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Rock Band Publisher MTV Signs Deal With Beatles License Holder

by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 29, 2008 1:33pm PDT

Related Topics – Rock Band 2, NBA 2K9, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii

MTV Games, owner of Rock Band developer Harmonix, has sent out a press release announcing that at a press conference tomorrow, it will detail an exclusive agreement with Apple Corps Ltd "to develop a global music project".

Apple Corps has nothing to do with iPods or MacBooks, instead it represents all business dealings of The Beatles. As such, it seems obvious a music game featuring music by The Beatles will be unveiled at the event.

Back in June, the Financial Times reported that both MTV Games and Guitar Hero publisher Activision were vying for the rights to create a videogame featuring The Beatles music.

More details will be revealed at tomorrow's press conference, which will start at 9AM Central.

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By: tedrotheredro x Show Full Post

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Favorite Beatles song?

Personal favorite: Happiness is Warm Gun
Best for Rock Band: While My Guitar Gently Weeps or Helter Skelter

Oct 29, 2008 7:26pm PDT

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Hellz Yeah. Best video game news all week.

Oct 30, 2008 6:35am PDT

Hellz Yeah. Best video game news all week. : matrixneo42

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Being able to say "we have The Beatles and they don't" is marketing equiavlent of castrating the opponent with a bandsaw.

This is gonne be awesome!

Oct 29, 2008 8:54pm PDT

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- I reserve the right to use your simile in conversation on a daily or twice-daily basis, and to interject ... : BrianConfucius
- That's probably true for some of the older crowd, but kids these days don't really know/care about the be... : hillemania

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We all live in a yellow submarine... yellow submarine... yellow submarine...

Oct 30, 2008 4:55am PDT

We all live in a yellow submarine... yellow submarine... yellow submarine... : Freon

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Oh, FUCK YEAH.

This is awesome.

Oct 30, 2008 4:27am PDT

Oh, FUCK YEAH. This is awesome. : Rice-Rocketeer

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I AM THE WALRUS! COO-COO-CA-CHOOO!

Oct 29, 2008 1:45pm PDT

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I AM THE WALRUS! COO-COO-CA-CHOOO! : mancide
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  - The Walrus is dead? : MamiyaOtaru
  - Been lookin' through the glass onion have we? : c0v3rt@speakeasy.net
- Yellow mustard custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye! : oO SilentK Oo

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Oh shit this is huge. I'm glad it won't be part of the GH franchise.

Oct 29, 2008 2:24pm PDT

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Oh shit this is huge. I'm glad it won't be part of the GH franchise. : Geoffrois
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  Why is that? : doctorbfunk
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    For me, Harmonix do a much better job with the note tracks. : chazums
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      this is true as heck : johnwissinger
      
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      There's that and I personally the look and feel of Rock Band. The note charts are easier on the eyes, the... : Geoffrois
      
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      I just meant why not have it in both. Making it exclusive doesn't necessarily make it better. : doctorbfunk
      
      I don't see why not either. More money for Apple Corps. : TrptJim
      
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      I agree completely. I played GH2 and 3 some recently, and going back to Rock Band was like a breath of f... : oO SilentK Oo
      
      guitar hero 2 was actually made by harmonix, haha it was the last game they did together before they got... : Break
- I agree, I'd rather the whole GH franchise die in a gutter. But then, competition is good. : deadhorse

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I have been hoping for this. I dunno why I want to see Guitar Hero go down in flames and Rock Band become the awesome messiah. Perhaps it's my leaning in favor of Harmonix.

But I hope their entire library, if not most of it, makes it into a stand alone game that would be done like a Beatles movie(s).

Oct 29, 2008 7:22pm PDT

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  They wouldn't put them all into a stand alone game. They'd stretch it out into a dozen DLC, in addition ... : oO SilentK Oo
  - As long as we get Beatles is all I care too. But I mean a game kind of following the Beatle's career's wo... : Sailor of Fortune

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Hurray for never ever having to see or hear about "Guitar Hero: Beatles" where I can "realize the experience of being the beetles" BECAUSE NO YOU FUCKING CAN"T.

Oct 29, 2008 9:36pm PDT

Hurray for never ever having to see or hear about "Guitar Hero: Beatles" where I can "realize the experie... : gte879p

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Rock Band wins.

Oct 29, 2008 9:32pm PDT

Rock Band wins. : cycopl

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By: Super Sparker x Show Full Post

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Beatles + Rock Band?
This is the best news I've heard all year!
\m/ \m/

Oct 29, 2008 7:59pm PDT

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Beatles + Rock Band? This is the best news I've heard all year! \m/ \m/ : Super Sparker
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- Yeah, I didn't think "Guitar Hero" name suited Beatles well. I mean Ringo is awesome. : Sailor of Fortune

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If they can get The Beatles... can they get Led Zeppelin???

Oct 29, 2008 6:40pm PDT

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If they can get The Beatles... can they get Led Zeppelin??? : empathe
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  Maybe if they get some Puff Daddy music first? : Sailor of Fortune
  - Ugh, that song was such a travesty. : empathe

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Wow this is XBOX HUGE !

I can finally be like Phil collins and drum at the same time as I know the beatles catalogue almost by heart.

I hope this will be a DLC or a stand alone title that can be imported into RB2. Either way the exchange rate will rape my dry in the ass.

Oct 29, 2008 3:37pm PDT

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- Don't worry, your dry is safe with me. : heartsauce

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Think about it, how many unbelievably simple and basic Beatles songs are there in comparison to their awesome, epic, complex songs? Maybe 50/50? I hope they skip out on the latter completely...

Oct 29, 2008 2:27pm PDT

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Beatles in ROCK BAND 2 ASAP Please!

Oct 29, 2008 2:40pm PDT

Beatles in ROCK BAND 2 ASAP Please! : dhvyse

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For the love of god, make this DLC for Rock Band.

Oct 29, 2008 2:09pm PDT

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For the love of god, make this DLC for Rock Band. : chazums
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  I'd bet on a standalone title. Either way I'll get it ASAP. : pyrogen
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    Even if it is standalone, as long as you can do as with the AC/DC tracks, I am very happy. : Masem
    - standalone for us ps2 guys! please!!!!!!! : anthonybean

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off topic but... is there some reason the rss feed isnt updating? the last rss item was the one about the ps3 selling 17 million...

Oct 29, 2008 1:59pm PDT

off topic but... is there some reason the rss feed isnt updating? the last rss item was the one about the... : radio_babylon

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Now that's what I'm singing about!

Oct 29, 2008 1:36pm PDT

Now that's what I'm singing about! : lolpatrol

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