Could The Beatles be heading to Guitar Hero or Rock Band?
June 23, 2008 By Alan
Filed under Gaming
It has been announced that legendary band The Beatles are currently in talks with Activision and MTV, on trying to expand their licensing deal to include video games. This deal could be worth millions of pounds and could of course lead to their appearances on Activision’s Guitar Hero, or MTV’s Rock Band.
The report suggests that this deal could be reached within a matter of weeks, so it will be interesting to find out more specific information on this as regards to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Not everything is straight forward though as all the master recordings of the songs are owned by company EMI, and would need to be approved by them first, while another company Apple Corps manages all of their business interests. These are probably the main reasons why we are yet to see any of the Beatles tracks on Rock Band yet.
It is an interesting time ahead though for the rhythm genre as it may not be long until we see some of the Beatles tracks gracing the likes of Rock Band or Guitar Hero. A recent post on PS3Daily stated that Guitar Hero and Rock Band are now as popular as ever, as Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was the latest game to follow the current trend.
How many of you would like to see a dedicated Rock Band game based solely on The Beatles, I personally think it would be very popular, as it could target a whole new audience for the developers, not to mention, getting the younger generation playing classic rock music.
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I can tell you that our generation IS playing classic rock music. It’s just a matter of how much per person. I’m 19, and just about all I listen to is classic rock. The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and obviously, Led Zeppelin. That’s because almost all music that came after the year 1990 can be classified as the worst to ever be released. There are several exceptions, but not enough to count on more than 2 hands. Hopefully this deal comes to fruition, and also LED ZEPPELIN in Rock Band please.