The Beatles: ROCK BAND - Rumors and Facts

[MostSpartan14]

GameSpot have put up their E3 Live Show schedule. Click to Tuesday, The Beatles: Rock Band will be demoed at 2pm PT. The very first game to be shown after the big 3 conferences. I've no doubt it'll open or at least appear at Microsoft's E3 conference on Monday but this should be the first time we'll get a decent glimpse at the game in action with an interview with a Harmonix representative.

Lego Rock Band will be shown at 11am on Thursday.

Thanks so much for posting this. It's crazy to think that in less than a week we'll see TB: RB finally.

[Rod_Stixx]

I'll be heading to rendezvous with family members for a vacation on the beach next week. We'll see if I can get anybody else to sit in on the Beatles RB demo when I watch it on the laptop. Can't wait to finally see some more of the game!

[jr174200]

Yes it is.

(Long, well thought-out post)

... but I think HMX is just starting to really differentiate themselves from GH through their platform approach and I think it would be a major step back to not continue that differentiation.

Preach on, brotha!

[cherokeesam]

It's an in-game re-creation of the Ed Sullivan stage (I think, I can't see it right now, but unless they've changed it again), The Beatles always performed with at least 2 mics.

I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet. It doesn't mean anything.

Actually, FrogKid is sorta right....it's still the Ed Sullivan stage, but the instruments have now been set up onstage....Ringo's drums on the center circle, and three guitars in stands out front.

And yeah, we know the violin bass and John's Rick, but instead of George's Duo-Jet, it's still showing the Country Gentleman, like it did in the Abbey Road Studio venue.

Leads me more and more to believe that we'll be seeing a Country Gentleman peripheral sometime down the line....

[Rod_Stixx]

I don't know if we'll see more instruments. Just like we have tons of guitars in the game, but only a couple that are peripherals...such will be the case with the Beatles game (that's my guess, anyway). We'll probably see a number of the actual instruments in the game that don't end up as peripherals.

The instruments were added a couple of nights ago, I think. Maybe early yesterday? About five pages ago in thread-time.

[craven_trio]

The instruments were added a couple of nights ago, I think. Maybe early yesterday? About five pages ago in thread-time.

Last four weeks, every update, either a very early email and preorder club update or a slightly later and more subtle background image change, has been Tuesday. Write it in your diaries. Especially since that's when the E3 presentation is too!

[harveyglobetrot]

Last four weeks, every update, either a very early email and preorder club update or a slightly later and more subtle background image change, has been Tuesday. Write it in your diaries. Especially since that's when the E3 presentation is too!

I'm expecting the site will go fully active next week. You know, news, videos, information in general etc. Not just the pre-order club and the background slightly changing every now and then.

The countdown really begins on Tuesday. Very exciting times!

EDIT: Wow, I just worked out that Tuesday's launch will be exactly 99 days from the release of the game. Why couldn't they have done it on the Wednesday of E3? Then it would have been on The One After 9(0)9!

[RockBandRocker]

I'm expecting the site will go fully active next week. You know, news, videos, information in general etc. Not just the pre-order club and the background slightly changing every now and then.

The countdown really begins on Tuesday. Very exciting times!

EDIT: Wow, I just worked out that Tuesday's launch will be exactly 99 days from the release of the game. Why couldn't they have done it on the Wednesday of E3? Then it would have been on The One After 9(0)9!

I fully expect sales to go up in October. That's one month after 9/09!

[fireshoes]

MusicRadar.com has posted an audio interview with Dhani. A fun listen...

[fspadafora]

Did anyone who pre-ordered from Best Buy get the code for the presale club?