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"Last night, the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony took place in London, with a number of shocking results. While few would argue that Batman: Arkham Asylum found itself up against some tough competition for the coveted Game of the Year award, the fact that Rocksteady Studios walked away with the award will certainly be a boon to UK videogame development. However, another winner is now going to be a benefit to the UK’s gaming public, as the UK’s largest high street videogames re..."
"Best Buy wants you to be there valentine this year, because there are discounts galore this week, with savings of up to $20.
As seen above, you can save $10 on Darksiders, Bayonetta, Dark Void and MX vs. ATV Reflex. Applies to every system.
If $10 weren't enough, you can save $20 on Brutal Legend and The Beatles: Rock Band. This applies to every system.
NBA 2k10 is priced at $39.99 this week, and Fight Night Round 4 is at $29.99.
Lego Rock Band on Wii is at $29.99 as well.
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Amazon.com has discounted The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Bundle for Playstation 3 to $139.99. That $60 off retail price and matches the best price ever available for limited edition bundle. The Beatles Rock Band Limited Edition Bundle includes The Beatles: Rock Band software, Sir Paul McCartney's exclusive Höfner bass guitar controller, The Beatles branded Rock Band drums, a microphone, microphone stand and additional special game content.
Amazon has posted their list of "Cyber Monday" deals and while many of them are repeats from Black Friday, there's still plenty of deals to be had. Some of the games on sale include Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Need For Speed: Shift, The Beatles: Rock Band, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2010, a great deal on Tekken 6 and discounts on every recent Guitar Hero title.
"Thanksgiving is here and that means one thing for retailers and bargain hunters, "Black Friday" is tomorrow. But rather than wake up at 2 AM or 3 AM or even earlier, Amazon has the perfect solution. Shop for deals from your pajamas a day early. Yes, Amazon has posted their Black Friday deals a day early. With more deals to be added tomorrow."
"MTV Games and Harmonix are getting ready for a big holiday push for The Beatles: Rock Band. The game which was released earlier this year at the end of August was met with huge critical acclaim and fans went in drones to get their hands on the Fab Four. During the holidays you can expect to see more Beatles mania in the form of a new TV commercial which will begin airing Saturday, November 21st. The new TV spot definitely makes me want to play the game right now but I don’t know if my family ..."
While Viacom, the owner of Harmonix's Rock Band game series, has been vocal in touting impressive sales numbers for the hit music title, what seemed to have been completely glanced over was a recent report by Credit Suisse which indicates that the game series simply has not been profitable since day one.
The first downloadable track for The Beatles Rock Band is an XBox exclusive. All You Need is Love is available on XBox Live for purchase with a portion of the proceeds going to the charity Doctors Without Boarders. Also, you will be entered in a sweepstakes to win a custom The Beatles Rock Band console and prize pack.
"As a rare and highly collectable piece of The Beatles merchandise, the Xbox 360 console is receiving a lot of attention. The Xbox 360 console is equipped with a Hard-Disk Drive, though which model the unit is has not been specified. What has been specified, however, is that all proceeds will benefit the same cause as the Xbox 360 exclusive Downloadable Content (DLC), Doctors Without Borders."
"On Raiden IV, 411mania writes:
Raiden IV originally came out in the arcades in 2007 and was ported to the 360 in Japan a year later. Improvements over the arcade version include two new stages, eight difficulty levels, a TATE option for the vertical widescreen purists out there, and the ability to select a stage that has already been completed (for practicing, of course!). A worldwide leaderboard system is also in place so that gamers could see how well they stack up to the best players in..."
Starbucks Coffee is working with Apple once again in the release of The Beatles Rock Band. On 9/9/09 when the game is to be released, Starbucks locations will sell four, digitally remastered albums from the legendary rock band: Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, Help and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
"Mad Catz has revealed a new officially licensed Rock Band peripheral, the Electro-Harmonix Overdrive Pedal for Rock Band 2 Guitar Controllers. Set to arrive in Europe in late September, Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band players will never miss a beat with this durable accessory for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii."
It was recently believed that the song "All You Need is Love" was an Xbox360 exclusive. It turns out the song is only a timed exclusive on the Xbox from 9/9/09 to 12/9/09. These pictures are from a Rock Band display, that Microsoft Reps dropped off at retailers.
"And while Harmonix sells most Rock Band downloads in the form of individual songs completely removed from the context of their original release, the downloadable Beatles music will be presented in the form of the band’s complete albums (although people will still be able to buy individual songs from the records). The first three albums scheduled for release are “Rubber Soul,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Abbey Road.” The Beatles’ music may be best served by the philosophy of i..."
"As 09.09.09 approaches in a little over one month I thought it would be a great idea to let people know about certain aspects regarding The Beatles Rock Band most may not know…"
"Looking at music games as part of our NPD analysis, Gamasutra has discovered that U.S. Guitar Hero/Rock Band revenues are down 49% year on year, as discounted hardware and over 20 SKUs flood the market.
June 2009 was the second consecutive month without a Rock Band or Guitar Hero title in the top 20 software titles. The last time the software charts went two months without one of these franchises was in September and October 2007, right before the launch of Guitar Hero II on the PlayStatio..."
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were at the Microsoft Convention to help introduce Beatles: Rock Band, much to the delight of many fans. Also the new guitars and drum set was introduced.
![Box shot of The Beatles: Rock Band [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvUmh5dGhtXyZfTXVzaWM=/the_beatles_rock_band_frontcover_small_TK5bAmJIS56n0YH.jpg)