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Brutal Legend NPD sales revealed (News)

13 Nov 2009

Examiner: Although Brutal Legends did not make the top ten software list for the month of October, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 title still had a solid debut.

Mature games remade for the Wii family (Feature)

12 Nov 2009

The Wii is the home of clueless casual gamers, housewives and grannies: fact. Ok, so that’s not entirely true, but there’s no doubt the aforementioned groups have helped propel the little white box into the sales stratosphere. But while they’re undoubtedly the backbone of Nintendo’s current business model, there’s only so long they can last on Wii Sports and Wii Fit. That’s why we’ve taken some of ...

GoGamer Multi-Platform Sale Offers Big Name Titles (News)

9 Nov 2009

GoGamer has launched their weekend deals, and this time the sale is much more multi-platform than usual. Highlights include sales on Dragon Age: Origins (All), GTA: Liberty City Episodes (360), Tekken 6 (360/PS3), Borderlands (PC/PS3), Brutal Legend (360), and more.

Brutal Legend : DLC is already on the disc (News)

6 Nov 2009

Free on the PlayStation Store for two weeks only, but not free on the Xbox Live, "Tears Of The Hextadon", Brutal Legend's DLC, is already on the disc.
If you download the DLC on the PlayStation Store, you can see that the file size is 100kb, like an activation key, and you will pay for it in two weeks...

Do you remember the story of Resident Evil 5 Versus DLC?

PlayStation Store Global Update 11/05/09 (News)

6 Nov 2009

Want to see which region got what content? Look no further, as PlayStation LifeStyle has done the searching for you and compiled a list of what's new in this week's PlayStation Store Update, for all regions across the globe.

Brutal Legend - Multiplayer deathmatch (Video)

2 Nov 2009

While the combat is merely competent and the RTS mechanics clunky, the humor, world, and characters of Brutal Legend make the tour one well worth taking.

Brütal Legend's Tears of the Hextadon DLC Launches for Free on PSN! (News)

27 Oct 2009

PlaystationBlog: We love the PS3 and we're excited that connected PS3 gamers across the world will able to enjoy 2 multiplayer maps, The Circle of Tears and Death's Fjord, as well as the Blade of Ormagöden axe, courtesy of the fine folks at Double Fine, Sony, and EA.

We hope to see you online for a skirmish or two or three.

Brutal Legend's First DLC Pack Announced (News)

27 Oct 2009

IncGamers reports that Tears of the Hextadon, the first DLC pack for Brutal Legend, has been announced and will hit early November.

Brutal Legend - Brutal thoughts #11: Sexy time (Video)

19 Oct 2009

While the combat is merely competent and the RTS mechanics clunky, the humor, world, and characters of Brutal Legend make the tour one well worth taking.

Metal Cover: How Brutal Legend landed in mainstream media and on a newspaper cover (News)

19 Oct 2009

You don't see games get on newspaper covers that often. You also don't see games like Brutal Legend that often. Find out how the game landed on the mainstream media's radar and the cover of the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Brutal Legend - Celebrity trailer (Video)

16 Oct 2009

While the combat is merely competent and the RTS mechanics clunky, the humor, world, and characters of Brutal Legend make the tour one well worth taking.

Jack Black Promotes Brutal Legend on Jimmy Kimmel Live (News)

15 Oct 2009

Gamefreaks365........Actor Jack Black, star of EA's Brutal Legend video game, appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the video game. Dressed up in a styrofoam muscle shirt and wielding an ax, Jack talked about his experience as lead character Eddie Riggs and even fights a demon on-stage. The game is out now for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Brutal Legend Bound Serpents guide (Feature)

14 Oct 2009

You’ve experienced Brutal Legend’s heavy metal homage for yourself, and must now slake your bloodlust for collectibles! Leave it to the deliciously demented mind of Tim Schafer to give us the bondage-themed Bound Serpents. Removing the ball-gags from these bound serpents will give you a pleasantly unwholesome sense of release, and if that’s not enough will earn you gifts from the metal gods. ...

Happy Rocktober 13th - Brutal Legend now available (News)

13 Oct 2009

Today is the long awaited "Rocktober 13th." As promised, Double Fine Productions and Electronic Arts have released Brutal Legend today, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game comes from Tim Schafer and his team at Double Fine Productions, who have crafted a unique and other-worldly land of Metal.

"I can't believe Rocktober 13th is actually here and we're able to share the complete experience of Brütal Legend with our fans," said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. "It's like the Age of Metal is finally upon us and Brütal Legend is a chrome volcano that has been trembling and rumbling and belching smoke for the past four years, and today it is about to erupt and cover the world in Metal!"

Brutal Legend will be available in Europe on "Rocktober 16th."

