Brutal Legend Gets 'Rocktober' Release Date

April 21, 2009 7:17 AM

Promising that Brutal Legend will "melt your face off," developer Double Fine and publisher EA today announced a firm release date for the metal-action game.

The tale of roadie Eddie Riggs' descent into a world "where every Heavy Metal album cover and lyric Eddie knows has come to life" hits North America in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 form on October 13, followed by a European release October 16.

"Wooo! Having an official release date is awesome!" said Double Fine president and Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer. "And how cool is it that EA threw down the dough to have the name of an entire month changed to Rocktober?"

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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stgdz

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April 21, 2009 7:20 AM

I really hope this project is like the rest of the schafer projects and I really hope it sells well.
- Medster
  
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  April 21, 2009 7:30 AM
  
  Soo.. you're hoping it doesn't sell well?
  - stgdz
    
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    April 21, 2009 7:46 AM
    
    No, I hope that it has the quality of the rest of schaefers titles. This one in my opinion is a pretty big title for him and its going to be marketed a lot I believe. I hope they were able to retain the creativity that they have had like their last titles with out outside interference.
    
    Unfortunately schaferer's titles haven't sold well, maybe this will be there Bioshock :)
    - Medster
      
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      April 21, 2009 8:02 AM
      
      I'm sure the game will be awesome, and I want it to sell well, but I have a feeling it's going to end up selling like Psychonauts :(
      - node
        
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        April 21, 2009 10:56 AM
        
        It'll do better than that purely because EA are publishing rather than Majesco.
- tehwalrus
  
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  April 21, 2009 8:35 PM
  
  EITHER
  It will be as good as the rest of Schafer's project
  OR
  It will sell well
  
  Most consumers don't like really good games.