Tim Schaefer's Brutal Legend has officially found a home, under the EA Partners wing of Electronic Arts.
The game is a third person action/adventure, starring Jack Black as heavy metal enthusiast Eddie Riggs. He's a roadie, who is magically transported to an alternate history where demons, goths, and glam rockers have taken over the world. As it's brought to us by those wondrously twisted minds at Double Fine productions (creators of the fantastic Psychonauts), I'll risk disappointment by getting overwhelmingly giddy with anticipation for this one.
The game was caught in bureaucratic limbo for quite some time, after Activision Blizzard declined to publish it – presumably because Brutal Legend lacks that certain je ne sais quoi that allows for microtransactions, expansion packs, and countless derivative sequels. But as Tim Schaefer of Double Fine productions so eloquently states, "I think it's clear that this game, like Metal itself, can't be killed."
Brutal Legend will be arriving for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in the fall of 2009.
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