With The Beatles: Rock Band set to receive the eight Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tracks not included with the rhythm game this week as downloadable content, Harmonix has put together a medley trailer celebrating the whole psychedelic shebang.

The album's eight remaining tracks arrive on Xbox 360 and Wii today for $2 (160 Microsoft Points) a pop then are due Thursday on PlayStation 3. 360 and PS3 players can buy them as a bumper bargain track pack for $13.49 (1080 Microsoft Points).

'Rubber Soul' is the next album facing DLC completion, some time in December.

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Harmonix has pinned down the release date of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band full album downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band to next week.

Arriving November 17 on Xbox 360 and Wii then November 19 on PlayStation 3 to buy as a track pack or individually, the eight 'new' Sgt. Pepper's tracks will combine with the five already on the disc to complete the fab four's famed psychedelic album from 1967.

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Best Buy is offering a very accessible entry point to the world of plastic toy guitars with a one-day deal on a bundle of Rock Band 2 Special Edition and The Beatles: Rock Band on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for $130, a $30 discount on their individual prices.

Rock Band 2 SE contains the guitar, drum and microphone controllers in addition to a copy of the 84-track game, while The Beatles: Rock Band is the game disc only.

The deal is only available today from Best Buy's online store. Thanks masem for the tip.

The plan for a new band-specific Rock Band game may have been spoiled by The Who lead singer Roger Daltrey, who stated in a new interview that the legendary group is getting the Harmonix treatment next year.

"They're going to be doing a Who one next year," said Daltrey to Masslive, in giving his thoughts on this year's The Beatles: Rock Band.

"There is one planned," he added. "[The idea] is fabulous."

While the default assumption is that the aged rocker was referring to DLC, The Who has already been featured as Rock Band DLC several times. Harmonix has said nothing, of course.

The Beatles: Rock Band players can finally see, and play, Polythene Pam and the rest of the songs from the group's seminal album Abbey Road today. The full album, and associated singles, are now available on Xbox 360 and Wii.

The following trailer presents a medley of the new songs, which also come with new dreamscapes and in-studio videos:

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Abbey Road will finally be available in complete form tomorrow for The Beatles: Rock Band owners, and now we've got the final details on pricing and song organization. Three of the songs--"Maxwell's Silver Hammer," "Oh! Darling," and "Because"--will be available as individual tracks for $2, while the songs included in the full $17 album can be played as either a 16 minute medley or as collections of one-to-three songs.

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It looks like next week will be a costly one for some Rock Band owners, as developer Harmonix is slated to unleash some rather anticipated downloadable add-ons.

Those with plain old Rock Band or Rock Band 2 will be tempted by the addition of ten Queen tunes, all of which are original master recordings. Each tune will go for $2 / 160 MS Points / 200 Wii Points, with the entire ten-pack going for $16 / 1280 MS Points.

Meanwhile, owners of The Beatles: Rock Band will be able to expand their song libraries with the remaining tracks from "Abbey Road," including the 16-minute B-side medley. Songs will be available individually at $2 / 160 MS Points / 200 Wii Points or collectively through a $17 /1360 MS Point bundle, with more albums on the way.

Expect both sets of downloadable content to hit Xbox 360 and Wii on Tuesday, October 20, with PlayStation 3 availability coming Thursday, October 22. Should you desire a full list of the various tunes soon to be on offer, look no further... Read more

Sales of The Beatles: Rock Band are exceeding company expectations, but early indicators show Guitar Hero 5 beating the game in overall retail competition.

"Sales have exceeded our internal projections and we've sold 25 per cent of our inventory in the first week," said Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman at New York's Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, according to Gamasutra.

Meanwhile, Guitar Hero division head Dan Rosensweig claims that Activision's Guitar Hero 5 is currently outselling The Beatles four-to-one in US retail stores. The UK weekly sales chart shows that Guitar Hero 5 captured first place in its debut, with The Beatles only reaching the fourth slot on the chart.

"[The Beatles: Rock Band] did not affect our sales," said Rosensweig to the Financial Times.

I've never been what you'd call a "Beatles Fan." My parents didn't play the White Album on summer trips. I never had a friend that pushed Sgt. Pepper's into my hands. I didn't own a bird named Ringo, and I never had a snake named Yoko. I've gone through life oblivious of the intricacies of the thing, nodding my head knowingly as people spoke reverently of the group. "Oh yes, The Beatles. That was a good one." So it was odd to find myself anticipating The Beatles: Rock Band with the kind of frothy fervor I'd normally reserve for a space strategy game. The one aspect of the music genre that continues to excite me is the prospect of discovering new bands by way of my need to justify the expense of my plastic instruments. Purchasing $10 albums seems excessive, but put that same music in a $60 game, and now I have a great excuse to make use of my $300 drums. Video games.

