Part 2: Interview with Brutal Legend’s Tim Schafer

Here is the second part of our interview with Brutal Legend’s Tim Schafer. Let’s jump right in! Q: Can you talk about the development lessons you learned on Psychonauts and how that impacted the design and development of Brutal Legends? A: Psychonauts was kindof developed like an adventure game way. Where we built alot of assets, alot of worlds, built a lot of environments and we built alot of characters. Then on the last minute just pull it all together and make it work. OMG it didn’t work and we’re out of time, so we had to start over on some stuff. Really took a more character centered approach with Brutal Legend where we started with Eddie. We just built Eddie and said what is the central thing for Eddie to do? It’s for Eddie to walk around while playing heavy metal music and swinging his ax around. We just

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Part 1: Interview with Brutal Legend’s Tim Schafer

It’s getting close to Roctober which means Tim Schafer’s Brutal Legend is almost here. Recently we sat in on a roundtable with Tim to discuss one of the more anticipated games of the year. Q: Is the demo single player or multiplayer too? A: It’s the single player demo and it shows the beginning of the game. Showing the basic mechanics and giving you a taste of what you’ll be doing in the game. The first few minutes of the game from Eddie waking up in the age of metal and the accident that takes him back in time and shows how Eddie first comes upon his Ax and how he puts together his hot rod, Duece. You meet Ophelia who is a major character in the story and you do your first double team attack with her. You get to fight a little uh boss monster. Q: The soundtrack

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EA and Double Fine announce soundtrack for Brutal Legend

Today’s news is about rocking out with your bad self I guess as EA and Double Fine continue the headbanging news with the announcement of the soundtrack for Brutal Legend. There are over 100 tracks for this soundtrack with over 75 bands showcased. ”This soundtrack took years to put together as we wanted to represent every genre of Metal, and also have the perfect music for every epic moment in the game,” said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “It’s designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode… or both.” Brutal Legend is Tim Schafer’s title starring Jack Black as Eddie Riggs a roadie that is summoned to save humanity and become a Brutal Legend. “It would be a grave disservice to merely use the term ‘Ultimate Heavy Metal Soundtrack’ here,” said Steve Schnur,

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Epic Brutal Legend’s Eddie Riggs figure could be yours

Now you can have the power of Brutal Legend’s own Eddie Riggs sitting on your shelf with the rest of your figures. This impressive sculpted art is over 17 inches in height and was sculpted by Mark Newman and painted by Tom Vukmanic. There are only 1,000 pieces available worldwide, so if you want a piece of awesome, watch www.brutallegend.com and the Brutal Legend Twitter feed @brutallegend for details on how you can win one of these badboys.

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Brutal Legend Box Art

EA sent us the Box Art for upcoming Tim Schafer’s game, Brutal Legend. The game is aimed for an October release. Watch Twitter Brutal Legend for the latest information on the title. The latest Twitter says, “Brutal Thoughts #3 with @steveagee in a lead role impact on Thursday at noon PST…keep your iballz peeled”

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Brutal Legend E3 Chat June 2

Brutal Legend will definitely be at E3 this year and Double Fine’s own Tim Schafer wants to hear from you during E3. The website http://e3.brutallegend.com will have a new trailer, new “Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black” and one person will win a guitar. Tim Schafer will be chatting on Twitter at 6pm PST on Tuesday, June 2nd. Send your questions to @BrutalLegend using the Twitter hashtag #E3BL. Simple enough to remember. From 7-8pm Tim Schafer will be answering your questions from Twitter. To enter to win the exclusive Brutal Legend/Tenacious D guitar, sign up at http://e3.brutallegend.com

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