Maybe this didn't work out quite as planned.
]]>MTV Games general manager Scott Guthrie has said that The Beatles: Rock Band didn't sell as well in Europe as the company had hoped, but in the end, it's still pleased with how it did.
]]>EA's announced it's bringing All You Need is Love to PS3 and Wii, starting next week.
]]>The LA Times is reporting that global sales of The Beatles: Rock Band have now exceeded 1.7 million.
]]>Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has admitted on US TV he is "crap" at Rock Band.
]]>All You Need is Love was downloaded more than 100,000 times for The Beatles: Rock Band in September, MTV said today.
The DLC was a 360 exclusive, as announced at E3 this year.
The game itself was the second bestselling title across all formats in the US last month, as detailed in last night's NPD release.
PR below.
]]>EA's sent out a friendly reminder that Abbey Road will be the first full album to become available to download for Beatles: Rock Band, as of tomorrow on Xbox Live Marketplace for 1360 MS points and on the Rock Band shop for the Wii.
The album will also release on the PSN on Thursday for £10.46/$16.99/€11.37.
It's also worth noting that Sgt Pepper and Rubber Soul are due before the end of the year.
Find the PR after the jump. Here Comes the Sun, do do do doooo...
]]>Looks like EA has officially announced the two microphone pack for The Beatles: Rock Band.
The two microphone pack for PS3 contains two SingStar mics and is for sale now in the UK for £49.99.
In the press release, Harmonix and MTV threw in a gentle reminder that Abbey Road will be released on October 20, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
It's all after the break.
]]>Microsoft has announced that the first downloadable song for The Beatles: Rock Band, "All You Need is Love", has become the fastest-selling bit of DLC in the franchise's history - all within two days of being made available.
The proceeds from the DLC have so far equaled in the "tens of thousands of dollars", and directly benefit the Doctors Without Borders charity.
Also, remember that cool Xbox 360 with Beatles artwork up for auction benefiting the charity? It sold for $17,300.
Good to hear.
Full press release is through the break.
]]>EA's released a handy press release detailing tracks, pricing, future DLC dates and everything else you could possibly want to know about The Beatles: Rock Band. Get it after the break.
The game releases tomorrow. Have £180 to spare? Now you know what to do with it.
Take a look.
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The embargo for reviews for The Beatles: Rock Band went in the early hours of Sunday morning, and first reactions seem to be very good.
Eurogamer went for a 9. Everyone else? Below are some of the other picks:
- IGN - 9.0 (UK and US)
- GameTrailers - 8.7
- Kotaku - N/A
- Joystiq - N/A
- TeamXbox - 9.3
- VideoGamer - 9
- Strategy Informer - 9.2
- MTV Multiplayer - N/A
- Ve3tro - 9.5
It's out on Wednesday - 9.9.09 (notice a pattern here yet?) - for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PS2, alongside the remasters of the band's 13 albums.
IGN's video review is after the jump.
]]>Update 2: Harmonix CEO, Alex Rigopulos, has confirmed "The End" as the 45th song on the The Beatles: Rock Band during the GameStop managers convention in Las Vegas. Good to know.
Update: Apparently the "mystery" song is "The End". Thanks for spoiling it for us internet, and thanks for the lack of creativity Harmonix - if this turns out to be true.
Original Story: Forty-four songs have been announced for The Beatles: Rock Band so far, but there are actually 45 on the disc.
According to an MTV representative speaking with Kotaku, the remaining track is to remain a surprise for people who purchase the game.
Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's, and Abbey Road are to be released not too long after the September 9 release, so it is doubtful it's a track off any of those, unless Harmonix decides to purposely be redundant.
The full track list is below the break so you don't have to go searching the site for it.
Start placing your bets now on what it is. Maybe Eleanor Rigby? Penny Lane? Hey Jude?
]]>A commercial advertising The Beatles: Rock Band has been released, and it is a bit strange.
