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Surviving Beatles offer their ‘Help’
Thursday June 25, 11:08 AM
Sir Paul McCartney, Lord Ringo of Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison have all been getting their hands dirty in the development of the forthcoming Beatles: Rock Band game. They’re not involved in the technical aspects of making the game, although that would be hilarious. Instead Macca and co. have been dusting off their creative consultant caps; helping to choose the tracklist and telling the developers Harmonix what it was like when they was Fab... “The shareholders, as we call them -- Paul and Ringo, Olivia and Yoko -- were really creative partners throughout the project. They were involved in picking and approving the song list, the venues we went into. With the dreamscapes, they saw storyboards of all of the material, and gave feedback on whether or not they felt like those interpretations supported the songs in the way they wanted,” lead designer Chris Foster tells Crispygamer.com. “They looked over all the characters, the animations ... they really kept us honest on whether we were capturing the spirit of the band as they were performing, which was a huge challenge for us. With Rock Band, you've got these avatars that are, you know, anyone, so it's pretty easy for you to believe in them. But when you know who the Beatles are, and you know the joy in their faces when they play, you have to capture that on-screen; you have to be true to that, and they were really good about keeping the standard high.” So that’s a reassurance. And Harmonix really has no excuse now if the game turns out to be anything less than stunning. Fortunately, and as these screens ably testify, all signs are that it’s going to be absolutely ace. Beatles: Rock Band is out for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii on September 9th. And those authentic instruments totally justify the £180 asking price, don't they? Well, almost...
