EA = Awesome, sez "Take my hand, if you wanna live Brutal Legend"

[WrikaWrek]

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.

[archie4208]

EA = Awesome games and shit sales
Activision = shit games and awesome sales

[Ninja]

Man, I love EA lately. They should be doing so much better.

  EA

[WrikaWrek]

Don't worry, Karma will work its way, being the good guy is harder, but it pays off in the end.

[littlemathletics]

EAP are particularly awesome.

[The Fake Shemp]

Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, publishing Valve stuff AND Brutal Legend.  What's going on?

[littlemathletics]

Riccitiello.

[Ninja]

<3    <3

[Kestastrophe]

this is very archtypical EA. Great news

[Himu]

EA

[Great Rumbler]

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.

[archie4208]

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.

[Great Rumbler]

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?

[Mr. Gundam]

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.

BRUTAL LEGEND

[cool breeze]

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!

[demi]

who fucking cares. it is a tim schafer game. dont buy this crap.

[Bebpo]

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.

[ferrarimanf355]

Now all they need to do is bring back Road Rash.