According to Wired's blog, MTV, Apple Corps, and Harmonix (developers of Rock Band) confirmed rumors today of an exclusive videogame based on the music of The Beatles. But it won't be part of the Rock Band series, as most people initially assumed. The game will still base its platform on a similar one to Rock Band, but will instead be designed as an interactive, "experiential journey" through The Beatles' musical career. Does that mean there'll be a plastic Maharishi included as a peripheral? Fucking hope so! No title or release date has been set, but they aim to have the game ready for the holiday season of 2009.
While The Beatles have thus far refused to digitize their music, it's surprising that their first major foray into the digital world is through a videogame. Wait, no it's not: ROCK BAND HAS EARNED GLOBAL REVENUES OF OVER $600 MILLION AND ROCK BAND 2 SOLD 363,000 COPIES ITS FIRST TWO WEEKS. HARMONIX IS OWNED BY MTV, AND MTV IS OWNED BY VIACOM, WHICH EARNED $13.423 BILLION IN 2007.
Beatles for Sale, indeed!