Rock Band is releasing a game next year featuring only Beatles music. OMGOMGOMG

Harmonix has secured the rights to use Beatles music in a Rock Band–style game, which is under development and slated to be released as a stand-alone game in winter 2009. Sweeeet.

I'm very happy to see 30 Rock return for a third season tonight. It's one of my favorite shows. I'm a huge Tina Fey fan. Love her acting and her writing. I just hope the show can find a network size...in the 60s. I got in three walks along Shingle Creek today. I hope the geese start moving on soon,  I'm getting a bit weary of dodging all the green landmines they've strewn all over the trails.

...creatively conceived with input from Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, and enjoys their full blessing. In addition, Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE project, will provide his expertise and serve as Music Producer..." So, "the game", implying that this will be a standalone game and not "just" downloadable content.  It sort of...

So it was just announced today that Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, are working with the Beatles to create a new music game . It's not a Rock Band game, though. I'm sure it'll be basically the same thing, but we probably won't get to play Beatles songs in Rock Band. Well, it's a good start. Sounds like it might be out sometime next year, possibly December. That's a long way away.

I've barely had a chance to look at this, but I thought it would be remiss of me not to follow up on my post yesterday regarding Rock Band and the Beatles: yep .

...this past weekend and he said there was some huge news this week that he couldn’t talk about. Huge indeed: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122531701276881747.html http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/30/rock-band-the-beatles-now-official/ Beates in Rock Band, as well as an entirely separate Beatles game, which will use preexisting music peripherals. Grats, guys. That’s kind of a big deal.

Yay, I've only been here 4 days and I've been dying to talk about this... now I can! The less than informative announcement

For the Song Hall of Fame... "Bad Boy" by the Beatles. It's a cover of a Larry Williams song. Lennon sounds at his rock and roll best here. So much energy and excitement. Needs to be played loud. Definitely up there among my favourite early Beatles songs. Now junior BEHAVE yourself !! .

In their heyday, The Beatles were the center of the pop universe. Many groups have been hailed as the next Beatles, but does pop music even have a center anymore? Who represents the core of pop music to you? View other answers The Beatles, bitches!