Creators of the newest Rock Band release, the Beatles have posted the first television commercial intended for American audiences on YouTube to strengthen the buzz surrounding the game. It looks as though the Fab 4 are back together again.
In an advertisement set to the Beatles classic 'Come Together', the clip takes us back to the Abbey Road crosswalk and with a little help from computers the four band members are joined by a group of dancing fans carrying instruments featured in the game.
The Beatles: Rock Band allows player to play guitar, drum and even sing along to a list of 45 classic Beatles songs. You can even by special controllers that look just like the instruments used by the Beatles themselves reports the
Telegraph.
This will also be the first music game to offer harmonies, challenging you to recreate The Beatles’ vocal blend, plus the game rewards you with rare audio and unseen photos from it's archives says the
official website.
The game is widely expected to be one of this biggest selling releases of the year, appealing to the young as well as their parents and of course Beatles fans.
The game has been developed with the blessing and critical input of Apple Corps, including former Beatles members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
The complete set list as confirmed by
Joystiq takes you from the 1963 album
Please Please Me to
Love in 2006. It also contains several single releases.
The game will be released September 9, 2009 coinciding with the release of new, remastered CD versions of The Beatles albums.