The game will sell for $59.99 but the Beatles guitar controllers specific to the game will come separately for $99.99 (not clear whether that’s each). A limited edition premium bundle, featuring controllers modeled after instruments played by the band, will sell for a hefty $249.99. With add-on pricing like that, the game could turn out to be, as all concerned had hoped, one of the most lucrative in history.

MTV Games will publish the game, EA will be a distribution partner. As an enticement to preorder, “exclusive” new content created by those involved will be given in the next few months to those who sign up. As already stated, it’s a music game, allowing multiple players to pick up guitar, bass, drums and microphone controllers to play along with the Fab Four’s catalog on a musical “journey”. Agreements have been struck between EMI, publisher Sony/ATV, Apple Corps and MTV for the game, which has the blessing of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono. In a neat link to the past, Giles Martin, the Grammy-winning son of Beatles producer Sir George Martin, has been tapped to produce the game’s music.

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