(GENERAL GAME INFO)

"Brutal Legend (usually styled as Brütal Legend) is an action adventure game under development by Double Fine Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is the second game from Double Fine Productions, following the critically-acclaimed Psychonauts. The game was announced by Game Informer magazine in their November 2007 issue and will star Jack Black. ^[3][4]"

"On July 29, 2008, it was announced that Activision had opted not to pick up Brutal Legend from Vivendi Games's portfolio as a result of the Activision-Blizzard merger^[7]. On December 12, 2008, it was announced that Electronic Arts would publish the game in the 3rd quarter of 2009^[8]."

(SOME STORY INFO)

"Brutal Legend follows the story of Eddie Riggs (named for Eddie the Head, the mascot of Iron Maiden, and Derek Riggs, the artist who created him), who is living as a roadie for a Heavy Metal band. The game begins one night before a gig. As Riggs is tuning a guitar, an accident happens and he starts to bleed, his blood dripping onto his cursed belt buckle, which bears a strong resemblance to Motörhead's Snaggletooth emblem. Before he knows it, the beast on his buckle has come alive and transported him into a Heavy Metal and Nordic fantasy inspired alternate history where demons have enslaved humanity.

After escaping the Temple of Ormagöden, where he first appears in the Heavy Metal past, Eddie meets Ophelia, a love interest likened to the same character from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Ophelia is soon severely injured and Riggs must climb a mystical mountain to do battle with a motorcycle driving bass guitarist (voiced by Motörhead's Lemmy), called the Kill Master (reference to Lemmy's last name Kilmister)-- an ironic name for a guy whose riffs are said to heal wounds. Eddie will also meet Lita Halford (a double-reference to Lita Ford and Rob Halford) and her younger brother, Lars (probably named after Lars Ulrich), who help Eddie and Ophelia start a resistance movement against Lord Dolivicus, his Glam metal minion, General Lionwhyte (voiced by Rob Halford and a reference to the band White Lion), whose hair is so luscious, he uses it to fly (maybe an ironic reference to Halford's baldness), and their legions of demons to free the world. Eddie will also encounter the local wildlife, including half boar/half motorcycle "Razorfires", a giant three-tongued lamprey, and giant chrome spiders that spin silk which can be made into magical bass strings."

(GAMEPLAY INFO)

"Brutal Legend is a third person action/adventure game; the gameplay is similar to others in the genre. Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black) wields a battle axe he found at the beginning of the game as a primary melee weapon, while his second weapon is a guitar that he brought back with him from the real world. A forward attack sends Eddie attacking his enemies with the battle axe, while a wider slash attack takes out a larger quantity of enemies. Using a Flying V guitar (which has magical powers in the Heavy Metal Era), Eddie Riggs can cast magic spells. The guitar is used as a ranged assault weapon, when wielded players can perform a guitar solo in response to your combo-styled button presses (similar to Johnny Whatever or Total Distortion). Attacks are based upon the combo pressed in, possible combos include a pyrotechnics display where flames come from the ground to burn your enemies. A third weapon is the Deuce, a drop-top coupe Eddie builds out of spare parts he finds. The Deuce can be used to run enemies over, but it is also used to traverse the large game world. Eddie can use his magic guitar to summon the Deuce. Ancient garages can be used to upgrade the Deuce with weapons and abilities. A large part of the gameplay involves controlling an army of metal-themed characters, such as...

• Thick-necked Headbangers
• Roadies that carry amps that blast killer feedback
• "Runaways", girls who battle with flamethrowers while riding on Eddie and the other characters' shoulders, perhaps a reference to the all-girl rock band, The Runaways.
• "Fire Barons" that trap enemies in rings of fire left by their motorbikes
• Large-fisted Bouncers.

When Eddie defeats a type of character, they will then join his army. Each type has its own attributes. Simple commands such as "Defend" or "Attack" are issued to the army by use of the D-Pad."

(MUSIC INFO)

"The soundtrack is set to include brand new music by Zakk Wylde, Tim Skold, Wolfmother, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Ronnie James Dio, with extended guitar solos by Judas Priest guitarists K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. Tim Schafers' long term collaborator Peter McConnell is also involved in the soundtrack^[12].

The song "The Mob Rules" by Black Sabbath was used in the first trailer for the game and the songs "The Hellion" and "Screaming For Vengeance" by Judas Priest are used on Brutal Legend's website."

from: wikipedia

(spike vga trailer)

(orig. debut trailer)

I am really looking forward to this game! An opened world where you control your own metal army while attacking enemies with a guitar that shoots fire and lightning. win

Has black sabbath and judas priest. win.

Has jack black, and is outrageous and funny. win (Because funny games are better, and hard to find   )

I hope you are as excited as I am!

*hands you ticket to get on hype train*

I'm gld that this game found a new publisher.

No way I'm hyped about this even though Psyconaughts was my 5th game of all time....Can I go on the train? >_>

hmm, i can give you a ticket for $60.
You can send it to my paypal account

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!  STOPPING AT BRUTUAL LEGEND! 

WOO, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!