UPDATE 1-MTV strikes deal to use Beatles songs in video game - Reuters
UPDATE 1-MTV strikes deal to use Beatles songs in video gameReuters - 2 hours agoBy Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - MTV Networks announced on Thursday a deal to use songs by 60s group The Beatles in a custom video game similar to its popular Rock Band video, marking the band's first key plunge into digital music.Rock Band Meets the Beatles E! OnlineBeatles Video Game Coming From 'Rock Band' Creators Next Year MTV.comWashington Post - Variety - InformationWeek - NME.comall 483 news ...
Radio Exile — Music of the Beatles will be featured in a new music video game. MTV/Harmonix and Apple Corps. Ltd. are developing a new type of game based soley on the Fab Four. ... more info
Stereogum —
Contrary to previous speculation, the Beatles first foray into the world of fake plastic instruments and encouraging antisocial behavior will not be a Rock Band game! Al... more info
NME — A new version of the Rock Band computer game featuring the music of The Beatles is set to be released, it was announced today (October 30). more info
Pitchfork — Video game makers MTV Games and Harmonix-- aka the people behind "Rock Band"-- announced today that they have formed a partnership with Apple Corps Ltd. to bring the musi... more info
Wired - Listening Post — Apple Corps and MTV/Harmonix announced on Thursday that a Beatles videogame modeled on the Rock Band franchise will go on sale late next year, but its music is still not ... more info
Stopcryingyourheartout.com — With their new album Dig Out Your Soul out and an international tour underway, Rolling Stone caught up with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to chat about the first record t... more info
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With their new album Dig Out Your Soul out and an international tour underway, Rolling Stone caught up with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to chat about... more info
Wired - Listening Post — MTV/Harmonix's upcoming Beatles version of the Rock Band interactive music game will let people play Beatles songs in a Rock Band-like game with "new dimensions" that hav... more info
The Yellow Stereo — After Kotaku’s news yesterday of a big announcement coming from Apple Corps and MTV of an “exclusive agreement to develop a global music project,” I was prepared to... more info
UPDATE 1-MTV strikes deal to use Beatles songs in video gameReuters - 2 hours agoBy Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - MTV Networks announced on Thursday a dea... more info
The Independent — MTV Networks announced on Thursday a deal to use songs by The Beatles in a custom video game similar to its popular "Rock Band" video, marking the groundbreaking band's ... more info
Chorus.fm — *The Beatles* (http://www.beatles.com/) will be starring in an upcoming video game (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003885509), bu... more info
USA Today Music — MTV Games and Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band, have an exclusive deal with the Beatles' company Apple Corps., to create a music ...
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Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - MTV Networks is expected to announce on Thursday a deal to use songs by The Beatles in its popular "Rock Band" video game series, marking the band's ... more info
Paste Magazine — Just days after Activision officially
announced
Guitar Hero: Metallica, MTV games announced an even bigger coup of its own: its Rock Band developer Harmonix is
workin... more info
ContactMusic — THE BEATLES are set to reunite on the small screen - MTV Games bosses are to dedicate a new video game to the band.
After many months of negotiations, the group's songs ... more info
Pitchfork — Video game makers MTV Games and Harmonix-- aka the people behind "Rock Band"-- announced today that they have formed a partnership with Apple Corps Ltd. to bring the musi... more info
Wired - Listening Post — The Beatles, notorious holdouts against selling music on iTunes and other online music stores, appear to have found a digital deal they like: licensing their songs to the... more info
Wired - Listening Post — A Beatles-branded interactive music game along the lines of Rock Band and Guitar Hero will give gamers and music lovers a chance to play songs from every stage of the Bea... more info
Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty
As predicted yesterday, MTV, Harmonix and the Beatles’ Apple Corps. LTD. announced today that they will partner to create a video game based on the music o... more info
E! Online — All you need is love...and a video game console.
After months of negotiations, the Beatles finally have decided to go digital, licensing their songs to a Rock Band-like... more info
NME — A new version of the Rock Band computer game featuring the music of The Beatles is set to be released, it was announced today (October 30). more info
Topix — There has been talk of an all-Beatles videogame for months, but where it would land -- MTV Games' Rock Band franchise or Activision's Guitar Hero -- remained a mystery. more info