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It reads like so many rhythm/music game releases in the past — the ubiquitous track list leak. The Beatles: Rock Band is still a few months off from its September 9 release date but Ripten has gotten its hands on a leaked list of the possible tracks from the game (found after the break).

The list does include the three tracks we checked out in our hands-on with the game at E3, though it also looks an awful lot like a list of Beatles singles across their career. Ripten notes that the ten tracks found in the glorious opening to the game are all included in its leaked list — and it is approximately the same amount of tracks we know the game will be shipping with — though we’ve yet to receive any official confirmation or denial from MTV Games, Harmonix, or EA.

Update: A Harmonix spokesperson has confirmed to us that this leaked list of songs is definitely not the track list for The Beatles: Rock Band, saying, “The rumored ‘leaked’ list is not the disc track listing for The Beatles: Rock Band. We’ll be announcing more tracks throughout the summer. Stay tuned to thebeatlesrockband.com for the most up to date information about disc songs and downloadable content!”

Continue reading Rumor: The Beatles: Rock Band track list leaked [update]

Rumor: The Beatles: Rock Band track list leaked [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The background image on the Beatles: Rock Band site has changed from a studio full of instruments to a reproduction of the set of the Ed Sullivan show from the Beatles’ American debut on February 9, 1964. Without the band present, it just looks like the show is really proud of that drum riser.

We’re currently checking with Harmonix to verify whether you can play on this set in the actual game. With all the work that went into modeling it, it would be pretty silly if it didn’t show up in the game. We would, then, also expect at least one of the songs performed at that “really big shew” to be playable: “All My Loving,” “‘Til There Was You,” “She Loves You,” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

The Beatles: Rock Band site unveils Ed Sullivan studio originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 May 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, so it will be a Rock Band game. Apple Corps LTD., Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that rock music’s dream cast, The Beatles, will be reduced to multicolored note charts on 9/9/09, when the “The Beatles: Rock Band” launches worldwide on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

The “unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles” will allow players to tackle a cavalcade of culturally monumental songs via mic, drums and guitars, all included in a Limited Edition Premium bundle for $250 (all platforms) and “modeled after instruments used by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr throughout their career.” Standalone guitars will also be available ($100), as will separate game discs ($60, all platforms) for those already surrounded by Instrument Protagonist equipment. According to the press release, The Beatles: Rock Band will be compatible with all prior Rock Band instruments and “other current music-based game peripherals.”

And now we wait until September. God, we hope the lady behind the counter is named Jude. It’s going to be SO funny when we ask her to get us a copy.

The Beatles: Rock Band launching worldwide on 9/9/09 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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