Brutal Legend – Motor Forge and Solo Tablature guide (Feature)

13 Oct 2009

Brutal Legend features a face-melting number of collectibles. In this guide we’ll cover the most important ones – the locations of Motor Forges where you can spend your Fire Tributes to purchase upgrades, as well as the less-obvious Tab Slabs that unlock Solos to help you conquer the tougher Stage Battles. ...

Brutal Legend (Review)

13 Oct 2009

Metal is not dead. It can never truly die, for according to Brutal Legend, it was passed down to humankind by our creators, the Titans, and it is the weapon by which we defeated great evils (read: shitty music). Tim Schafer, the man behind Psychonauts, the game we’ve guilt-tripped you for not buying almost as much as we’ve mentioned Okami, is one funny game designer. ...

Don't like curse words? Brutal Legend Lets you Bleep on the fly (News)

13 Oct 2009

Gamesthirst: For many gamers it's not an issue, but for others, excessive curse words in a video game just don't make sense. Some actually take offense when games come laden with f-bombs and the likes.

Certain developers have cleverly steered away from such language, making the path for a friendly rating from ESRB much easier. Others have created an option that allow gamers to bleep out the curse words. One game that comes to mind is Battlefield: Bad Company, the other game is one released today, Brutal Legend. Speaking in an interview, Double Fine's Tim Schafer was asked about the feature.

EG: Why did you include a feature that lets people bleep out the swearing?

Pachter: Brutal Legend will be the sleeper hit of the holiday season (News)

13 Oct 2009

Michael Pachter says that Brutal Legend will be the sleeper hit of the holiday season.

Brutal Legend (Screenshots)

13 Oct 2009

Jack Black Calls to Remind You Brütal Legend is Due Tomorrow (News)

12 Oct 2009

Gamervision writes:
"Gamestop's favorite thing in the world, besides not giving publishers money for used game sales, is getting celebrities to make phone calls for them. When Ghostbusters was released, Dan Aykroyd called everyone who reserved the game to remind them to pick it up, and Mario did the same for Mario Kart early last year. This time around, Jack Black is shilling for the publisher, making calls to promote Brütal Legend. The clip is below."

Australian Game Releases - October 12-18: AusGamers (News)

12 Oct 2009

For gaming Australians, AusGamers has a handy recurring news post outlining the week's major releases at retail Down Under, this week including the likes of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Brutal Legend and Metroid Prime Trilogy, among others.

Retail Scoop: New Releases Week of October 13, 2009 (News)

11 Oct 2009

In affiliation with Amazon.com, TripleChat is happy to bring you the new releases each week for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. Along with new game releases they will also highlight the top five bluray releases each week that we feel will best suite movie and TV show fans alike.

PS3:
- Uncharted 2
- Brutal Legend
- Way of Samurai 3
- Fallout 3 GOTY
- Cars Race o Rama
- Where the Wild Things Are

PS2:
- Cars Race o Rama

PSP:
- Cars Race o Rama
- Half Minute Hero

Top 5 Bluray Choices:
- Drag Me to Hell
- Land of the Lost
- South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Natural Born Killers

For deals, incentives, and the full scoop, jump to the site.

Weekly Releases: 11th October - 17th October (News)

11 Oct 2009

Weekly Game Releases - 11th October – 17th October for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS.

This week's new video game releases (week of 10/11/09) (News)

11 Oct 2009

It's another packed new game release week. There is something to select from for every gaming system. Many PlayStation 3 gamers will find their hours going into Uncharted 2. It has already been rated as one of this year's best games. Double Fine Productions is delivering their Brutal Legend game this week for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers. Both of the games will be available on the crack of October 13th, midnight, from GameStop's Midnight Launch opening event. Wii gamers, you have plenty to keep yourselves busy too. If you haven't picked up Wii Sports Resort yet, now's a great time to with the Limited Edition Wii Sports Resort Bundle. It includes two Wii MotionPlus controllers, instead of the usual one, saving your $10. A Boy and His Blob returns with a charming new art style. SEGA delivers the second Mario and Sonic competitive outing with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Also fitting for an October release is JU-ON: The Grudge, which is subtitled "The Haunted House Simulator." Star Wars fans, you have the first officially licensed Wii peripherals out, which include Lightsabers, a Blaster and the Darth Vader Wii Remote Sensor Bar Holder. See what's coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and PSP.

Brutal Legend: Retailer Offers Insane Deal (News)

10 Oct 2009

GamerDeals.net writes:

"The long road to release for Jack Black's Brütal Legend is about end as it is set to release next week.

Pre-order Brütal Legend for $56.99 (5% off) plus get a free $10 Amazon Credit.

Brütal Legend ships October 13, 2009."

Brutal Legend and Uncharted 2 midnight launch at GameStop (News)

8 Oct 2009

GameStop has announced they will be having a midnight launch opening next week for two highly anticipated games, Brutal Legend (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PlayStation 3). On Monday, October 12th, over 800 GameStop stores will be open starting at 10pm. Call your local store to confirm their opening time. Get a list of the GameStop stores that will be participating in the midnight openings here.

