The Beatles: Rock Band allows fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and experience The Beatles extraordinary catalogue of music through gameplay that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band's legendary career.
The Beatles: Rock Band offers the introduction of three-part vocal harmonies to game play, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of the Fab Four. Beatles fans will also be thrilled to hear previously unreleased authentic voice recordings from John, Paul, George and Ringo chatting between takes during studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road more than four decades ago.
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Harmonix led the way in allowing gamers to experience the music they love in new ways. Now the developer is blurring the line between videogame studio and music producer with the launch of the Rock Band Network Music Store. Hit the high note after the jump. Read More »
Viacom was so happy with Rock Band creator Harmonix in 2008 that it paid the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based developer $150 million in bonuses. Now that the plastic-guitar thrill is gone, Sumner Redstone's company wants a big chunk of its money back. Read More »
Though The Beatles: Rock Band has moved over 1 million units to date, Harmonix still had to lay off 39 employees today in a move to restructure staff for the studio's upcoming development schedule (via Joystiq). A rep for MTV Games and Harmonix later confirmed the number of employees affected by the layoffs with Gamasutra, adding that the cuts have nothing to do with sales performance of The Beatles: Rock Band. Read More »
It's highly likely that you've already been swept up in Beatle-mania this year. And if you haven't, then you're not a real Beatles fan. Harmonix's latest music title has been raking in the sales like nobody's business and now that the first full DLC album -- Abbey Road -- has hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii, the cashflow is unlikely to slow. Check out the new trailer for this newly released album after the jump. Read More »
In an interview with USA Today, U2 bassist Adam Clayton expressed interest in doing a U2 version of Rock Band akin to the recent Beatles: Rock Band (via 1UP).
This is a change of heart for the band, because as Clayton notes, U2 didn't want to compromise their image, letting their avatars be playable during other bands' songs. With the release of Beatles Rock Band, however, the band knows how to do it right: "What The Beatles have done, where the animation is much more representative of them, is what we're interested in, rather than the one-size-fits-all animation. We didn't want to be caricatured." While not as influential as the Beatles, U2 does have a few decades of music to cover in the same career-overview fashion. Read More »
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Publisher: MTV Games
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: MTV Games
Also available on: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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