Former Beatles assist with Beatles: Rock Band

News - Paul and Ringo, Olivia and Yoko aid Harmonix

The surviving former members of The Beatles are assisting with the creation of The Beatles: Rock Band, helping Harmonix tell the band's story in music video game form.

"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 told Crispy Gamer.

"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. At every milestone they improved it. I think Sir Paul McCartney heckled our project lead's bass-playing when he saw one of the game demos. So yeah, they were involved.

More on this music epic very soon, we hope.