Americas Preorder Charts - 04th Oct 09 (News)

5 Oct 2009

Uncharted 2 added another 60,000 preorders this week to take the total to 240,000. With around ten days left until release, total preorders should be over 300,000 units by the time the game releases - suggesting a week one of around 450,000 units as suggested last week. Wii Fit Plus reached nearly 100,000 preorders before release - expect week one sales to be at least double that when the final data is in next week due to the nature of sales of a game like Wii Fit. The majority of preorders are for the stand-alone version, suggesting that a lot of early buyers will be existing owners looking to upgrade to the new version.

The full top 40 is listed below:

Brutal Legend Demothon Today (News)

1 Oct 2009

Xbox Evolved writes: Ormagoden, the Cremator of the Sky, the Destroyer of the Ancient world, the Lord of all things Brütal has demanded that 666 Million humans download the face meltingly awesome Demo of Brütal Legend or he will give "everyone" Swine Flu. While this may seem like a good time to panic, sell all your worldly possessions and run to the hills, fear not. Double Fine will be streaming a LIVE video "Dem-o-Thon" in support of the Demo in hopes that they can meet Ormagoden's impossible demands and save your sinuses.

PlayStation Store Global Update 10/01/09 (News)

1 Oct 2009

Brutal Legend Dem-o-Thon Event: Live Stream Here On N4G (News)

1 Oct 2009

Gamertag Radio writes: "Tune in Tomorrow, October 1st at 12pm PST for a LIVE broadcast from Double Fine Productions in San Francisco featuring interviews and antics with the Double Fine team.

Rumored PS Store Content for 10/01/09 (News)

30 Sep 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"This week might just be the largest update the PS Store has ever had. Most of the content will be geared toward the PSP, to ready for the launch of the PSPgo. However the PS3 is still getting plenty of content, namely a few demos and a few downloadable games. Also don't forget to to download the Uncharted 2 demo, which is available in the PS Store now."

Schafer: Activision 'never' had a case (News)

30 Sep 2009

Double Fine founder Tim Schafer has told GamerZines that Activision never had a case when attempting to block the release of Brutal Legend, saying that "it wasn't really a big thing" for his team, and that the publishing giant was "just trying to intimidate us for money".

Schafer would 'love to do another' Psychonauts (News)

28 Sep 2009

Double Fine founder and legendary video game developer Tim Schafer has told GamerZines that he would "love to do another" Psychonauts and that he has a "lot of ideas" for a follow-up, but has questioned whether people would really want a sequel over "something new".

Brütal Legend Dem-o-Thon! LIVE from Double Fine Productions Productions (News)

26 Sep 2009

Xbox Evolved writes:

"Next Thursday October 1st EA will be hosting a Live Webcast from Double Fine Productions in San Francisco in support of the Brutal Legend Demo. "

Brutal Legend characters list (News)

25 Sep 2009

VGB takes a look at the cast of this highly anticipated Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 videogame from the mind of Tim Schafer. See who joins Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black) on his journey through the ancient world of Rock and Roll Titans.

Tune in to Brutal Legend 'Dem-o-thon' webcast on October 1st, or else (News)

25 Sep 2009

Double Fine Productions and Electronic Arts have setup a great webcast event for gamers who want to get know more about Brutal Legend. Kicking off the month of "Rocktober," that would be October 1st, the Double Fine Productions team will be available for a live Q&A webcast session. Why is it being done? Watch a video featuring Tim Schafer here, announcing the details of the DEM-O-THON.

Icrontic: Compose a Metal Haiku and Win a Brütal Legend Demo Key (News)

19 Sep 2009

Icrontic is giving away demo codes for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of the upcoming shredfest Brütal Legend. Compose a Metal Haiku and be entered in the random drawing

Get Access to the Brutal Legend Demo Today with Pre-Order (News)

17 Sep 2009

Electronic Arts Inc. and Double Fine Productions Inc. announced today that gamers will get a chance to experience Brutal Legend four weeks before the game's Rocktober 13th release in North America. With the demo, players can enjoy industry visionary Tim Schafer's ultimate heavy metal action adventure game.

Rumored PS Store Content for 09/17/09 (News)

16 Sep 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"This week's update will be dominated by EA Sports, which is releasing a demo for FIFA 10, and NBA Live 10. We'll also be getting Creat Studios and Tik Games latest PSN offering, Interpol: The Trial of Dr. Chaos. For those of you in the US or EU, if you don't feel like waiting until next week for the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Demo, it will be available in the Japanese PlayStation Store this week. Also if you've got Batman: Arkham Asylum make sure to download the free Insane Night DLC. Lastly, Trine developer Frozenbyte says the long-awaited game is coming tomorrow, but given it's track record, we'll be keeping it in the Rumored Section just in case. Let's hope it's worth the wait."

