Beatles-themed video game may be coming

Tyranitar24 | June 23, 2008 | News | Company Gaming Tech/Hardware

Beatles representatives have had talks with Activision and MTV Games, who both make the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, to possibly make a Beatles-themed video game. According to a person close to the talks, the deal could be worth millions of dollars.

Beatles representatives are in talks with two companies to create a Beatles-themed video game in a move that could pave the way for a broader licensing of the Fab Fours catalogue.

The representatives have held discussions with both Activision and MTV Games, the respective makers of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, in which players strum along to favourite songs or form virtual bands.

A final deal would be worth several million dollars, according to a person familiar with the talks, and could be reached in a matter of weeks. However, it would have first to win the blessing of both Apple Corps, the company established by the band to oversee its business interests, and EMI, the UK music group that owns the Beatles master recordings. Both declined to comment.

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Deathsythe | June 23, 2008

Can anybody say "Guitar Hero: The Beatles" or "RockBand: Beatles Edition"?

This is gunna be good.
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Drogo Baggins | June 23, 2008

I really don't think a game based on a single band would work out too well. I may be wrong, though.....it could be the next Metal Gear Solid 4, or better!......yeah....
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  Jaw Knee | June 23, 2008
  
  Yeah dude, I could totally picture John Lennon running around with an AK-47 in a post-apocalyptic United Kingdom.
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cjmnews | June 23, 2008

I think that their audience is too old and too poor to buy it. Fixed income does reduce your ability to buy a game, especially if it has the rumored prices of Guitar Hero Rock.
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spirit | June 24, 2008

cjmnews how the audience to old? The Beatles have an audience of old and new.
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Drogo Baggins | June 24, 2008

Yeah, surprisingly, there are actually a lot of kids into The Beatles.

And it's possible that many parents who were fans of The Beatles would buy the game for their children to try to give them a glimpse of their teen years.

I personally am not a fan, though. It's just not my type of music. Besides, I think they disbanded much before I was even born