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Release date set for Beatles pretend to play game
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 6 March 2009
‘Rock Band’ makers MTV Games and Harmonic yesterday announced that the previously reported Beatles edition of their pretend-to-play game would hit the streets on 9 Sep.
‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ is only really big news because, of course, it’s the first time the Fab Four’s music will be officially available through a digital platform, long term squabbling between EMI and Beatles company Apple Corps having prevented the band’s music from appearing on iTunes or any other download service.
The game will be released simultaneously for the Xbox, PlayStation and Wii worldwide, and the release will coincide with the launch of a range of new Rock Band ‘instruments’ modelled on those played by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr, though the game will work on traditional Rock Band kit too.
There’s been no confirmation of what tracks will appear in the game, nor whether additional tracks will subsequently appear on the Rock Band download platform, though in a recent interview Paul McCartney told Entertainment Weekly that “it will feature different periods of the band – you get early days, Liverpool, then psychedelic, and on from there. It’s very cool. And I like the idea that the game introduces kids to music, you know?”
We also know that Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George Martin, who co-produced the recent-ish Beatles ‘LOVE’ project, is Music Producer on the game, and that some exclusive Beatles goodies will be made available ahead of the 9 Sep release to those who pre-order the game.
More info at www.thebeatlesrockband.com.
