When Brutal Legend and Costume Quest developer Double Fine announced its new title Stacking earlier this week, many were disappointed to see that this will be the third game in a row from the indie developer to not hit PC. Here's why it won't.

While Double Fine Productions already has "much of the technology in place to produce PC versions of all these games," studio founder Tim Schafer explains in the recently-updated DF FAQ (via Eurogamer), publishers simply "don't see enough financial reward" in bringing Double fun to PC gamers. Read more »

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) announced the winners for the 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards yesterday. Developer Naughty Dog's cinematic action-adventure, Uncharted 2, was the undisputed star of the show, running away with ten different awards.

The Jay Mohr-hosted event, held at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas during the DICE Summit, highlighted the most impressive achievements in game development in 2009, as decided by industry peers. Read more »

Brutal Legend developer Double Fine has announced a second downloadable content pack for its heavy metal action adventure, rockingly titled 'Hammer of Infinite Fate.'

Arriving on December 17 for 480 Microsoft Points ($6) on Xbox 360 and $5 on PlayStation 3, Hammer of Infinite Fate adds new content for both multiplayer and singleplayer modes, including stony likenesses of Psychonauts star Razputin and Double Fine president Tim Schafer for Mount Rockmore. Read more »

When we covered the announcement of the first planned DLC for Brutal Legend developer Double Fine's president Tim Schafer said that he needed more maps to feed his nightly gaming habit. With the release on tap this week a video came out today of the new map that let him put his skills on display. Okay, not exactly. But he does call the action between Kee Chi and Brad Muir from the team as they battle it out on Death's Fjord.

Brutal Legend publisher EA has announced 'Tears of the Hextadon,' a downloadable content pack for the heavy metal action adventure containing two new multiplayer maps.

"I play Brutal Legend online every night," explained developer Double Fine's president Tim Schafer in a press statement. "And I need more maps! Circle of Tears is named after the crying of my vanquished foes on the battlefield, and Death's Fjord is obviously a tribute to my Nordic ancestors, and their love of fan geysers and... Well, actually I just thought the name was cool. See you online!" Read more »

A face-rocking triple-pack from the Brutal Legend soundtrack is headlining next week's batch of Rock Band downloadable content to celebrate the release of Double Fine's heavy metal action adventure, with support acts including Kansas, L7 and Joe Satriani.

"These are three great songs that totally capture the feeling of Brutal Legend. I can't wait to play them in Rock Band," said Double Fine head honcho Tim Schafer in a statement. "I've air-drummed to all of them so many times, I'm sure I'll be able to beat them on hard mode, no problem. Or at least on medium. Like medium plus. That's a setting, right?" Read more »

In celebration of Rocktober's commencement, Electronic Arts has passed along a wealth of new pictures and videos related to Double Fine's upcoming Brutal Legend.

Most of it features creator Tim Schafer and voice actor Jack Black. Sometimes they even interact. For example, Schafer and Black chatting while the latter is "in character" and discussing the effect that a "commitment to excellent" and steroids have on girth. Read more »

Everyone's looking forward to the Tim Schafer-written singleplayer portion of Brutal Legend, but we were caught off guard by the surprisingly deep multiplayer component when we played it in August. The following trailer provides a quick overview of that multiplayer, a cross between third-person action and real-time strategy.

Brutal Legend hits the Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 13, less than two weeks away. Read more »

Today's release of the PSP Go sparks a monster update to the PlayStation Store as scores of publishers release gobs of games for Sony's download-only handheld.

The PlayStation 3 does not go neglected, mind, receiving demos for Brutal Legend and Need for Speed Shift, as well as 'The Pitt' and 'Operation Anchorage' DLC for Fallout 3. Read more »

Just another Double Fine day for Tim Schafer is shattered by the arrival of a terrifying AIM ultimatum from Ormagedon, cremator of the sky and destroyer of the ancient world--the Brutal Legend demo must hit 666 million downloads or it's swine flu for the lot of us.

North American Xbox Live Gold subscribers got the demo yesterday--Europeans, XBL Silver members and PS3 owners must wait until October 1, when Double Fine will host a live Dem-o-thon with interviews, giveaways and general salvation of humanity. Read more »

Now free of the shackles that limited its availability to pre-orders, the downloadable demo of Double Fine's Brutal Legend is now available for Xbox Live Gold members.

The promised demo for Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 3 arrived as well, offering a one-track, five-car glimpse of the Xbox 360-exclusive racer due out October 27. Read more »

The heavy metal fantasy landscape of Double Fine Productions' action adventure Brutal Legend is explored and explained in a new trailer, with art director Lee Petty showing off some bold concept art, face-rocking factions and electrifying weather effects.

Brutal Legend hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation on October 13--Rocktober 13, if you fancy. A demo arrives for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Thursday then for Silver members and PlayStation 3 on October 1, while pre-orderers already have their grubby mitts on it. Read more »

With the actual life of Brutal Legend's roadie hero Eddie Riggs revealed in the intro cut scene, Jack Black returns in a new laser-powered episode of Brutal Thoughts to explain how a roadie's unique anatomy allows his character to perform these incredible feats.

Double Fine Productions' heavy metal fantasy action adventure Brutal Legend hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 13, published by EA. Read more »

Double Fine has released Brutal Legend's intro movie, showing the hard life of Jack Black-voiced roadie hero Eddie Riggs and unveiling the mysterious Kabbage Boy featured on the Xbox 360 and PS3 heavy metal action adventure's splendid soundtrack.

Brutal Legend hits North America on October 13, then Europe on October 16. A demo arrives tomorrow for pre-orderers, while the hoi polloi can fill their long wait until September 24 with our multiplayer impressions and interview with Tim Schafer. Read more »

Recently, Shacknews and a handful of other gaming sites participated in a roundtable discussion with Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Psychonauts), meant to see the respected figure discuss developer Double Fine's latest project, Brutal Legend.

And talk about Brutal Legend he did, explaining what's in the demo, why the multiplayer aspect was designed first, thoughts on downloadable content, and so forth. But in addition to chatting up the October 13-due title, the conversation also saw Schafer touch on some of his past work and even offer advice on avoiding publisher problems. Read more »