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In order to get his games to market, Double Fine Productions head Tim Schafer has had to go through a lot of difficulties in the past.
Not including his entire history of adventure games at LucasFilm Games/LucasArts, you would have to take into consideration the troubles Schafer experienced in trying to publish Psychonauts - Microsoft dropped the game at the last minute before being picked up by Majesco, who handled marketing of the title poorly.
More recently, the epic battle Schafer and Double Fine were up against during the publishing of Brütal Legend comes to mind, as the game was dropped by Activision Blizzard after the Sierra/Vivendi Games and Activision merger, while shortly after that, the small developer was sued by Activision Blizzard for pursuing a publishing contract with Electronic Arts.
While this could have left Tim Schafer a bitter, gnarled man on the inside (maybe it has), he’s continued creating and crafting games at Double Fine, hopefully hard at work on the next game we’ll all cherish and love, but that doesn’t stop him from making some ‘observations’ about the videogame industry from time to time.
Brütal Legend, Double Fine’s heavy metal-inspired action adventure game, will receive its second piece of downloadable content (DLC) next week, in the form of the Hammer of Infinity Fate pack, bringing with it a host of customisation options and gameplay additions.
Brütal Legend’s downloadable content (DLC), Tears of the Hextadon, is now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace to buy for the price of 400 MS Points, providing you with an additional two multiplayer maps (Death’s Fjord and Circle of Tears) to play with.
Those of you who buy and download the map pack will also receive a free in-game axe with the excellent name, ‘The Blade of Ormagöden.’
You can get a watch one of the new maps being played by two of Double Fine Productions’ best Brütal Legend multiplayer players (as studio head Tim Schafer commentates) in a video below:
It’s just been announced that the first downloadable content (DLC) for Brütal Legend, a two-map map pack, will be available early next month.
Called ‘Tears of the Hextadon,’ the Brütal Legend map pack will be available on November 3rd on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 400 MS Points, and on the PlayStation Store on November 5th for free until November 19th, when an asking price of Ł3.99 will be implemented.
Tears of the Hextadon’s two maps, entitled Circle of Tears and Death’s Fjord, will expand on Brütal Legend’s Stage Battle multiplayer mode, while everybody who downloads the map pack will receive a free axe, awesomely named the ‘Blade of Ormagöden.’
President of Double Fine Productions, Tim Schafer commented:
If you’re a fan of metal music, and your favourite musicians include people such as Lemmy Kilmister of MotorHead, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and Ozzy Osbourne, then you’d better not miss out on watching the Brütal Legend Rock Legend documentary below.
The three music legends mentioned above who contribute to Brütal Legend by providing voice work, as well as the game’s creative director Tim Schafer, all sound off on their involvement with the title, their opinions on roadies, and what Brütal Legend means to them.
Watch the excellence below:
In a humorous, extreme tongue-in-cheek video featuring Double Fine Productions president Tim Schafer and actor Jack Black (in muscle outfit), the two stars of Brütal Legend (Schafer’s name is on the box, Black’s voice is in the box) discuss concerns over sales competition that their heavy metal-inspired action adventure title may come up against during this holiday season, with Assassin’s Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 all releasing in quick succession.
Jack Black is the ‘voice of reason,’ however, and is quick to point out that Brütal Legend’s features trump those of the three mentioned games, in all ways imaginable.
A special note to fanboys: watch with funny-bone activated:
Tim Schafer and Double Fine’s next game, Brütal Legend, was on hand to have a look at during rAge 2009, and for those wondering (i.e. me) if the core gameplay matches up with the excellent story segments and traditional Tim Schafer humour we’ve seen so far, you (I) can breathe a sigh of relief, as the gameplay sections on display felt very solid and smooth, and, might I add, the combat and movement feels excellently visceral and responsive – a bit of a hackneyed description, but true.
Continue reading El33tonline’s hands-on preview of Brütal Legend.
