Rafat Ali, Editor, Founder, PaidContent.org

Forget Digital Music, Beatles in Talks for Video Games

June 23, 2008 at 12:03 am PT

Beatles representatives, who haven’t yet reached a deal to offer the band’s music online, are now in talks with two video games companies for a Beatles-themed video game, in a move that could pave the way for a broader licensing of the Fab Four’s catalog, reports the Financial Times. The reps have been talking to with both Activision (ATVI) and MTV Games, the respective makers of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games…the two games have been successful in sales of the digital versions of songs featured on the games.

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