Having kids is wonderful when it's not the most tiring, life-changing thing you can do to yourself – and even then you only remember the wonderful bits. When your child smiles at you for the first time and it isn't a build up of gas... wonderful. When your child says "dada" not as part of a string of completely random sounds... wonderful. When your child laughs at you for doing something only they would laugh at... wonderful.
]]>Microsoft has announced new titles coming soon to Xbox Game Pass.
]]>Brutal Legend, one of the most metal games ever made, is completely free right now - but only for a short time.
]]>Tim Schafer has said that Brutal Legend 2 will eventually happen, although it's not in development yet.
]]>Brutal Legend 2 could be a thing if Psychonauts 2 is a success.
]]>A Collector’s Edition of Brütal Legend is being offered as the October game of the month for IndieBox subscribers.
]]>Since it began self-publishing, Double Fine is making more off its back catalogue than ever before.
]]>Brutal Legend developer Double Fine never made a sequel to the heavy metal romp, but studio founder Tim Schafer has stressed that he'd love to return to the world via a new game or DLC, and that actor Jack Black would probably be up for coming back.
]]>Humble Bundle 9 is now available and it includes Trine 2: Complete Story, Mark of the Ninja, the beta for Eets Munchies and Brütal Legend. Also, if you pay more than the average price of $4.03 you will unlock FTL: Faster Than Light and FEZ. Sountracks inlcluded in the bundle are Trine 2, Brütal Legend and if you beat the average, the soundtracks for FTL and FEZ. More games are coming soon, and you can unlock them the moment they are announced by paying more than $4.03 - which is the current average. It keeps going up, so hurry. Video is below.
]]>The Double Fine Humble Bundle has launched. The lovely pay-what-you-want pack comes with cross-platform and DRM-free versions of Costume Quest, Psychonauts and Stacking. If ou pay over the $8.28 minimum you will also get Brütal Legend, If you pay $35 or more, you will also be pre-ordering Broken Age, the firm's Kickstarter project. If you are feeling even more generous, if you pay $70 you will also get a t-shirt. All games are compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and just giving $1 opens the three main titles up on Steam. You have 13 days left on the clock. A video is below.
]]>Thanks to a lovely teaser image linking to a Steam page by Capcom Unity this morning, I am now aware of two things: Valve is working on tutorials and examples of how to create content for the Left for Dead 2 Workshop using Bloodshots from Resident Evil 6; and The Brütal Legends Collection for Left for Dead 2 is available in the Workshop. So, instead of dispatching zombies with a projectile weapon, you can now use Eddie's axe instead. Rock on. Hit up the links for more.
]]>Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said his company needed a nudge to make the transition from publisher-funded triple-A development to smaller projects.
]]>Beütal Legend is finally making its way to PC, and if it sells well, Double Fine may release content not available for the console versions.
]]>Double Fine has announced that Brütal Legend is in multiplayer beta on Steam, and can be preordered for $14.99 - a 25% discount off the release-day price.
]]>Throw your devil horns in the air, kiddos, because Brutal Legend may be heading to Steam if CDR database information is any indication over on The Bronasarium. So, yeah, that's good news for those who've been wanting a PC version. Also noted in the database is something call the Double Fine Bundle 2013 which contains Psychonauts, Costume Quest, Stacking and Brutal Legend. Sounds great to us. Thanks, PCgamesN.
]]>Offbeat indie developer, Double Fine, is currently offering significant discounts on each and every one of its quirky titles across PS3, PC and 360. Hit the break for large-number discount details.
]]>Double Fine has ditched the need for big publishers and the $60 boxed game model. VG247's Dave Cook speaks to the team to learn more about its grandest adventure yet.
]]>Double Fine's Tim Schafer has discussed his reluctance to return to big, full priced retail releases, and sheds new light on the mixed messages and jumbled marketing that hindered his metal adventure Brutal Legend.
