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Beatles-Rock Band Announce Coming?

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By Kris Graft

October 29, 2008

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Edge has received word that tomorrow, an "exclusive agreement to develop a global music project" will be announced by The Beatles' catalog holders, Apple Corps and MTV, owners of Rock Band developer Harmonix.

Nothing in the press alert mentioned games, but it was forwarded by one of our PR contacts for MTV Games and Harmonix.

Apple Corps had been rumored to be in talks with MTV Games and Guitar Hero developer Activision since the middle of this year.

It's possible that Rock Band could simply begin featuring Beatles songs available for download, or it could be a "project" of greater magnitude. Without official confirmation, it's impossible to tell at this point.

If the Rock Band franchise is able to secure Beatles tunes on an exclusive basis, the deal could be at best a reason for people to choose Rock Band over Guitar Hero World Tour, or at worst, a gigantic feather-in-the-cap for MTV Games.

Attending the meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern will be Apple Corps CEO Jeff Jones, MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath and MTV Networks Music/Logo Group president Van Toffler.

Ozzman_79's picture
On October 30th Ozzman_79 said:

I know there are some fans, but is your average RB gamer gonna terribly care about the Beatles? Or, are they just gonna see it as more of "Mom and Dad's music?" I'm not sure how many teens or twenty-somethings the Beatles appeal to anymore.

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On October 30th Ben_B said:

Thing is, even if 'hardcore gamers' see Beatles as "Mom and Dad's music", which I don't see why they should given there's a lot of excellent Beatles tracks, there's a lot of mum and dads out there that might find this appealing. My parents, for example, have Rock Band and as much as they've enjoyed using the game to discover new music they, naturally, love grabbing loads of the tracks they're familiar with and I can imagine them loving this. Similarly, this could be the fact that sways some of those casual gaming mums and dads to Rock Band.

I don't think any one signing like this will be game-over for either fanchise, but this is a big coup for Rock Band.

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On October 30th ShamanNY said:

Some people are saying is game over for GH if the Beatles come to RB... while thats clearly not true, it is an undeniable coup.

I wonder how many non-gamers would buy this...

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On October 29th toadwarrior said:

I'd buy a Beatles based Rock band game...in fact it would be the only one I'd buy.

BTW, you should have went for the Revolver cover over let it be. :P

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On October 29th Kris Graft said:


I considered full frontal John Lennon and Yoko Ono, but decided against it.