Video: Beatles Rock Band trailer, screenshots, Ludwig drums unveiled at E3
By Laura June 
posted June 1st 2009 1:40PM
posted June 1st 2009 1:40PM
posted June 1st 2009 1:40PM
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I really don't like Rock Band, but this looks amazing.
I hope you can buy game only - I really only have room in my apartment for one set of drum controllers.
Dang strait brother. I'm one of the 5 people on this planet that hasn't actually played a GH or RB title yet but this looks really appealing to start off with. Shame I don't have any friends to play it with.
Still, if they get round to a Led Zeppelin Rock Band, I'll get a loan and buy friends to play it with.
I can say, as a gamer with consoles from the NES to today, and every Beatles album on vinyl, that this is the single greatest achievement of pop culture in human history.
Maybe I am too young.. but I could never get myself to like the Beatles' music.
The game in itself looks good though.
graphics look so cheesy mmm i only head 1 song that i like from the beatles
The Beatles are still the second best selling musical act of this (2000-2010) decade.
beatles are the biggest fucking sellouts ever. disgrace to music.
i dont't think there were disgrace to music i mean i wasn"t even born at that time but i know there were like the most popular thing ever people who leave under a rock in a third world country know about the beatles
How are they sellouts? Because they have songs on Rock Band? So would that makes bands like Bikini Kill and Mission of Burma sellouts also? Please.
Pretty cool, I like how the Beatles' appearances change over time.
I hope they included a cheat to unlock Eddie Murphy as the fifth Beatle ;-)
Only if he comes in Axel Foley mode
Speaking of which, when are they coming out with The Clarences Rock Band?
WOW...
I found myself smiling throughout this trailer and know that I MUST have this.
It actually gives meaning to the "career mode."
So does this also ship with an AMD CPU (@ pic 4)
Hah!
I was waiting for someone to notice that.
God! I already said I'm buying this in a previous blog entry on Joystiq, but man... after seeing the trailer I am buying it day one!
AWESOME!
Shea!
Does anyone know how the harmony bit works? I can't imagine having four mics all plugged in. Are they in the instruments?
You were able to plug mics into the instruments in rockband 2 so u could play guitar etc without holding the mic. so it looks like now u can add up to 3 people for harmony. Singings not really my thing for these games but its definitely a nice touch.
Im more of a GH fan though looking for difficulty. Not quite sure if this will be up to par on difficulty but it still looks good.
Awesome, Rock Band is the best game in the world and so is Guitar Hero. And so is that DJ game. I can win on expert, I bet I can play better than the guys who play the music in the real world. 5 stars, too.
I think the real question here is, were you going for success and hit the fail? Or were you going for fail and hit success? Hmm...
I don't know what you're talking about I just can't wait to get in line and be a rock star when I get home!
Being antisocial - can I play this with a guitar only - ala guitar hero?
So it comes with 2 guitars, a bass, a drum set, and 3 microphones?
No. It comes with one mic, a mic stand, the Höfner bass and the drums. The Gretcsch and Rickenbacker guitars and additional mics will be sold separately.
I see only one apparent problem in this game. minor, but still
as per all the screen shots, you can't do three guitars, drums and four mics (Ringo sang too!)
I really hope i'm wrong, atleast then you can pretend to actually be the beatles, otherwise george isn't going to get any love!
I love the psychadelic effects during the sgt peper years
Who cares?
Has Gibson given up on their case, or was Rock Band not part of it? There were several Gibson copyrights in the photo gallery - the Gibson headstock and Epiphone logo (harder to see, but it's visible on John's Casino).
Whoot! Very nice video with each song. Already pre-ordered this. And yes, was alive back then, and I know ALL the songs.
Bring it on!!! I'm ready.
Number 9, Number 9, Number 9.
And yes, played Abby Road backwards. LMAO
Good times!!
I have never ever had this much anticipation for a game. September has never looked so far away.
At least Sir Paul plays lefty in the game.
This game looks really awesome and fun, but it doesn't seem like it would be hard at all. I could be wrong, but for those of us that can beat nearly anything on expert in all the previous games, this will probably be a breeze imo.