The Ultimate Heavy Metal Action Game Starring Jack Black and an Epic
Cast of Rock Legends is Available Now
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct 13, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Prepare to be summoned to a dark, unforgiving world of Metal madness and
demon slaying rock gods as Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Double
Fine Productions Inc. today shipped the award-winning action game Brütal
Legend(TM) to retailers in North America (shipping in Europe on
Rocktober 16th). The brainchild of legendary game
developer Tim Schafer, Brütal Legend stars Jack Black as roadie
Eddie Riggs who embarks on an epic rock adventure featuring rich combat,
storytelling and humor along with mind blowing imagery inspired by
classic heavy metal album art and music. The game is already winning
critical acclaim by critics worldwide, with PLAY Magazine scoring Brütal
Legend a perfect 10 out of 10, calling it "greatest video game ever
created". IGN also praised Brütal Legend, giving it 9 out of 10
and awarding it Editor's Choice, calling it "one of the best games all
year".
"I can't believe Rocktober 13th is actually here and we're
able to share the complete experience of Brütal Legend with our
fans," said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. "It's
like the Age of Metal is finally upon us and Brütal Legend is a
chrome volcano that has been trembling and rumbling and belching smoke
for the past four years, and today it is about to erupt and cover the
world in Metal!"
Brütal Legend is the epic 3rd person open-world action
game created by visionary game developer Tim Schafer and his team at
Double Fine Productions. Starring Jack Black as the voice of Eddie Riggs,
Brütal Legend tells the tale of Eddie, the ultimate Metal roadie who
is knocked unconscious in a stage accident and awakens to a world where
heavy metal breathes life through mountains made of amplifiers, killer
spiders spinning guitar strings and rock gods roaming the lands. Faced
with the daunting task of saving humanity from the evil loins of demon
Emperor Doviculus, Eddie must quickly learn to battle through the metal
mayhem as he comes face-to-face with devilish druids and unrelenting
demons ready to melt his face off.
In addition to Jack Black, Brütal Legend features an exceptional
cast with vocal talent provided by some of metal's biggest names,
including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead,
Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne and more. Brütal Legend also boasts an
impressive soundtrack featuring more than 100 fist-pumping tracks for
over 75 bands including Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motorhead and more.
Brütal Legend is available for MSRP $59.99 on the Xbox 360(R) video
game and entertainment system and Playstation(R)3 computer entertainment
system. Brütal Legend is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+
for PEGI.
For more information on Brütal Legend and to sign up for the
newsletter, please visit www.brutallegend.com.
To follow Brütal Legend on Twitter please visit http://twitter.com/brutallegend.
About Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions (http://www.doublefine.com)
is an award-winning, independent game development studio founded in 2000
by games industry veteran Tim Schafer, creator of such gaming classics
as Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and Day of the Tentacle. Located in San
Francisco's South of Market district, Double Fine specializes in
high-quality games with an emphasis on originality, story, characters,
and fun. In 2005, Double Fine released the critically-acclaimed
Psychonauts, which won several awards including "Best Action / Adventure
Game" from OXM, "Game of the Year" from Eurogamer, and "#6 XBOX game of
all time" from G4TV. At the 2006 Game Developers Conference, Double Fine
itself was awarded the title of "Best New Studio" by their fellow
developers.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.
EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Brütal
Legend is a trademark of Double Fine Productions, Inc. "PlayStation"
and "PLAYSTATION" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the
Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
Electronic Arts
Devin Bennett, 650-628-7127
devinb@ea.com
Andrew Wong, 650-628-8271
anwong@ea.com
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
tschachter@ea.com
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