]]>Every gamer on the planet is aware of the drama which unfolded between EA Partners, Double Fine, and Activision over Tim Schafer's gaming homage to metal, Brutal Legend. When the game was dropped from Activision and picked up by EA, everyone assumed it was a case of the little guy being stepped on by the bigger guy when the game's former publisher moved to block the release of the game, subsequently branding Activision as the Evil Empire with Darth Kotick at the helm.
However, despite the legalities and all the verbal back-and-forth between all parties involved, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick as finally broken his silence on the matter, and if what he says is true, the decision was made by Vivendi during its merger with Activision and Kotick had never even so much as laid eyes on the game.
]]>There's a video after the break of Tim Schafer showing off Brutal Legend's multiplayer DLC after the break.
Tears of the Hextadon is releasing over the next two days. It has two multiplayer maps and will be free on PSN until November 19, after which it'll cost £3.99/$3.99. Xbox 360 owners will have to spend 400 MSP.
Thanks, Destructoid.
]]>Brutal Legend DLC lands on Xbox Live and PSN next month November 3 and 5, respectively.
Called Tears of the Hextadon, it has two maps for multiplayer and will be free on PSN until November 19, after which it will run you £3.99/$3.99. It's not free anytime on XBL at all, and will run you 400 MS Points.
The Brütal Legend Tears of the Hextadon map pack expands the Brütal Legend Stage Battle multiplayer experience with two new multiplayer maps. In the first map, Circle of Tears, vile waters have carved a rough-hewn circular battlefield into a forsaken land that players must circumvent to destroy their opponent. In the second map, Death's Fjord, players find themselves on an icy mountain pass with a dense cluster of fans that lie below, waiting to be harvested by those brave enough to capture them without cover from enemy attack. All players who download the new map pack will receive a free axe, the Blade of Ormagöden.
Full press release is through the break, and you can also check it out on the US PS Blog.
]]>IGN's gone live with the first reviews for Brutal Legend.
Judgement: it's bloody awesome. IGN US went with a 9.0, while IGN Australia went with a 9.3.
A blurb from the US review:
"Brutal Legend isn't quite perfect and there is room for improvement (it's a little short, side quests are repetitive...), but when the credits roll you'll find yourself hoping for a sophomore release. Double Fine created a rich heavy metal universe and backstory full of great characters and creatures, with potential for an out-of-this-world sequel. Here's hoping Shafer and company get a chance to take us there."
The US video review is after the jump. Game's out on the PS3 and 360 this week.
]]>We've posted a full, 23-minute playthrough video of the Brutal Legend demo after the break.
The rockathon's taster was released openly to Live and PSN today after being walled off to pre-orderers for the past week.
No longer. See what you'll be buying come October 15 if you have the slightest amount of common sense.
]]>Double Fine has announced that those who preordered Brutal Legend can now enjoy the game's demo before anyone else.
If you ordered from GameStop, log into Xbox Live or PSN and get to it.
The rest of the world will get it "in the coming weeks".
Full press release is below.
]]>Update - Sorry. You can only get the Brutal Legend demo tomorrow if you've pre-ordered. Check out the game's blog for more. Thanks, Enkeixpress.
Konami's confirmed that the PES 2010 demo will release tomorrow for PC, PS3 and 360. The taster "showcases the full game’s Exhibition mode," according to the PR after the break. The full game ships on October 23.
And just in case you'd forgotten, the Brutal Legend demo hits PSN and Live tomorrow, as confirmed at GamesCom.
Demotastic. Get both, obviously.
]]>After the break. Looks metally. Features bad metal stuff going down. Will most likely be brilliant. Fail to see how it can't be. See the mad metal monster go mad.
Demo's out tomorrow! Thanks, brennan40.
]]>The assets from GamesCom just keep pouring in with no end in sight.
Brutal Legend's trailer is posted for you after the jump.
It's rockin' to say the least.
Thanks, FileFront.
]]>Tim Schaffer just announced a Brutal Legend demo for Septmeber 17th on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace.
It's straight from the EA conference in Cologne.
Update: PR added. It's below.
]]>EA Denmark has released the soundtrack goodies for Brütal Legend over on its official page.