Tim Schafer Finally Gets His Date With Fallon (News)

14 Sep 2009

Set your DVRs, bookmark NBC's website, or do whatever you have to do to prepare for the sheer awesomeness heading your way in a few weeks. As Kotaku reports, Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer will be appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on October (aka Rocktober) 2nd!

Why Tim Schafer Chose EA for Brütal Legend (News)

8 Sep 2009

Kikizo: "Double Fine head also reveals extent of Jack Black's contribution, and why he thinks this time, his studio has a success on its hands."

Schafer would "love" a Brütal Legend sequel, more Psychonauts would be "awesome" (News)

8 Sep 2009

TVGB: "Whenever a hotly anticipated game is about to hit that really can't seem to go wrong, people start wondering about future content - will there be downloadable content, an expansion, a sequel? Add someone like Tim Schafer and the words "legend" and "brütal," not necessarily in that order, to the mix and people really want to know. And Schafer really wants to tell us."

Joystiq: PAX 2009: Brutal Legend lets you decide about the F-word (News)

7 Sep 2009

Joystiq writes: "Tim Schafer showed us the opening cinematic for Brutal Legend at PAX, where they revealed the band that Jack Black's Eddie Riggs roadies for: Kabbage Boy. It's a band full of hipster d-bags (one guy wears a Phantom of the Opera half-mask) and they think they're metal. The only problem is that they sound like every emo-alternaband out there, much to Eddie's chagrin. Hopefully we'll get to reveal who's in the band soon, until then just let your speculation run wild."

Epic Qore Episode 16 - Featuring UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, Gran Turismo with Jay Leno, PSPgo and Brutal Legend (News)

2 Sep 2009

PS Blog: Like I said, this September episode is epic:

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves expanded coverage
Jay Leno and Gran Turismo PSP
Our PSPgo update
Brutal Legend with Tim Schaefer
MAG Beta invitation
UNCHARTED 2 theme
DiRT2 demo

Look for Episode 16 tomorrow.

Brutal Legend gets comedians Kyle Gass, Brian Posehn and Steve Agee (News)

1 Sep 2009

GamePro reveals three new members of the Brutal Legend voice acting crew: Kyle Gass, Brian Posehn and Steve Agee. They also reveal the roles they'll be playing in the upcoming game.

Brutal Legend ESRB description is long, totally epic (News)

31 Aug 2009

There was little doubt that Double Fine's Brutal Legend was going to get slapped with an "M" rating by the ESRB. This is a game based off of heavy metal culture -- sex, drugs, rock n' roll... an Iron Maiden album cover brought to life.

So when the ESRB got their glimpse of the game's juciest bits, they walked away with a lot to say. In fact, the description found on the ESRB Web site is without a doubt the longest we've ever read. It talks of "'face-melting solos' (literally melting enemies' faces)," and "dominatrixes." It mentions main character Eddie Rigg's hot rod that bowls over enemies, "resulting in blood effects and more heads and limbs getting chopped off." There's an enemy whose tight, bondage gear outfit reveal buttocks and breasts. The words "f*ck," "sh*t," and "d*ck" are tossed around liberally.

Brütal Legend Makes a Brütal Offer (News)

31 Aug 2009

Oh, Brütal Legend. We thought you were going to be different. You're a rebel. You're rokken. You're not supposed to be ... corporate. So why are you doing this cheesy pay-for-access-to-the-demo thing that other pinhead games started?

The games of fall '09 (Feature)

28 Aug 2009

The end of summer means the beginning of the game season, and today is the last Friday before the game industry’s big holiday push. Publishers jam the fall with games to challenge the true worth of your credit card – a double dog dare in the uncertain economy of 2009. ...

Challenge Tim Schafer for a Brutal Legend achievement/trophy (News)

27 Aug 2009

With the release of Brutal Legend a little more than a month away, its about the time that hardcore fans start to learn about the game's achievements and trophies. EA and Double Fine have unveiled the extensive list of achievements from the upcoming action-RTS hybrid. Thankfully, the list is low on "secret" achievements and high on cleverly-named and designed tests of gaming mettle.

One particular achievement that caught GamePro's eye was "Six Degrees of Schafer," which is a viral sort of achievement that starts with Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer. Anyone who plays against the famed developer will unlock the achievement, and anyone who plays them afterward will also gain the Gamerscore/Trophy. They're guessing most fans want to get that achievement right from Shafer himself, though.

Get Ready for One Very 'Brutal' Contest (News)

27 Aug 2009

I'm sure all of you are excited about Electronic Arts' upcoming game Brutal Legend, staring Jack Black. So we wanted to let you all know of a great contest going on right now over at the Brutal Legend Facebook Fan Page. Here is a great chance to win a very cool prize (one of five limited edition Eddie Riggs statues) in anticipation of its release. So for all of you that are interested, please check out the details after the jump.