Especially George and John. Come on. Seriously.
Anyway, it's posted after the break. Game's out September 9.
]]>Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos played The Beatles: Rock Band to a party crowd on top of Microsoft's Cologne offices the other night. We filmed it. For a laugh.
Live the rooftop Beatles German plastic instrument dream right along with us by hitting the link.
]]>Harmonix gave the business to GamesCom this year in the form of a colossal cacophony of Rock Band news.
First up, the world's rockin'-est game developer announced that The Beatles: Rock Band has three DLC albums lined up for the rest of 2009, with Abbey Road coming in October, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November, and Rubber Soul in December. You'll also be able to jam to Abbey Road's full 16-minute B-side as one continuous track. Rock on... and on and on and on.
Don't think Rock Band and Rock Band 2 missed out on the fun, though. Harmonix announced that Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn, The Raconteurs and more (!) are taking their tours into Rock Band's virtual world.
The full press release is after the break.
]]>EA's released the GamesCom trailer for The Beatles: Rock Band and, holy s**t, it's three kinds of f**king awesome. It has "A Hard Days Night", "Drive My Car", "Dear Prudence" and more.
It's after the jump.
It's out 9/9/09 for PS3, 360, Wii and PS2.
From IGN.
]]>After the break, we've posted a new video from The Beatles: Rock Band courtesy of Joystiq.
Ticket to Ride is the track, and the site was nice enough to remove the scrawling notes so you could get the full animated effect of the Fab Four.
Awesome.
Come on September.
]]>EA's put out video of four full tracks from The Beatles: Rock Band, as seen after the break.
Well, either they're official or they're not. Make up your own mind.
The game's out in September. Thanks, Joystiq.
]]>MTV and Harmonix's parent company, Viacom, has reported that sales of the Rock Band franchise are down this quarter "due to the soft retail environment", which has directly impacted revenues for the company.
Q2 revenue dropped 8 percent to $1.97 billion with a 41 percent decline in revenue blamed on poor sales of Rock Band which saw a 12 percent decline in profit to $671 million in the Media Networks division.
Besides the "soft retail environment", the loss was also attributed to lower advertising revenues and $16 million in severance charges.
Overall, quarterly revenues dropped 14 percent to $3.3 billion, and profit dropped 26 percent to $586 million.
Chief exec Philippe Dauman assured shareholders that the decline is "short-term", and with Viacom's "aggressive" cost management and the pending launch of The Beatles: Rock Band in September, a "brighter future" is in the cards.
More through the press release below.
]]>After the break you can see quite a lengthy vid of The Beatles: Rock Band that reveals eight new tracks from the rather spiffing-looking rhythm-action game.
The eight tracks are:
- Twist and Shout
- Paperback Writer
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Eight Days a Week
- Yellow Submarine
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Within You Without You
- Revolution
Now, if we had friends and drunk copious amounts of alcohol with these fictive beings, The Beatles: Rock Band would probably be top of our most wanted list right now.
Hit the break to find out why.
]]>Harmonix chap Alex Navarro has told Eurogamer that at least part of The Beatles: Rock Band's tracklist is to be announced next month.
"You're looking at E3," said Navarro.
]]>Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz has predicted that Guitar Hero will be the sole winner in the music genre category, and beat out all others this year.
]]>The first, very shonky footage of Beatles: The Rock Band hit YouTube last night, courtesy of a live showing of video from the game at a Coachella Paul McCartney gig.
This could be the game that finally tips us over the Rock Band edge. Why would you not want to play this? The press scrum for the special edition's going to be hilarious.
Look and see. It's out in September.
]]>The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle has been priced for Europe.
It'll retail for €199.00 on the mainland, and £179.00 in the UK.
It was announced yesterday that the bundle would cost $249.99 in the States.
If you pre-order the game, you can become part of the The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-Order Club, which gives you access to behind-the-scenes content from May up to release on September 9.
Full press release after the break.
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