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Rock Band: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Now On The 360, Wii, and PS3
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band edition has made its way to the Sony PlayStation 3 (starting later today), Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. The game was developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by MTV and EA.
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK… While Playing Guitar Hero 5 This September?
On September 1, Activision Blizzard is releasing Guitar Hero 5. About eight days later The Beatles: Rock Band will be released. There is going to be some intense rivalry because Guitar Hero 5, there will be some solid cameos such as Carlos Santana. But The Beatles: Rock Band will be the first game to ever feature any Beatles’ songs.
Considering that Guitar Hero is hitting its 5th release, this is a major milestone. And The Rock Band franchise… not too shabby either. Guitar Hero 5 will have 85 new songs by 83 artists. There is also a “Party Play” mode where players can jump in and out of different songs with a single button. Guitar Hero 5 will also allow more than one person to play the guitar at the same time instead of four different instruments.
In the previous games, users could pay to download additional songs. Most of those songs could be ported over to GH:5 too. About 152 of the 158 additional songs from the last game are available in the new game too. However there will be an “nominal re-licensing fee” for adding previously downloaded songs into the new game.
[via CNET]
The Beatles: Rock Band Gets An Official Trailer
Image: Engadget
Today is the Microsoft E3 keynote event and one of the highlights is the launching of The Beatles: Rock Band.
The tracks for the game are remastered Beatles songs and the game also has never before heard studio chat between the band. Below are some of the tracks that will be in the game:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. I Want to Hold Your hand
3. I Feel Fine
4. Day Tripper
5. Taxman
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Back In The USSR
8. Octopus’ Garden
9. Here Comes The Sun
10. Get Back
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney even made an appearance at the event as the snapshot by Engadget above shows. And below is the official game trailer: