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You can now finally be a member of the Beatles. The long-awaited Beatles Rock Band video game hits stores today.

Featuring 45 songs by the Fab Four, the game allows fans to become John, Paul, George and Ringo and perform in various venues, including on the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show, in “Octopus’s Garden” and at Shea Stadium in New York.

The game coincides with the release of the entire 12-album Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally remastered following an extensive four-year process.

Make sure to check out the “Fab Four Mystery Tour” – an interactive look at the Beatles and the many twists and turns of their legendary career.

Lots more Beatles content will be released in the following months to support this groundbreaking game…

Starting Sept. 9, “All You Need Is Love” will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 as a downloadable song for the game through Xbox LIVE with Apple Corps Ltd, MTV Games, Harmonix and Microsoft proceeds benefiting Doctors Without Borders. Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison personally selected the charity as the beneficiary of these proceeds.

“The Beatles: Rock Band” owners will also be able to download the full “Abbey Road” album beginning on October 20, along with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Rubber Soul” following in November and December respectively.

Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 9:46 am by Cam and is filed under News.

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