Shake it up baby with The Beatles: Rock Band game
Apple Corps, Harmonix and MTV Games announced that they will release a new music video game, The Beatles: Rock Band, in September.
That should shake up the music genre, since the Beatles have never been the subject of a big game, and this is the first title licensed by Apple Corps, which holds the worldwide licensing rights to the Beatles’ music. It will be distributed by Electronic Arts.
The game will be released in North America, Europe,… Continue Reading
A hard day’s night: Norwegian Beatles podcast yanked
The rumors are true, the Beatles have fled Norway. NRK, the Norwegian public broadcasting company, had to pull all 212 episodes of its podcast “Our Daily Beatles” last night. The free podcasts, which we discovered on Monday, included anecdotes behind the songs and offered the original Beatles tunes in their entirety.
NRK’s agreement with Norwegian composer rights holder TONO, which deals with composers, permits NRK to publish TV and radio programs that aired a long time… Continue Reading
You say you want a revolution? How about The Beatles in video games?
When you think about the 21st century digital lifestyle, The Beatles aren’t exactly the name that first jumps out at you. After all, the group still doesn’t have its music catalog for sale in any digital format.
But now, the biggest rock band of all time is apparently ready to embrace technology as the parties in control of The Beatles’ master recordings are in talks with video game makers, according to The Financial Times.
When you think… Continue Reading