There are more than 100 face melting metal tracks in the game, with music from the likes of: Anvil, Black Sabbath, Carcass, Dokken, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Motorhead, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Ratt, Tenacious D, Whitesnake and so many, many others - it's making our head spin, really.
Come on Rocktober.
Full list is posted after the break courtesy of Kotaku.
]]>Episode Four of Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black has arrived, promoting Brutal Legend.
It's after the break courtesy of Joystiq.
Forget Jack Black's attempt at humor in this video and instead concentrate on the use of the battle axe in the game clips.
Its looks amped, bangin', spiffy, righteous, and other terminology uttered in the eighties.
Game's out in "Rocktober".
]]>We're actually not that far off playing Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend, which is probably why we're seeing a lot more of Brutal Legend. Hit the link to see the game's opening sequences, as narrated by the developer himself.
It's out for 360 and PS3 in October. Thanks, Joystiq.
]]>Rob Halford was on hand at E3 last month to promote Brutal Legend and check out the gaming scene.
He seemed very pleased with the work he did in the game, and commended Tim Schafer for creating something "special".
"It's a very unique type of game format and I think that's what people look for now more than ever, something that is a bit different," he told Gamespot. "Tim and Double Fine have created something very special here."
He was also on hand to promote his company, Metal God Entertainment, which started out as a clothing line but is looking at the game environment as something it wants to be a part of.
You can watch the full thing after the break.
Brutal Legend is out in October.
]]>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. Click below to found out why.
Brütal Legend should be out for PS3 and 360 later this year.
]]>New shots of Brutal Legend after the break, seeing as every other EA game in the world has some. Eddie clearly didn't want to be left out.
PS3 and 360, end of the year.
]]>EA has just put out a Brütal Legend E3 09 fact sheet, keeping you abreast of what to expect from the game at this year's show.
Headings like Action Combat!, A World Like No Other and Titans of Stage and Screen are all in effect, ramping up the excitement in our heavy metal underwear.
Full thing after the break.
Go read.
]]>EA has released the first video in a promo series for Brütal Legend starring Jack Black, Tim Schafer, and that guy from the Sarah Silverman Program, Steve Agee.
Watch after the break as he exercises using guitars and a mic stand before vomiting.
Vomiting always equals class.
Game's out on PS3 and Xbox 360 October 13 and 16 in the US and UK respectively.
]]>EA's put out a new story vid of Brutal Legend, and this one has a tiny bit of gameplay in it.
It's the movie shown to intro the game at EA's spring event in London last week, and successfully passes the "goosebump test".
The world needs more metal. Hit the link to see why. It's out for PS3 and 360 this October.
]]>Hit the link for lovely new screens of Double Fine's Brutal Legend.
The title was shown in London last week, and packs promise with a capital "p".
It's out this autumn. You will buy it and play it.
]]>EA's confirmed that Brutal Legend's to release for 360 and PS3 this October.
You'll be able to play it on October 13 in North America and on October 16 in Europe.
"Wooo! Having an official release date is awesome!” said Double Fine boss Tim Schafer.
“And how cool is it that EA threw down the dough to have the name of an entire month changed to Rocktober?"
]]>After the break. The Doublefine Jack Black action thing looks sweet. Will you see more of this very soon? We think you might.
Take a look. It's out for 360 and PS3 later this year.
]]>EA's put out a new trailer of Double Fine's Brutal Legend. The footage was aired last night as part of Spike's Video Game Awards.
After the break. Chances of this being s**t: zero. Next autumn for 360 and PS3.
]]>EA's confirmed it's to publish Double Fine's Brutal Legend, the company's confirmed.
The game's new site features EA's stamp at the bottom, and a press release has now pinned the title as an autumn 2009 release for 360 and PS3.
Brutal Legend will get its first airing at the VGAs this weekend.
Full release after the break.
]]>Following yesterday's news that Activision has dumped a good part of the Sierra portfolio as part of its merger with Blizzard, Double Fine's Tim Schafer has moved to allay fear that Brutal Legend has been canned by posting on the company's message board that the game is still in the works.
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