Michael Jackson has passed away, and lawyers are currently picking through his estate. Jackson owned 267 Beatles songs, the ownership of which is at risk.
While the band broke up decades ago, and half of them are now dead, the remaining Beatles weren’t just going to sit by and watch somebody make a game based on their career. So they helped.
The Beatles: Rock Band has been playable at E3 this week. So, being fans of both The Beatles and Rock Band, we figured we’d go check it out.
I may not be the biggest Beatles fan, but it was hard to deny the appeal of the first trailer for The Beatles: Rock Band. It looks fab.
The release of The Beatles: Rock Band is going to be a “big deal.” We know. But it’s going to be a bigger deal than we’d expected.
MTV Games rhythm game based on The Beatles will feature more than just the Fab Four’s number ones and B-sides. The Beatles: Rock Band is getting “never been heard, never been released” content too.
From the early days in Liverpool to psychedelia of Magical Mystery Tour and beyond, the Harmonix-developed Beatles game will let feature the band’s different periods.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Sir Paul McCartney has spoken a little on the upcoming Beatles title in development at Harmonix. Only a little. But a little is better than nothing!
How excited is John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono for the recently announced video game based on The Beatles? “Very excited.” Ono tells Entertainment Weekly that she, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison’s widow Olivia “are actually pretty hip,” which made the agreement to licence the band’s likeness to MTV Games and Harmonix possible.
