The Beatles: Rock Band

[Spidey-Bat]

http://kotaku.com/5164835/the-beatles-rock-band-hits-sept-9-for-250-with-instruments

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

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.

Debut trailer from E3 2009
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-the-beatles/49969

Looks like you'll be able to have up to 3 players sing (0:48-1:10). I wonder if you'll be able to create a character and have your character play with the band (or replace one of them).


Lennon's Rickenbacker 325 (sold separately, $100)

Harrison's Gretsch Duo-Jet (sold separately, $100)

McCartney's Höfner Bass will only be available in the Premium edition

Ringo's drum set will also only be available in the Premium edition.

The entire set list was released in the September issue of Game Informer, and is as follows...

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

Also, All You Need Is Love will be available as a timed exclusive to Xbox Live day and date with the game as downloadable content. The entire Abbey Road album will be coming at a later date as DLC on all platforms, rumored to be within a month of launch. Coming after that will be Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as full album DLC as well. If you listen to the New York Times article, most, if not all, of the DLC will be full albums.

Speaking of the New York Times article, here are a couple articles about the game...

New York Times

Wired Magazine

You can view trailers, the intro video for the game, and a few in game music videos showing off the dream scenes and live recreations at the following links...

Intro


Trailer 1


Trailer 2


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends


Birthday


Here Comes The Sun


Revolution


Ticket To Ride


(Credit goes to The Joker for formatting everything after the instruments)

 

[Raiden]

It's too bad that it won't be able to port its track list over to RB2 a la RB1, but I'll probably pick this game up anyway since Beatles have one of the most impressive catalog ever for an artist or band.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I might grab it. I don't really care for the "insert band name here" spin off games. The only one that would get me to buy it would be if they did one for "Van Halen" whom I absolutely love.

But I passed up Aerosmith, I'm going to pass up Metallica, and chances are I'll pass this one up also.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

so will we be able to use the RB2 peripherals? (sp) or do we have buy brand new ones?

 

[Brainiac 8]

According to them it'll be compatible with all current gen peripherals.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

so will we be able to use the RB2 peripherals? (sp) or do we have buy brand new ones?

"It will also be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers and other current music-based video game peripherals."

 

[JackBauer]

With the bundle costing $250, they'd be pretty stupid not to make them compatible.

I mean, I know it's The Beatles and all, but forcing everyone to buy another premium kit would be a pretty *****ey thing to do.

 

[Raiden]

With the bundle costing $250, they'd be pretty stupid not to make them compatible.

I mean, I know it's The Beatles and all, but forcing everyone to buy another premium kit would be a pretty *****ey thing to do.

I agree. I'm happy that all my periperals can be used for RB2, GH:TW, GH: Metallica, and RB Beatles.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

i remember them saying when they first announced it that they wouldn't be compatible..

 

[imaperson2]

seriously can't wait...I'm the singer when I play rock band 2, and I can't wait to sing The Beatles songs!

 

[Sam Fisher]

They can do stupid Rock Band but they can't put their stuff on itunes???

 

[Spidey-Bat]

They can do stupid Rock Band but they can't put their stuff on itunes???

There are other ways to get MP3s of their music

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

lol i got most of the collection from my local library there pretty good about the customers.

 

[Joker]

Cant wait for this. One of the few bands who I would buy a whole game focusing on.

 

[Timstuff]

If you're going to make a game based on one band, it should be the Beatles. I don't give a crap about Guitar Hero: Aerosmith or Guitar Hero: Metallica, but making a Beatles game is definitely a worthwhile endeavor. They are THE rock band, and if anyone is entitled to having their own game, it's them. I think this year, we could very well see the Rock Band franchise outshine Guitar Hero at retail. Seriously, how can a "greatest hits" rehash possibly outsell the Fab 4?

 

[JackBauer]

If you're going to make a game based on one band, it should be the Beatles. I don't give a crap about Guitar Hero: Aerosmith or Guitar Hero: Metallica, but making a Beatles game is definitely a worthwhile endeavor. They are THE rock band, and if anyone is entitled to having their own game, it's them. I think this year, we could very well see the Rock Band franchise outshine Guitar Hero at retail. Seriously, how can a "greatest hits" rehash possibly outsell the Fab 4?

If it does, I'll lose what little faith in humanity I have left.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

http://kotaku.com/5212303/heres-your-beatles-rock-band-box-art

Box art revealed

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

i just got an email from Game Stop, about the Special Collectors Edition of the game, it comes with exclusive peripherals, like a model of Pauls signature Bass and things like that.

i can't wait to get this for my birthday!!!

 

[The Englishman]

Will this game be compatable with the GT:WT Periperals??

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Yes. It may depend on the console though.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The box art looks cool. I'm glad they went with a more "fun" look for the band, rather than something like the Abbey Road cover. It brings to mind more of the Beatles upbeat, energetic songs, which are probably going to be more fun in the game than "Yesterday" and the like.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

does anyone know what the playlist migh be like?

 

[Joker]

It's going to have 45 songs, so I would guess it will be a nice cross section from their entire library. I remember a rumor saying that Harmonix had actually licensed a bunch more than that, so I wouldn't be surprised if we got full discography DLC over the course of a couple years, which would be just god damn amazing.

Also, I know that this game probably won't let you export it's songs into the normal Rock Band/Rock Band 2 games, but I see no reason why Harmonix shouldn't let you export Rock Band/Rock Band 2's set lists into this, and have the DLC be compatible with it. I just hate switching discs.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I hope "Daytripper" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" are on there.

It'd be nice if you could store all the songs from all Harmonix games on your hard drive and just play them in whatever Rock Band game you happen to be playing, but that seems like a bit too much to ask.

 

[Joker]

You pretty much can do that right now. The Beatles will be the first one since they split with Red Octane/Guitar Hero that won't allow you to export the tracks/import the tracks from the other games.