The Beatles: Rock Band info

[Denn]

E3 09 Trailer:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-the-beatles/49969?e3i=1

Article from BemaniStyle (coinciding with above video):

Let's kick off our E3 coverage with news from Microsoft's address, which has launched with a showcasing of The Beatles Rock Band.

First up, the conference confirms 10 of 45 songs that will be featured on the disc itself:

I Saw Her Standing There
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Taxman
I Am the Walrus
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Octopus's Garden
Here Comes the Sun
Get Back

The conference hasn't shown much game play, but a notable change for The Beatles Rock Band is the feature of allowing for multiple vocalists.

Furthermore, the game will continue past launch with The Beatles DLC content. Specifically mentioned content included the full album of Abbey Road, to be released very soon after the game's launch on Sept. 9. Also, exclusive the Xbox 360 version will be the DLC track "All You Need is Love," from which all proceeds will be donated to the Doctors Without Borders organization.

Keep tuned throughout the event for more E3 info as it is made available.

Loving the dual vocals

Forgot the sauce: http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/e3-the-beatles-rock-band-info-1392

[D]

That right there is a fricking great list.  D wants more!!!  It's not coming to me fast enough.  Dennis, Blake, Adam.  I Demand you make it come out sooner!!  Failure is not an option.   Fricking hack their servers and get me a demo copy if you have to!

[Mike]

Unfortunately, it's not coming out till September, according to the Toys R Us video games website. Oh well, It'll get lots of attention and play at Dreamation in February. It might be like "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964 all over again. Simply fab!! 

[Denn]

Harmonix Details 15 More The Beatles Rock Band Tracks

Harmonix today brought the total of known on-disc tracks in The Beatles Rock Band to 25 with a new announcement today. The following songs are from a press release that also indicates the songs' featured venues:

Twist And Shout / Cavern Club
Do You Want To Know A Secret / Cavern Club
Can't Buy Me Love / Ed Sullivan Theater
I Wanna Be Your Man / Ed Sullivan Theater
Eight Days A Week / Shea Stadium
Paperback Writer / Budokan
And Your Bird Can Sing / Budokan
Yellow Submarine / Abbey Road Dreamscape
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / Abbey Road Dreamscape
With a Little Help from My Friends / Abbey Road Dreamscape
Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows / Abbey Road Dreamscape
Revolution / Abbey Road Dreamscape
Birthday / Abbey Road Dreamscape
Dig A Pony / Rooftop Concert
I've Got A Feeling / Rooftop Concert

You can also hear snippets of the tracks on the game's official site, which now has an updated game trailer.

Just as a reminder, here are the other 10 songs, previously announced at E3:

I Saw Her Standing There
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Taxman
I Am the Walrus
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Octopus's Garden
Here Comes the Sun
Get Back

Also, as reported at E3, the entire Abbey Road album will be made available as downloadable content soon after the release of the game and Xbox 360 players will have the option to purchase the DLC track "All You Need is Love," with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.

Source: http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/harmonix-details-15-more-the-beatles-rock-band-tracks-1441

[Kate Beaman-Martinez]

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!*

[Mike]

So "A Hard Days Night" didn't make it. Oh well, the other songs are all great.

[D]

I'd expect as DLC very quickly.  Harmonix, I believe, has the rights to produce the entirety of the Beatles catalog that Apple Corps, had rights to.  They only could manage so much on the intitial offering, but the downloadables are already being produced.

[Kate Beaman-Martinez]

Well there is already talk of 'All You Need Is Love' being one of the first DLC.

[Denn]

New trailer and tracklist

The Beatles: Rock Band is set to hit stores Sept. 9, and you can get a preview of how it will look by checking out the trailer. According to Rolling Stone, the game's design shows "amazing attention to detail" and depicts The Beatles performing in a variety of settings, such as Liverpool and on the "Ed Sullivan Show" stage.

 

Worth Playing (via: Rolling Stone) is also reporting the contents of the track list, which was purportedly leaked. The featured songs are listed below, with the albums they're from in italics above. Abbey Road is the most represented single disc release here, with five of its tracks being chosen.

Singles:
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don’t Let Me Down

Please Please Me:
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles:
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day’s Night:
A Hard Day’s Night
Can’t Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale:
Eight Days a Week

Help!:
Ticket To Ride

Rubber Soul:
Drive My Car
I’m Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver:
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour:
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album):
Dear Prudence
Back In the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine:
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road:
Come Together
Something
Octopus’s Garden
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be:
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love:
Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/beatles-rock-band-trailer-debuts-and-alleged-track/31876/

[Denn]

For all of you waiting for DLC news... here it is.

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced its upcoming plans for downloadable to be seen in The Beatles: Rock Band, as well as the standard series. The companies are putting a huge campaign behind DLC for The Beatles, dropping three full albums that players can expect to see this year:

Abbey Road (1969)
Release Date: October 20, 2009
$16.98 (or 1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for album
$1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for individual tracks
·“Come Together”
·“Something”
·“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
·“Oh! Darling”
·“Octopus’s Garden”
·“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
·“Here Comes The Sun”
·“Because”
·“You Never Give Me Your Money”
·“Sun King”
·“Mean Mr. Mustard”
·“Polythene Pam”
·“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
·“Golden Slumbers”
·“Carry That Weight”
·“The End”
·“Her Majesty”

Fans of The Beatles should be pleased to know that anyone purchasing the full album will have an option to play the B-side medley from the album. This 16-minute continuous track places “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End" into a single medley.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Release Date: November 2009
·“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
·“With A Little Help From My Friends”
·“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
·“Getting Better”
·“Fixing A Hole”
·“She’s Leaving Home”
·“Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite”
·“Within You Without You
·“When I’m Sixty Four”
·“Lovely Rita”
·“Good Morning Good Morning”
·“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
·“A Day In The Life”

Rubber Soul (1965)
Release Date: December 2009
·“Drive My Car”
·“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
·“You Won’t See Me”
·“Nowhere Man”
·“Think For Yourself”
·“The Word”
·“Michelle”
·“What Goes On”
·“Girl”
·“I’m Looking Through You”
·“In My Life”
·“Wait”
·“If I Needed Someone”
·“Run For Your Life”

Outside of The Beatles, the companies did dabble a little bit into what players can expect for the rest of the year. While no specific songs were mentioned, the companies plan to have DLC tracks from Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn and The Raconteurs among more in the works. The companies have since surpassed the 800-track mark for songs available through the series and it has been announced players can expect the offerings to surpass 1,000 by the end of the year.

Let the wet dreams commence.

Sauce: http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/harmonix-and-mtv-games-talk-dlc-at-gamescom-1481

[Mike]

So the game's been out for over a week now. Anybody play it? I have a PS 2, so I can't. The likenesses of them look great.

[Mike]

Okay, so we're getting close to Dreamation 2010. Will Rock Band: Beatles be there?

[D]

Indeed it will.