Pre-Order Brutal Legend, Get Demo Early (News)

18 Aug 2009

On the heels of EA's announcement that Brutal Legend would get a pre-launch demo in September, Double Fine has revealed that pre-order customers will get their hands on it before anyone else.

EA labels Activision 'huge and ugly monster' (News)

18 Aug 2009

Electronic Arts has likened rival publisher Activision to a particularly huge and ugly monster" over the Brutal Legend publishing row.

Brutal Legend Demo Announced (News)

18 Aug 2009

"EA has announced that gamers nationwide will get a sneak peek at this Rocktober's heavy metal action game Brütal Legend, when the demo launches in September.The press release doesn't mention the exact date, but since it says in a month we have to assume that it will be around the 17th of September, that's a month from now and its a Thursday which is the day new stuff usually hits PSN."

Schafer: Ozzy "swore more than was scripted" (News)

16 Aug 2009

Koku Gamer writes: 'Tim Schafer has said that Brutal Legend will feature funny ad-libs from Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne.'

Examiner: Brutal Legend multiplayer units detailed (News)

14 Aug 2009

Edie Sellers of Examiner.com writes:

"Now that it looks like Brutal Legend isn't going to fall into a bottomless pit of legalese, Double Fine relased today new details of the game's mulitplayer mode. And the list is longer than a Led Zepplin solo and meaner than free-beer night at a Mentors show.

Here's the entire unit descriptions from Double Fine:"

Tim Schafer on 4v4 Multiplayer: 'split the duties' (News)

14 Aug 2009

Destructoid writes:

"Hopefully, by now, you've had the chance to take a look at Hamza's preview for the upcoming Brütal Legend. Now, while he was getting some solid hands-on time with the multiplayer, I was, uh... getting some solid, uh... one-on-one time with the man himself, Tim Schafer. To say that our discussion was awesome is an understatement. Like his games or not, that man is a very cool member of the gaming industry. Definitely look out for that full interview early next week."

Brutal Legend - multiplayer hands-on (Preview)

13 Aug 2009

In San Francisco last week at the Mighty Club, Tim Schafer and Double Fine debuted a hands-on session of Brutal Legend's multiplayer component, a distillation of the story campaign's big band battles including all of the strange characters and vehicles from the single-player game and its strangely unique RTS gameplay. ...

Boycott Petition Can Make A Difference (News)

10 Aug 2009

JO-L from WEDOTECH.NET Writes: "Whichever side of the fence you sit on in regards to our war cry video at the weekend one thing is for sure, it reverberated around the internet and it got people passionately talking en-mass. To give people an update there has now been an official petition set up which will be sent to Activision to let them know just how damaging the words of Robert Kotick and Activision's recent actions will have on them."

More after the jump.

Brutal Legend soundtrack revealed; it's packed with Metal (News)

10 Aug 2009

Today EA and Double Fine Productions have unveiled the soundtrack from the upcoming Brutal Legend game (PS3, Xbox 360). As you might have guessed, it's filled with Metal music tracks. Spanning over 100 songs from 75 bands, the Brutal Legend Soundtrack will provide a great accompaniment to the third-person action game.

"This soundtrack took years to put together as we wanted to represent every genre of Metal, and also have the perfect music for every epic moment in the game," said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. "It's designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode… or both."

See the Brutal Legend soundtrack listing at the source.

BBFC pats Brutal Legend with a pass, rated 15 with "no cuts made" (News)

10 Aug 2009

Double Fine and Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend, starring the cool Jack Black, will be hitting October 15th as planned thanks to the BBFC giving their nod of approval.

The heavy metal action game is being released on Xbox 360 and PS3, that's after much delay and attempts by publisher Activision to stop it seeing the light of day, which failed in the end.

Röcktöber Is Still On! (News)

6 Aug 2009

There was a little bit still going on in the background over the release of Brütal Legend. Lawsuits galore. In fact it got to a point where EA and Double Fine's release date, coined Röcktöber, was not going to be met. Even after all the dough that EA has pumped out there to pump this game out to the masses, in publicities form. This could have dealt a huge blow to EA and most likely ruined Double Fine all together.

Lawsuit over 'Brutal Legend' video game settled (News)

6 Aug 2009

Attorneys for gaming giant Activision notified a court Wednesday that they reached a settlement over the release of "Brutal Legend," a video game starring Jack Black.

Activision had sued San Francisco-based developer Double Fine Productions to try to stop the October release of "Brutal Legend" by rival Electronic Arts. Activision claimed it still owned the rights to the game and that Double Fine failed to deliver it on time.

Double Fine countersued, claiming Activision terminated its agreement to release the heavy-metal inspired game after a failed attempt to make it part of the company's lucrative "Guitar Hero" franchise. Double Fine claimed Activision then moved to stop the release of "Brutal Legend" to try to protect "Guitar Hero."