In that respect, it's a disservice to say that only Beatles fans should investigate The Beatles: Rock Band. As someone that missed out on Beatlemania, the game not only works as a collection of Beatles Rock Band songs, but also as a brief education in the chronology and evolution of the band's music. It's also really fun.... Read more

With The Beatles: Rock Band hitting Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii tomorrow, Harmonix has announced the final of its 45 tracks--'The End,' the last song recorded by Fab Four.

Full albums will hit the rhythm game following release, with the first being Abbey Road on October 20 for $16.98 (1360 Microsoft Points). The track 'All You Need Is Love' will be available on Xbox 360 tomorrow for $2 (160 MS Points), arriving on other platforms later.

Click on through to see the full tracklist organised by setting and era.... Read more

As a grey and cloudy day dawns here in Indiana, what better way to celebrate than an in-game music video of "Here Comes The Sun" from The Beatles: Rock Band?

Developed by Guitar Hero creator Harmonix, the multi-instrument music game arrives in PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii form with 45 songs in tow come September 9.

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Major Harmonix-related announcements have just been unleashed from GamesCom.

The company has priced the downloadable Abbey Road album for The Beatles: Rock Band at $16.98 (1360 Microsoft Points). The album hits on October 20, with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to arrive in November and Rubber Soul in December.

"All You Need Is Love" will be available as a single for $1.99 on launch day, September 9, on Xbox Live exclusively. Other platforms will get the song later.

Harmonix adds that "purchasers of the full album download of Abbey Road will have the option to play the famous 16-minute B-side medley as a single continuous track."

Furthermore, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos revealed that the following bands will soon be featured as Rock Band 2 DLC: Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn, and The Raconteurs.

Harmonix has formally announced another nineteen The Beatles: Rock Band tracks, celebrated with a new trailer showing the digital fab four performing a few of the tunes.

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The confirmation of this latest batch means that only one of the rhythm game's forty-five tracks remains unknown. First up, the newly-announced tracks and their locations.

• Boys / Cavern Club
• A Hard Day's Night / Ed Sullivan Theater
• I'm Looking Through You / Shea Stadium
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Buried in a massive nine page New York Times article on The Beatles: Rock Band was the news that two more full albums are set to be released as downloadable content for the game. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Rubber Soul" will join the already-announced "Abbey Road" as downloadable albums following the game's release, according to the article.

Also hidden in the article? This hilarious tidbit: "The Rock Band Network is so potentially consequential that Harmonix went to great lengths to keep its development secret, including giving it the unofficial in-house code name Rock Band: Nickelback, on the theory that the name of the quintessentially generic modern rock group would be enough to deflect all curiosity."

With less than a month to go, Harmonix continues to tease the impending release of The Beatles: Rock Band, this time to the tune of "Ticket To Ride." The music game and its virtual incarnations of the fab four hit PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii on September 9.

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Hey hey, it's your birthday. What? It's not? Well, let's pretend it is. Your present: the in-game animation for the Harmonix rendition of The Beatles' celebratory "Birthday." It was between that and a new Fairytale Fights trailer, so you oughta be pretty happy.

The Beatles: Rock Band is released September 9 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

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Continuing the slow drip of its carefully prepared marketing plan, developer Harmonix has unveiled another batch of the tunes that will be found in The Beatles: Rock Band.

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Joining the known tracks are standouts like "Yellow Submarine" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," with the latest songs and their featured venues below:

• Twist And Shout / Cavern Club
• Do You Want To Know A Secret / Cavern Club
• Can't Buy Me Love / Ed Sullivan Theater
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Eager Beatlemaniacs can now get their eyes on The Beatles: Rock Band's opening cinematic, a treat of an animated trip through the many ages of the Fab Four.

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Now might be a good time to revisit the E3 trailer--also with information on tracks and albums--while you wait for the September 9 release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Following on from the Beatles: Rock Band trailer and track information we brought you earlier in the day, we now offer the first screenshots of Harmonix's Beatles rhythm game, showing the Fab Four across the ages, as well as character shots of their moptop days.

The Beatles: Rock Band is released September 9 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Fresh out of Microsoft's E3 presentation we have the first in-game look at The Beatles: Rock Band, along with the first ten announced songs from the game's full 45.

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Full albums will be released as downloadable content, with the first up being Abbey Road shortly after launch. It was also revealed that the song All You Need Is Love will be exclusive to Xbox Live, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.

Below you'll find the first ten tracks confirmed to be in The Beatles: Rock Band.

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