OK, so anyone remember about a month ago when Dhani Harrison, son of Beatle George Harrison who assisted on The Beatles: Rock Band, told the Chicago Tribune:
“I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game. Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen.”
Well, Harmonix would like to put a stop to that right now. IGN reports that at a talk held yesterday in San Francisco on the future of gaming, Harmonix’ John Drake said that Dhani Harrison was “speculating wildly” and that while he’d been an integral part of The Beatles: Rock Band, that Harrison is not involved with Rock Band 3.
Whether this is deflection or the absolute truth I have no idea but I think a game that teaches the user to play instruments is a smart idea, whether or not Harmonix or Rock Band is behind it. Hopefully something will still come of the young Harrison’s aspirations.
