THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: WrikaWrek on December 12, 2008, 08:28:01 AM

Title: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: WrikaWrek on December 12, 2008, 08:28:01 AM
http://www.gamespress.com/release.asp?c=p%0E%C2i%B9

Tim Schafer teams up with Jack Black for the Ultimate Rock Opus

Guildford, UK – December 12th, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Double Fine Productions, Inc. today announced that they have signed an exclusive publishing agreement that will bring the highly-anticipated rock-adventure Brütal Legend™ to gamers, headbangers, roadies and rockers worldwide next autumnl. The latest creation from gaming icon Tim Schafer and the award-winning team at Double Fine, Brütal Legend is a 3rd person Action/Adventure game starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand.

“This is awesome news!” stated Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “The quality and creativity of the games EA Partners has been involved with make it a perfect home for our baby, Brütal Legend. Some people were starting to wonder if the saga of Eddie Riggs would ever see the light of day, but now I think it’s clear that this game, like Metal itself, cannot be killed!”

“Brütal Legend is shaping up to be a creative tour de force,” said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EA Partners. ”At EAP, we are deeply committed to giving the industry’s elite independent developers a platform to launch their creations to a worldwide audience. Tim Schafer is known for some of the richest stories and characters in our industry, and with Jack Black offering his vocal styling’s for Eddie Riggs, we are extremely excited to help Tim and his talented team at Double Fine see their vision come to fruition.


My god EA has been so fucking awesome this gen.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: archie4208 on December 12, 2008, 08:30:00 AM
EA = Awesome games and shit sales
Activision = shit games and awesome sales

:(
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Ninja on December 12, 2008, 08:31:00 AM
Man, I love EA lately. They should be doing so much better.

 :bow EA :bow2
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: WrikaWrek on December 12, 2008, 08:31:10 AM
Don't worry, Karma will work its way, being the good guy is harder, but it pays off in the end.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: littlemathletics on December 12, 2008, 08:43:08 AM
EAP are particularly awesome.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 12, 2008, 08:53:52 AM
Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, publishing Valve stuff AND Brutal Legend.  What's going on?
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: littlemathletics on December 12, 2008, 08:56:16 AM
Riccitiello.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Ninja on December 12, 2008, 09:00:58 AM

<3 (http://gamasutra.com/db_area/images/news2001/21451/riccitiello.jpg)   <3
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Kestastrophe on December 12, 2008, 09:52:48 AM
this is very archtypical EA. Great news
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Himu on December 12, 2008, 10:05:44 AM
:bow EA :bow2
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 12, 2008, 10:11:29 AM
EA = Awesome games and shit sales
Activision = shit games and awesome sales

:(

EA's lineup of sports titles should be more than sufficient to keep funding projects like these.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: archie4208 on December 12, 2008, 10:15:54 AM
EA = Awesome games and shit sales
Activision = shit games and awesome sales

:(

EA's lineup of sports titles should be more than sufficient to keep funding projects like these.

Not really.  EA has been hemorrhaging a ton of money recently.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 12, 2008, 10:30:54 AM
EA = Awesome games and shit sales
Activision = shit games and awesome sales

:(

EA's lineup of sports titles should be more than sufficient to keep funding projects like these.

Not really.  EA has been hemorrhaging a ton of money recently.

But isn't that more the result of recent acquisitions/expansions than from actual development losses?
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 12, 2008, 11:00:11 AM
As long as either EA or Activision are publishing it so we can use guitars.

I love how it started off with the Guitar Hero company and has moved on to the Rock Band company.

:rock BRUTAL LEGEND :rock
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: cool breeze on December 12, 2008, 11:01:56 AM
At this rate EA could be the company that rescues the gaming industry from the evil clutches of Nintendoom.

certainly not sales wise

EA is so awesome because they are going broke with quality, but we all know it will be -- and already has been -- a glorious run of great games.  Dead Space 2 next!
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: demi on December 12, 2008, 01:08:47 PM
who fucking cares. it is a tim schafer game. dont buy this crap.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: Bebpo on December 12, 2008, 02:01:15 PM
If we have votes for Game Company of the year 2008 = EA gets my vote (and money).

I never thought I would say that.  But EA is even cooler than Capcom or Atlus right now.
Title: Re: EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on December 12, 2008, 03:16:30 PM
Now all they need to do is bring back Road Rash.  :-* :-*