"Brutal Legend" features Black as band roadie transported to a mythical ancient world to fight evil.

EA planning on aggressive marketing for Brütal Legend, Dragon Age (News)

5 Aug 2009

TVGB: "During their fiscal first quarter conference call today, EA CEO John Riccitello said the main reasons last year's critically acclaimed Mirror's Edge and Dead Space didn't do as well as expected was because they "managed to put these [games] right on top of some very strong competitive launches." Despite both games being "solid businesses" for the company, they "just didn't meet the expectations we had in fiscal '09." EA was also "less than pleased" with their marketing execution - a mistake they do not intend to repeat this year."

Brütal Legend Filters Makes It Family Friendly (News)

31 Jul 2009

GCO: "In an interview with Tim Schafer, it revealed that Brütal Legend will have a unique feature not presented in many M-Rated games, a profanity filter. This profanity filter will allow the players of Brütal Legend to turn on and off a filter that censors in-game profanity, "bleeping out" swear words, and putting shields over improper visuals."

Court not likely to delay Brutal Legend (News)

31 Jul 2009

Joystiq:

"The Associated Press has Los Angeles Superior Court judge Craig Karlan pushing back the formal motions until August 6th, to allow both parties to further prepare their arguments -- and because his calendar is full at the moment (with dance parties, we assume). Though he called the case a "close call," he also noted that his tentative judgment is based on his belief that Activision's case doesn't have "a likelihood of success." Ouch."

10 Songs For Brutal Legend Soundtrack Revealed (News)

28 Jul 2009

King Diamond, Megadeth, Motley Crue and more confirmed!

Epic court battle brewing over 'Brutal Legend' (News)

22 Jul 2009

The game's maker, Double Fine Productions, filed a countersuit against Activision Entertainment Inc. last week, alleging the company is trying to stop the release of "Brutal Legend" to protect Activision's "Guitar Hero" franchise.

Brutal Legend Multiplayer Details Revealed (News)

17 Jul 2009

For a while now, Brütal Legend's multiplayer has been something of... a unicorn. Double Fine kept talking about it, and saying it was going to be in the game, but it was never actually explained. In fact, some doubted its very existence, expecting it to be cut so the developer could focus on the game's important story. In a press release sent out today detailing the multiplayer, it has been confirmed that they don't swing that way.

Gwar headlines totally metal Brutal Legend concert (News)

9 Jul 2009

Notoriously noxious metal lords Gwar top the lineup of bands playing EA's "Brütal Legend Metal Meltdown" concert in San Diego, Calif., on the evening of July 23. (That's the first night of San Diego Comic-Con, which runs July 23 through 26 at the nearby San Diego Convention Center.)

The costumed comedy shock-rockers will be joined by Canadian metal act 3 Inches of Blood, all-grrl thrashers Unholy Pink and Black Flag co-founder Keith Morris.

Hey, Tim Schafer, What About Brutal Legend On PC? (News)

3 Jul 2009

Kotaku: Brutal Legend is looking awesome, but as of yet, it's only confirmed to be appearing on Xbox 360 and PS3. What about this generation's ugly stepsister, the PC?

In a break from EA's recent policy, which has seen titles like Mirror's Edge and Dead Space arrive on the PC, Tim Schafer's heavy metal adventure won't be. At least not initially.

Rumor about a rumor: Wii version of Brutal Legend canceled (News)

2 Jul 2009

Destructoid writes: "This October, Double Fine's Brütal Legend will rock the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 so hard that the name of said month has been changed to "Rocktober." And while it's not been confirmed by the developer or its publisher Electronic Arts, rumors of a Wii version of the title have been kicking around for some time now."

Brutal Legend Talent Threatening to Cancel? (News)

17 Jun 2009

Just a few days ago it was announced that Dio was being replaced with Tim Curry for a role in Brütal Legend. It turned out, as later explained, that it was much less "Behind the Music" and much more "We wanted the guy from Legend," but that doesn't mean the drama is over. Far from it. Just a few hours ago, Tim Schafer "tweeted" the following cryptic statement...

Tim Schafer Explains Why Dio's Out Of Brütal Legend, Tim Curry's In (News)

16 Jun 2009

Kotaku writes: "Double Fine Productions' Brütal Legend is packed with big names, including Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford and, now, Tim Curry. Curry will replace Ronnie James Dio as Doviculus, chief bad guy of the open world action-adventure game. Why?"

EA breaks Guinness air guitar record at Download (News)

16 Jun 2009

Electronic Arts has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people simultaneously playing air guitar. At Download Festival this weekend, the software giant amassed an appropriately gigantic crowd of 440 Brutal Legend fans who rocked out to Motorhead's Ace of Spades, beating the previous record of 318, set in 2008.

