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The Beatles 'Rock Band' release date announced

The video game will be out in September

March 5, 2009 | 4 Comments
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'The Beatles: Rock Band', the video game featuring the songs of the Liverpool legends, will be released on September 9.

The game will be released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii consoles in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other places around the world.

Players will be able to play simulated guitar, drums, bass and vocals using existing 'Rock Band' hardware.

In addition, new hardware modelled on instruments used by the band will be available to buy.

The release will mark the first time the music of The Beatles has been licensed for use in a video game, after receiving the thumbs up from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Yoko Ono, wife of the late John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, wife of the late George Harrison.

Songs to be included in the game are yet to be revealed. See Thebeatlesrockband.com for more information.

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Beatle_Matt

Mar 5, 2009

This game comes out on my birthday! I can't wait - going to be seriously fantastic!

mattd190

Mar 6, 2009

rubish rubish, rubish....this is so devaluing the brand noone will care about rock band next year FAD FAD FAD come on i was expecting more than this shite

mickyjesus

Mar 6, 2009

oh its gonna be so cool

BikoB

Jul 6, 2009

Come on mattd, this will take the brand to the next level. Think of all the babyboomers who will be pushing their teenagers off the Xbox or PS3, just so they can pretend to be a Beatle! This will quickly become the number one party game for many people as well, with support for up to six players the only thing it's missing it the booze! I put a bunch of information together about the upcoming game here, http://www.squidoo.com/the-beatles-rockband including a bunch of trailers for it. Take a look and see what you think!