Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr unveiled new details about the upcoming Beatles "Rock Band" videogame at the E3 videogame conference
in Los Angeles.
Joined by Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney and
Ringo Starr disclosed 10 of the 45 songs expected in "The Beatles:
Rock Band" when it comes out Sept. 9.
The tracks are "I Saw Her Standing There," "I Want To Hold Your
Hand," "I Feel Fine," "Taxman," "Day Tripper," "Back In The USSR,"
"I Am The Walrus," "Octopus's Garden," "Here Comes The Sun" and
"Get Back."
Additionally, they said the entire "Abbey Road" album will be
available for purchase and download, as will other tracks from the
band's catalog, after the game's release, and "All You Need Is
Love" will be released exclusively for Xbox 360 users as a
downloadable song the day the game hits retail shelves. The
proceeds of the single will be donated to Doctors Without Boarders.
Different venues played by the Beatles will be recreated for the
game, including the Cavern Club in Liverpool (where they got their
start), the Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium and the Budokan in
Japan.
The game will take fans into the studio experience after the band
stopped touring through "artistic visual expressions known as
Dreamscapes, intended to transport players to the imaginative
environments that capture the essence of The Beatles' genre-busting
musical and fashion transformations during their later years,"
according to the release.
From a gameplay perspective, the release will break from existing
music-based games that allow for only one singer, and add
three-part vocal harmonies. Content will also include previously
unreleased recordings of the bandmates talking between takes during
studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road.
A demo version of the game is available for attendees of the E3
conference to play.
