Brutal Legend News

Upgraded version of 2009 Double Fine action game coming to Steam with all DLC; preorders get instant access to multiplayer beta.

Double Fine president laments layoff culture, says studio could have shed devs after Psychonauts to save money, but decided against it to maintain company cohesion.

Activision Blizzard CEO says Tim Schafer's company simply owed publisher money, prompting lawsuit over metal-infused action RTS.

DeathSpank creator rejoins with Secret of Monkey Island collaborator Tim Schafer on new, as-yet-undetailed new project.

Develop 2010: Double Fine president and founder talks about stillborn heavy metal sequel, publisher relations, and the move to smaller games.

Studio founder Tim Schafer says post-Brutal Legend project should be revealed soon, offers harsh appraisal of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

E3 2010: Publisher attaches Jan. 25 ship date to Visceral's survival horror shooter, People Can Fly game due Feb. 22, EA Sports brawler coming Oct. 19, more; full video inside.

GDC 2010: Tim Schafer, Rhianna Pratchett, and Sean Vanaman trade tips that made Brutal Legend, Overlord, and Tales of Monkey Island humorous hits.

GDC 2010: Naughty Dog's acclaimed shooter nets record number of statuettes, including Game of the Year; Batman: Arkham Asylum upsets in Game Design category; Scribblenauts top handheld; Flower and Farmville also win; Deus Ex 3 trailer debuts.

Naughty Dog's acclaimed action adventure scores seven nods; fellow GOTY hopefuls include Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon's Souls.

Brutal Legend, Demon's Souls, Tekken 6, WWE Smackdown land in bottom half of top 20; PC charts see Aion, Sims 3 switch places ahead of...Nancy Drew?!

Double Fine's heavy metal odyssey doesn't sell out--but does outsell former publisher's massively hyped turntable rhythm game.

Pacific Crest Securities predicts slow US start for Activision rhythm game in a month with sales down 20 percent; Borderlands pegged at 375,000.

Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and EEDAR's Jesse Divnich believe software fell 9 to 11 percent last month; Uncharted 2, Borderlands, Wii Fit Plus lead sales.

Search for treasure and save the world with rock music in this week's Aussie releases.

PAX 2009: Tim Schafer, Greg Zeschuk, Denis Dyack, Joseph Staten weigh in on the power of interactive narrative and the ways it can be delivered successfully.

GamesCom 2009: Electronic Arts kicks off conference with More Workouts sequel to Wii exercise game, downloadable sample of Double Fine's latest, Game Face feature for FIFA 10, and a tease for Crysis 2.

Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Sabbath raise hell for soundtrack of Double Fine Productions action game; 75 bands signed on for 100 songs.

[UPDATE] Activision and Double Fine have reached a confidential compromise in legal dispute allowing heavy metal action game to meet October 13 release date.