Koku Gamer writes: "Viacom, owners of MTV Games, are hoping to hit it big with The Beatles: Rock Band…but if it fails, it could mark the beginning of the end for Rock Band.
It looks like Beatlemania has started a few weeks early as Best Buy has announced that they will be placing demo stations of The Beatles: Rock Band on display starting today, August 23. The demo stations will be available at over 800 stores nationwide.
The Beatles: Rock Band Special Value Bundle for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s Wii is available for pre-order at under $140.
Speaking at Gamescom 2009, Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix, the world's leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, today confirmed release details for the three Beatles albums that will be available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store by the end of this year. Abbey Road will be released on October 20, 2009, followed by the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
Speaking at Gamescom 2009, Alex Rigopulos, CEO and cofounder of Harmonix, today confirmed release details for the three Beatles albums that will be available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store by the end of this year. Abbey Road will be released on October 20, 2009, followed by the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
The late John Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, is notorious for a number of somewhat less than pleasant experiences related to The Beatles' career. According to NME, she's still offering a controlling hand in The Beatles' affairs -- notably, The Beatles: Rock Band. "She gave the designers hell," said Paul DeGooyer, senior VP of electronic games and music at MTV.
Hot on the back of yesterday's news that Rubber Soul and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band are heading to The Beatles: Rock Band as downloadable albums, comes 44 of the 45 song track list.
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club and Rubber Soul will be coming to The Beatles Rock band as DLC.
HMV is offering three free downloadable tracks to customers that pre-order The Beatles: Rock Band via their website.
Though developers and publishers may be allured by the mass-market potential in making a music game, Activision-Blizzard admitted yesterday that the genre is facing tough times.