Posts Tagged ‘Beatles’

Want to win one of three trips to London, or one of ten Beatles: Rock Band special edition bundles?  I thought so…

Time Warner is running a promotion to win trips to London as grand prizes that includes airfare, hotel, and a little spending cash, in addition to a Beatles fan experience that may include but is not limited to, touring the Apple Offices, the London Theater, Abbey Road Studios/Abbey Road crossing, and other famous local Beatles haunts.  They are also giving away ten Beatles: Rock Band special edition bundles!  All you have to do is go to the official site here and enter your info.

Contest runs through January 10, 2010.  See the official rules here, but here’s what you need to know to be eligible:  Open to legal U.S. residents who, as of 11/15/09, are Road Runner, Time Warner Cable or Bright House Networks subscribers, residing in a serviceable area of Road Runner, Time Warner Cable or Bright House Networks and those living in the same household in the following states/areas: AL, AZ, CA, CO (only in Gunnison), FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MS, MO, MT, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI, or WY, and are 18 years of age or older.  Limit one (1) entry per person per day during the Sweepstakes Period.

[Time Warner Beatles Contest]

I’ve seen a few Beatles: Rock Band Yoko Ono parodies, but this is one of the better ones I’ve seen.

The good folks at Harmonix sent over an early holiday present to Game Informer in the form of a brief behind-the-scenes featurette of the opening cinematic to the Beatles: Rock Band.  Check out the video over at Game Informer (embedding isn’t working), and after the break are clips of the in-game videos (for those who may not have seen them), including the opening cinematic.

[Via Game Informer]

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Coinciding with one last, significant marketing push going into the holiday season, VH1 is airing a special look inside The Beatles: Rock Band premiering on Friday, November 27th on VH1 Classic at 7:30 PM ET/PT (set your DVR’s now).  From the press release:

Celebrating the massive development effort behind The Beatles: Rock Band, VH1 has created a special look at how the game was created, including never-before-seen footage of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road Studios being presented with work in progress by the Harmonix creative team. “The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band” is a 30-minute special that features interviews from Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project and Music Supervisor for The Beatles: Rock Band, and Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO or Harmonix Music Systems, as well as additional interviews with the development team. The special reveals the origins of the game and a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the music video game that the New York Times called “the most important video game yet made.” “The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band” will premiere Friday, November 27th on VH1 Classic at 7:30 PM ET/PT.

Starting airing tomorrow, November 21st, the Beatles: Rock Band holiday commercial will begin airing. Watch the video above to get a sneak peek.

It is important to notice that besides the Beatles: Rock Band game featured in the commercial, we can also see the Rock Band 2 instruments featured in the game, as well as the Mad Catz cymbals, and even the Mad Catz Rock Band Fender Telecaster guitar (I need to get me one of those).

Want to find some good deals on the game and peripherals listed above? Be sure to check out the Deals page here, where I will be posting any and all Rock Band related deals!

The nominees for this year’s Spike Video Game Awards have been announced, and you can help decide the winner’s by participating in the vote.  The Beatles: Rock Band is up for two awards: Best Music Game and Best Soundtrack.  For Best Music Game, I’m sorry, but Harmonix helped create this category with the original Guitar Hero, so even if you don’t like the Beatles, you owe it to vote for the game.  And for Best Soundtrack… look… I like heavy metal music. I was born in the late ’70s and raised in the early ’80s.  I freaked out when Tim Schafer read off the track listing for Brutal Legend (while simultaneously solving a Rubik’s Cube), but my loyalty lies with Rock Band.  Sorry, Brutal Legend.

So click the links I added above and get voting!