It is an understatement to say that the licensing of popular rock bands was ultimately instrumental to the success of rhythm games in the late 2000's. Guitar Hero and Rock Band went from cover records… Read more
During another craving of mine to go back & play some Rock Band, I decided to playthrough The Beatles Rock Band; again. I always planed to tackle this game with a friend the way Rock Band games ar… Read more
The Short Pros - Game featuring (and only featuring) what is widely considered to be the greatest band ever - 45 songs, with full albums available for download - Three-part harmonies for the singing i… Read more
The fab four have done the insane and are releasing their music in a game before the expected outlets such as iTunes. Has Apple Corp’s gamble on the creators of the Rock Band/ Guitar Hero franchises,… Read more
If you haven't heard of The Beatles, you might not have heard of any other band in the history of mankind. They were that popular and that influential, and so it's only fit that a music game ought to… Read more
This review was originally written for my blog . So, a while back I played, and reviewed, the first major rhythm game to be based around a particular rock band – Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I reviewed it… Read more
Well if you can't guess from the title this a stand-alone Rock Band game featuring the one and only Beatles. Now because of some crazy legal stuff this game truly stands alone, not allowing any other… Read more
I really don't like the Beatles: I don't enjoy their music and I find their whole mythology an irritation. Somehow Harmonix have managed to sell me something I don't like and have a great time playing… Read more
The Ed Sullivan Theater is one of the many classic venues that appear in The Beatles: Rock Band When Rock Band debuted in 2007, if someone had asked me what I thought I’d be doing on 9/9/09, I likely… Read more
“By reinterpreting an essential symbol of one generation in the medium and technology of another, The Beatles: Rock Band provides a transformative entertainment experience. In that sense it may be the… Read more
The Beatles: Rock Band or Rock Band: The Beatles is a perfect music game. The reason it is perfect is because the music, graphics and attention to details in the game makes the complete game package s… Read more
‘Lovingly crafted’ is sadly not a phrase associated with many games these days. This is because the gaming industry is driven by an incredible thirst for profit. Not innovation, not quality, just cold… Read more
There was a lot of anticipation regarding the release of the Beatles edition of Harmonix’s superior Rock Band , and honestly, I didn’t get what all the fuss was about. True, the Beatles as are big of… Read more
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The Beatles: Rock Band carries the weighty name of Rock Band, and the infinitely more weighty name of the Beatles - one of the most beloved music groups of all time. Fortunately for both fans of Rock… Read more
Music. It moves us, molds us, makes us who we are. It brings out emotions within us and floods our brains with distant memories of days long gone. For almost 5 years now, music video games have tried… Read more
I am going to be completely honest and come out and say that when I first heard that Harmonix (developer of Guitar Hero 1 and 2 as well as Rock Band 1 and 2) was going to develop a band-specific game… Read more
When I was growing up, my mom never sang lullabies to me but Top 40 songs which included a lot of The Beatles. I was unfortunate to hear the band live or see them in their prime. I am fortunate to hav… Read more
Harmonix have always been fully committed to DLC with their Rock Band franchise; with new songs released every week to amass a gigantic library of content from a whole host of different genres and art… Read more
The Beatles: Rock Band is a mighty collaboration between numerous video game and music companies of which I cannot possibly be made to list. If anything, I can imagine a behind-the-scenes war between… Read more
Getting excited for music games is hard now because of the sheer volume that get released each year. Which meant going into The Beatles: Rock Band was both worrying and exciting; I mean how do you mak… Read more
Now I've known about the beatles my entire life ( 15 years) but I never really listened to them. When I heard that harmonix was making a beatles rock band I thought " What a great way for me to listen… Read more
The Beatles Rockband is definitely the biggest release in September. It has 45 Beatles tracks which are all great, there are a couple that were left out that shouldn't have been. The game is great, I… Read more
So like most great games the little nit picky things carry a lot of weight. I've decided to have this review focus on those aspects of the game, but make no mistake this is a great game. Easily a 5 st… Read more
The Beatles. The Beatles is the greatest band of all time. It doesn't matter if you don't like them, The Beatles is straight-up the most prolific, succesful and famous band of all time. With the new r… Read more
As a player, this is GOTY for me. I love it. I will post more later, but everything from the dream-scapes to the recordings of the songs, to the rewards, make this wonderful. From the lkittle moments,… Read more
AN ARTISTIC AND BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF THE HIGHEST REGARD! Respect is easy to say but hard to demonstrate, one can say they respect a belief but showing that respect is a whole different matter. So w… Read more
If you are a Beatles fan in any sort of way this is by far a must buy game. I loved Rock Band 1 and 2. Personally I though Rock Band is leagues beyond Guitar Hero. After playing Rock Band 2 I kind of… Read more