Surviving Beatles band members Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney took the stage Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo along with Yoko Ono, widow of the late John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, widow of lead guitarist George Harrison, to announce The Beatles: Rock Band video game for the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. The Beatles: Rock Band is expected to be available Sept. 9 in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, according to MTV Games’ Harmonix Music Systems. Gamers who purchase the game will be treated to the Beatlemania touring experience, according to the company, which will take them from Liverpool to the rooftop of Apple Corps. Unreleased authentic voice recordings from the original Beatles — John, Paul, George and Ringo — who were talking in between music recording takes, will also be included. “It’s a great way to feed fuel to the fire — that is, audience expansion for gaming,” said Anita Frazier, a

toy and game analyst with NPD Group who is attending E3. Rock Band Journey Game coproducer Giles Martin teased future The Beatles: Rock Band owners with 10 of the songs in the game, including I Saw Her Standing There, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Tax Man, Day Tripper, Back in the USSR, I Am the Walrus, Octopus’s Garden, Here Comes the Sun, and Get Back. While the game will be available for all three major gaming consoles, Xbox Live users will get an additional perk. On the same day the game is released, Xbox Live users will be able to download the Beatles song All You Need is Love. Proceeds from the download will go to Doctors Without Borders, a nonprofit that provides medical aid in 60 different countries. The highly anticipated game will take gamers through the Beatles journey, beginning in…

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Surviving Beatles Introduce Rock Band Video Game