EA Gets Brutal Legend News

The last piece of the puzzle of titles discarded by Activision Blizzard has finally found a home, in the form Electronic Arts Partners.  Double Fine Productions' Brutal Legend, starring Jack Black in the role of time-travelling roadie Eddie Riggs, will be published on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in autumn 2009.

In the weeks after Activision decided to discard a host of titles many of the games, including Ghostbusters: The Video Game and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, had been secured by the likes of Atari and THQ – but there'd been little word on the fate of Brutal Legends.

“This is awesome news!” stated Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “The quality and creativity of the games EA Partners has been involved with make it a perfect home for our baby, Brütal Legend. Some people were starting to wonder if the saga of Eddie Riggs would ever see the light of day, but now I think it’s clear that this game, like Metal itself, cannot be killed!”

“Brütal Legend is shaping up to be a creative tour de force,” said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EA Partners. ”At EAP, we are deeply committed to giving the industry’s elite independent developers a platform to launch their creations to a worldwide audience. Tim Schafer is known for some of the richest stories and characters in our industry, and with Jack Black offering his vocal styling’s for Eddie Riggs, we are extremely excited to help Tim and his talented team at Double Fine see their vision come to fruition.”