The Beatles Rock Band soon gets Abbey Road album
Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix announced Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album to be available for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. This download will give players access to all the songs on the album - some were released when the game went live earlier this year including With Come Together, Something, Octopus’s Garden, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Here Comes The Sun and The End.
Available for Xbox 360 (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct. 22): The Complete The Album Pack features the singles Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, and Because; a B-side 16 minute medley that includes: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End; and songs that can be played as 1-to-3-song sets based on how they were recorded / composed (You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/ She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End and Her Majesty. The Complete Album will be available for $16.99 USD, £10.46 UK, €11.37 EU (1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).
available for Wii on Oct. 20 are individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Because, You Never Give Me Your Money, and Her Majesty
Each will be priced at $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per each individual track. Her Majesty will costs $1.00 USD (100 Wii Points). Multi-Track sets including
Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End are also available at
$3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack.
Additional Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December. The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii.
