Brutal Legend Demo Shows Its Might, Converts Skeptics

Posted by | October 2, 2009

The demo for Brutal Legend is out now, ready for download on PS3 and Xbox 360. I messed around with it last night, but we’ll get to my impressions in a moment.

More important, is what the demo has been doing to other people. The unconverted. The agnostics, they who do not worship at the altar of metal. Combing this vast internet of ours, I’ve been seeing something strange and unknown to our ways; people see the demo and change their minds. Those who couldn’t care less about Jack Black, suddenly find him funny. Girlfriends peek around the corner and ask to see what’s going to happen next. Blasphemers who think the hallowed chords and solos of metal are little more than manchildren strangling the kittens hidden away inside their guitars take up the controller and smite some evil with a big …

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Brutal Legend Crushes Lawsuit Threat

Posted by | August 7, 2009

The upcoming Double Fine game of heavy metal and skull-crushing destruction, one Brutal Legend, has been trapped in a legal limbo under threat of lawsuit. The vast and mighty giant Activision once held sway over Brutal Legend, but lost the game to Electronic Arts, who, employing the grace of shadows and air, stole it away in the night. Activision unleashed their legal hounds, and here we are.

A settlement was always extremely likely, though, given that Brutal Legend was ready for an October release, and that’s exactly what happened. On Wednesday, Activision’s lawyers broke camp and returned to their lands of ice and snow.

Here’s the trailer, in case you missed it.

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Tim Shafer and Two Brutal Legend Gameplay Videos

Posted by | July 9, 2009

IGN recently got ahold of some video where Tim Shafer of Double Fine plays his latest game offering, Brutal Legend. You might remember Tim and the Double Fine crew for a game called Psychonauts. If you don’t remember Psychonauts, you are a lesser person and likely an alien imposter.

Brutal Legend Gameplay 01

Brütal Legend at IGN.com

Brutal Legend Gameplay 02

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