in the past -- the ubiquitous track list leak. The Beatles: Rock Band is still a few months off from its September 9 release date but Ripten has gotten its hands on a leaked list of the possible tracks from the game (found after the break).

The list does include the three tracks we checked out in our hands-on with the game at E3, though it also looks an awful lot like a list of Beatles singles across their career. Ripten notes that the ten tracks found in the glorious opening to the game are all included in its leaked list -- and it is approximately the same amount of tracks we know the game will be shipping with -- though we've yet to receive any official confirmation or denial from MTV Games, Harmonix, or EA.
Gallery: The Beatles: Rock Band

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• "I Saw Her Standing There"
• "Please Please Me"
• "Twist and Shout"
• "All My Loving"
• "I Wanna Be Your Man"
• "She Loves You"
• "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
• "A Hard Day's Night"
• "And I Love Her"
• "Can't Buy Me Love"
• "I'm A Loser"
• "Baby's in Black"
• "I Feel Fine"
• "Help!"
• "Ticket to Ride"
• "I've Just Seen a Face"
• "I'm Down"
• "Drive My Car"
• "In My Life"
• "If I Needed Someone"
• "Day Tripper"
• "Taxman"
• "She Said She Said"
• "And Your Bird Can Sing"
• "Paperback Writer"
• "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
• "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
• "Good Morning Good Morning"
• "I Am the Walrus"
• "Hello Goodbye"
• "Revolution"
• "Back in the USSR"
• "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
• "Birthday"
• "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
• "Helter Skelter"
• "Hey Bulldog"
• "Come Together"
• "Something"
• "Octopus's Garden"
• "Here Comes the Sun"
• "Don't Let Me Down"
• "Dig a Pony"
• "I've Got a Feeling"
• "Get Back"

Preordered along with the Gretsch today. :love:

Also reserved GH 5, but whatever.


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:love:

they got to give me Blackbird

Seeing if the tap dance gets put on the drums?

Hmm...No "Yellow Submarine" or "Hey, Jude"?

I badly want to be able to play Rain.

September issue of Game Informer has the Beatles on the front and a 10 page story.

Includes the full on disc track list, interview with Olivia and Yoko, and tons of background information on the game.

Full Song List:

Singles
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don’t Let Me Down

Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles (1963)
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night
Can’t Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale (1964)
Eight Days a Week

Help! (1965)
Ticket To Ride

Rubber Soul (1965)
Drive My Car
I’m Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver (1966)
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Dear Prudence
Back In the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine (1969)
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road (1969)
Come Together
Something
Octopus’s Garden
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love (2006)
Within You Without You/ Tomorrow Never Knows

That's an immense track list, soooo getting this game

Yeah, they got my favorite songs, so everything is great.

That's a very strange list. Including Boys and Twist and Shout, which aren't originally Beatles songs and leaving out:

A Day In The Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Let It Be
Yesterday
All You Need Is Love
Hey Jude
In My Life
Penny Lane
Nowhere Man
She Loves You
Here, There And Everywhere
Blackbird
Martha My Dear
The Long And Winding Road
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Free As A Bird
Help!
Eleanor Rigby
I Will

I could go on and on with the omissions.

That said, I'm still very excited to play this game, as I am a huge Beatlefan and will no doubt play this until I've got blisters on my fingers. I just hope DLC comes quickly for this. I know some has been announced, but there's a ton I want to be able to play ASAP.

i think we will be pleased:

Beatles music will be presented in the form of the band’s complete albums (although people will still be able to buy individual songs from the records). The first three albums scheduled for release are “Rubber Soul,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Abbey Road.”

I know they omitted some great songs, but I can understand some of them. I mean, how fun would "Eleanor Rigby" be to play?

Ultimately there is a problem in that everything short of their full catalogue will illicit complaints from a large number of fans. This does not have everything I want, but is a solid collection of Beatles songs. Plus, it does look like we'll get DLC.

a lot of the ones you mentioned are piano or other non guitar instrument heavy

especially hey jude and eleanor rigby, seriousyly did you really think those games would be on ?

*songs not games

Because:

1. No band game would ever put on a song that was light on a specific instrument.
2. No band game would ever chart non-guitar instruments for guitar.
3. No band game would ever feature a sub-optimal song based on the popularity.

MIRITE

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Basically a boon for fans only. I don't mind, GH:Met being around and all.

Was planning on getting this tomorrow along with a guitar, but that is being put on hold. I've watched some videos of songs being played on Youtube and it looks pretty cool. Might be able to get the game Friday and the guitar for my birthday at the end of the month. :-\

let me ask you guys a question for those who play instruments. To me, if you play an instrument, it kind of seems like something like this or all the other music games wouldn't be much fun because you're not really playing the song.

Like I play piano and if a "keyboard" came out for this game, I don't think I would find playing Let It Be on the WII Keyboard much fun.


does it keep your interest even if you play real instruments?