The gnarliest rockers were invited onstage to show off their skills alongside South Wales six piece ...

Brutal Legend Fans Set Air Guitar World Record (News)

15 Jun 2009

Mike Fahey: "Fans of Brutal Legend gathered in England over the weekend to rock out with EA, shattering the world record for the most people simultaneously performing air guitar. Such is the power of the gamer."

Dio cut from Brutal Legend, replaced by Tim Curry (News)

15 Jun 2009

The "Holy Diver" himself, Ronnie James Dio of heavy metal band Dio, has reportedly been cut from Brütal Legend's voice actor list. Dio's management confirmed to Blabbermouth the removal of the lead singer's voice from the game, not citing any specific reasons, though it noted that actor Tim Curry will be filling the position.

Speculation surrounding the cut points to a longstanding feud between Brütal Legend's "Guardian of Metal" Ozzy Osbourne and Dio, though we're not so sure that their feud would carry over into the Double Fine-developed, EA-published title. To be honest with you though, we're still reeling from the lack of inclusion of any members of Slayer. "Raining Blood" playing while the act itself takes place in game -- these things write themselves, people!

Brutal Legend Website Confirms New Songs (News)

10 Jun 2009

Brütal Legend's website has been updated, listing a few new rockin' tracks for Tim Schaffer and Jack Black's rock opera. It isn't a track list, that's still planned for the coming days, but it reveals a few new songs that weren't previously listed as being attached to the title.

New Brütal Legend trailer shows the keeper of the sacred beer tree (News)

8 Jun 2009

VG247: DoubleFine and EA have put out a new Brütal Legend trailer featuring Lemmy, Ozzy and none other than the keeper of the sacred beer tree.

We can't wait for this one.

Schafer to VG247: This is Brütal Legend's year (News)

8 Jun 2009

VG247: VG247 met up with master games designer Tim Schafer at E3 last week, who told us he feels that 2009 is Brütal Legend's year.

"This has been a great year for us. I'd thought we'd never get there," he said when asked about how he sees Brütal Legend fitting in alongside the myriad of shooters and rhythm action games currently on show.

TalkRadar 54 - E3 freakout! (Feature)

5 Jun 2009

Quote of the week: “I wish I was dead.” ...

Activision Suing Double Fine Over Brutal Legend Rights (News)

4 Jun 2009

Brutal Legend is getting a lot of attention at this year's E3, but if Activision has its way the game will never be released under EA. The Associated Press reports that the company has announced that they are suing to stop the release of the game. Activision Entertainment Holdings has opened a suit against Double Fine Productions, claiming the developer transferred rights to Electronic Arts. Activision claims they still hold a valid contract to release the game. They say they've invested about $15 million into it, and clearly want to make that money back.

EA Press Conference Roundup (News)

2 Jun 2009

GamesAreEvil presents a full roundup of the games demoed and discussed in yesterdays Press Conference from EA. After an unexpected start, we are greeted with some meaty details of some of the years most anticipated games.

Ozzy Osbourne to Feature in Brütal Legend (News)

2 Jun 2009

Tim Schafer announced the big news during his segment in EA's press conference.

Brutal Legend Fact Sheet (News)

1 Jun 2009

From the mind of Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions comes Brütal Legend , a 3rd person Action game rich in combat, imagery and storytelling that delivers lighter-flicking fun sure to melt your face clean off.

Brütal Legend tells the tale Eddie Riggs, the ultimate roadie. The "roadie's roadie", Eddie is the 1st person anyone calls when they need guitars tuned or stages rigged. With a love for hot rods and a photographic memory for every Heavy Metal album cover, and the lyrics those albums contained, committed to memory, Eddie has always felt out of place, like he should have been born earlier, when the music was real.

Brutal Legend to Rock the Internet During E3 2009 (News)

26 May 2009

With the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) less than a week away, Brütal Legend is preparing to take its Heavy Metal road show online, unleashing upon the masses http://e3.brutallegend.com/.

Featuring an exclusive live chat with Double Fine's own Tim Schafer via Twitter, the world premiere of a brand new Brütal Legend trailer, and a new installment of "Brütal Thoughts with Jack Black", entitled "Human Video Game". And if that wasn't enough to get your fists in the air, one lucky person will win a real guitar, six strings and all, inspired by none other than Tenacious D!

PlayStation @ E3 2009 - The Games (News)

22 May 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "In just over a week, PlayStation LifeStyle will be reporting live from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We've been trying to get a handle on the plethora of PlayStation games that will be on display from June 2 through June 4, and it's quite astounding. If you weren't excited about the prospect of new announcements for the PlayStation brand, what if we told you there will be over 75 unique PlayStation games on display - that we know about?! While many are multiplatform titles (though the best still appear to be Sony-exclusive), it is a large increase from last year's showing."

