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The Beatles music headed to 'Rock Band'

article published on 29 October, 2008

Marking the first time their music will ever be available legally online digitally, The Beatles and MTV are expected to announce a deal tomorrow that will allow for the use of the band's music in the hit game 'Rock Band 2'. Viacom, MTV's parent, and The Beatles have been in negotiations for months and Viacom has issued media invitations to a "a global music project" teleconference tomorrow ... [ read the full article ]

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30. October 2008 @ 10:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Beatles?

Meh. Empty care cup.
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30. October 2008 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
regardless of how one feels about the music of the beatles,
a huge name like theirs could easily do wonders for a game.

thing is, they have further announced rock band downloads aren't the plan

the idea, apparently, is an entire separate music game about the beatles.

they have, on the other hand, announced exclusivity to harmonix.
i don't think it's the best thing, because exclusive content isn't great.
it definitely isn't the worst, because i don't want activision in charge.

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30. October 2008 @ 11:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by snowlock:
regardless of how one feels about the music of the beatles,
a huge name like theirs could easily do wonders for a game.

thing is, they have further announced rock band downloads aren't the plan

the idea, apparently, is an entire separate music game about the beatles.

they have, on the other hand, announced exclusivity to harmonix.
i don't think it's the best thing, because exclusive content isn't great.
it definitely isn't the worst, because i don't want activision in charge.
Thank you for that link, I will write an updated article later today.
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30. October 2008 @ 17:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Marking the first time their music will ever be available legally digitally, The Beatles...
Really??? All my Beatles CDs are analog??? ;)
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