Tim Schafer, head of Double Fine Productions (creators of the soon-to-be-released Brütal Legend) recently made an appearance on the US talk show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where he had the opportunity to speak about Brütal Legend, the inspiration behind the game, the state of the games industry, and more.
As always, Schafer is hilarious.
Watch Schafer cracking jokes and delivering sharp observations simultaneously below:
Double Fine and EA have revealed the soundtrack for Brütal Legend will include over 100 heavy metal tracks from 75 bands. The soundtrack which includes tracks from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Megadeth will be sure to get your adrenaline pumping when Brütal Legend hits shelves this October.
Brütal Legend is a heavy metal inspired action adventure game from developer Tim Schafer that stars Jack Black as legendary roadie Eddie Riggs.
Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions, believes the soundtrack is “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.” You can see Schafer attempting to solve the Rubik’s Cube before the soundtrack is done being read in the trailer below.
If you find yourself craving something, but you can’t quite put your finger on what, then there’s a good chance that you haven’t had your weekly fix of Brütal Legend information and media, a low dosage of which may or may not result in dry scalp, stomach aches, migraines, paralysis or death.
You’d better hurry up then, and watch the first part of Brütal Legend’s opening sequences, with narration by the game’s creative director, Tim Schafer:
Watch the second part of the Brütal Legend opening sequence below, before you get dry scalp or die:
It’s been revealed that Activision is suing developer Double Fine, currently working on finishing up their heavy metal inspired action adventure game, Brütal Legend, to halt the release of the game.
Activision, in the complaint filed last Wednesday (June 3rd), claims that the publisher currently holds a still-valid contract to release Brütal Legend, as opposed to EA Partners who are the new publishing partner for the game.
Additionally, Activision claims that they had previously invested $15 million into the title, after Double Fine didn’t complete the game on time (according to their schedule) and requested $7 million more and an additional nine months to deliver Brütal Legend.
At EA’s press conference, Tim Schafer (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island) got up on stage to talk about his new game, Brütal Legend, and also announced another major addition to their already star-studded line-up of voice talent contributing to the game.
So, not only do we have the vocal talents of Jack Black, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, and Lemmy Kilmeister to look forward to in Brütal Legend, but now we’ll get to hear (and see the likeness of) Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, also known as ‘The Prince of Darkness,’ in the role of ‘The Guardian of Metal’ in the game.
Watch out for Brütal Legend when it releases in mid-October this year on Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s going to be amazing!
As we know by now, Jack Black is providing the voice for Brütal Legend protagonist and superstar roadie, Eddie Riggs, but in the video below, it seems ‘ole Jack is a little confused about the part, thinking that he needs to get into shape for the Brütal Legend movie, even though it’s actually a videogame. Ha!
Hilarity and projectile vomiting ensues.
Although it’s a little cheesy, it is Brütal Legend related, and that makes it cool. Watch Jack Black trying to get into shape with music equipment, featuring an appearance by Brütal Legend development lead Tim Schafer, below:
If you haven’t been following the heavy metal inspired, open-world brawler, Brütal Legend, then it’s about time you did, and now is the perfect time to brush up on your knowledge about the next title to escape the mind of Tim Schafer and his development studio, Double Fine Productions.
Below, you can watch an excellent story trailer that sums up everything nicely for you with a bunch of in-game footage to boot. Get watching!
Now that you’re basically up to speed, watch two interviews with Tim Schafer (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts) below:
Brütal Legend, the next game from Tim Schafer’s game shop, Double Fine, has been announced to be releasing in North America on October 13th, and Europe on October 16th, for Xbox 360 and PS3. President of Double Fine Productions, Tim Schafer commented, saying:
“Wooo! Having an official release date is awesome. And how cool is it that EA threw down the dough to have the name of an entire month changed to Rocktober?”
Excellent! Look forward to the heavy metal inspired, roadie-starring Brütal Legend in mid-October then!
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