Brutal Legend reveals RTS war, hot chicks, demon wings and Lemmy from Motorhead (Preview)

19 May 2009

Brutal Legend keeps unveiling more and more gameplay variety – first it was hacking, slashing, and guitar playing microgames. Then came an open world and driving. And now? Creator Tim Schafer pulls back the curtain on real-time strategy elements. But ironically, the more depth and variety that gets revealed, the easier it becomes to summarize the game in a single sentence. ...

Brutal Legend Is Screaming for Vengeance - New Screens (News)

14 May 2009

WorthPlayign writes: "Brütal Legend is a 3rd person Action/Adventure game starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand. These new screenshots reveal General Lionwhyte as portrayed by Rob Halford of Judas Priest."

Brutal Legend: We didn't think we'd get Jack Black, says Schafer (News)

13 May 2009

VG247: Brutal Legend is Jack Black. Jack Black is Brutal Legend. Apparently, though, Double Fine boss Tim Schafer never thought Herr Black would be interested in the title.

"We didn't think we'd get someone of that calibre in the game," Schafer said, talking at EA's spring showcase in London.

Brütal Legend Will Show "Something Really Cool" at E3 (News)

8 May 2009

What could it be? Maybe a surprise appearance/rockout session with lead voice actor Jack Black? Spontaneous Tenacious D concert? Hey, EA did shell out for a private Who show last year, so it's not unbelievable.

Brutal Legend Might Have Been A Country Or Hip-Hop Game (News)

6 May 2009

Publishers don't always know what's best for a game. If certain executives had their way, Brutal Legend could've been a country music game starring Garth Brooks instead of a heavy metal adventure starring Jack Black.

GameStop's Exclusive Brütal Legend Tenacious D Axe (News)

6 May 2009

Kotaku Writes: Gamers who pre-order Brütal Legend from GameStop will find themselves on the receiving end of an exclusive in-game guitar, crafted via unholy alliance between Double Fine and Tenacious D.

While the exclusive pre-order axe certainly has a striking look, the differences between this and your ordinary Brütal Legend guitar are far more than skin deep. Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D have provided voice work for the promotional instrument, which also features new sound effects, visual effects, and "geeky technical stuff" like textures and shaders. It's a bit deep. Just be comforted by the fact that the official EA announcement assures us that "it's going to rule very, very hard"

Brutal Legend DLC is "something awesome," says Schafer (News)

5 May 2009

VG247: Brutal Legend will have DLC. Quite what it is, Double Fine's Tim Schafer isn't saying.

24/04/09 Top Gaming News Summary (News)

23 Apr 2009

From Xbox to PS3 to DLC and even a Free Realms Beta Key, I cover the top news across all current-gen gaming platforms, into a short easy-to-digest summary.

Missed out on the past few days of gaming news? Want to hear the top stories? Check it out after the jump

Brütal Legend this October (News)

21 Apr 2009

TVGB: "EA and Double Fine have just announced the release dates for Brütal Legend - October 13th in North America and on October 16th in Europe. The release will happen simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PS3."

Is Brütal Legend Headed to the Wii? (News)

3 Apr 2009

Brütal Legend, Tim Schafer's heavy metal adventure, is currently in development for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, but back in February, GoNintendo posted a story that included a rumor that the game would also be released for the Nintendo Wii. The site was asked to pull the story and did so, but not before it had been noticed by 1Up, who asked Schafer about it when they interviewed him roughly a month later.

His response was telling. Instead of confirming or denying the story, he asked his public relations representative how he should answer the question before replying, "We are making an Xbox 360 and a PS3 version of Brütal Legend." It's not the sort of response one would expect to such a simple question, unless the truth is a Closely Guarded Secret.

'No Plans' For 'Brutal Legend' Guitar Controller Compatibility (News)

3 Apr 2009

Creator Tim Schafer explained why the metal-themed game won't make use of the guitar-controller peripheral at this time.

Activision claims rights to Brutal Legend (News)

16 Feb 2009

Fudzilla: "Double Fine deal with EA could be invalid."

Looks like Activision might be looking to get paid, as sources are telling us that both Double Fine and Electronic Arts have received letters from Activision claiming that it still owns the publishing rights to Brutal Legend."

Activision: Brutal Legend is ours: EA: Activision is a jealous ex-husband (News)

16 Feb 2009

Think the drama over "Brutal Legend" is over? Think again.

It turns out that Activision Blizzard is under the impression it still has publishing rights to the game. And it's threatening to sue developer Double Fine and new publisher Electronic Arts as a result.

EA calls Activison a jealous ex-husband after they threaten to sue over Brutal Legend (News)

14 Feb 2009

According to Variety Activision Blizzard has threatened to sue EA over the rights to Brutal Legend. EA doesn't seem too worried though, comparing Activision's threat to that of a jealous ex-husband.