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Screenshots ahoy, featuring the Kill Master

News posted by Ryan on April 30th, 2009 at 8:37pm GMT

Kill MasterThose who keep an eye on the Community Tracker will be aware of a few new screenshots that appeared this morning, but as a few more have appeared this evening I figured I’d make a post about them — especially considering the Kill Master himself is featured in one!

You’ll find the new screenshots in the ‘Miscellaneous’ gallery. Revealed are some new environments in the epic open world of Brutal Legend, as well as the aforementioned Kill Master and what looks to be Eddie’s vehicle workshop.

Presumably the various previews that’ve popped up today and the new screenshots are leading up to EA’s new Brutal Legend trailer tonight, which I should remind you airs at about midnight if you’re in the US.

New trailer on GameTrailers TV tonight/tomorrow

News posted by Ryan on April 29th, 2009 at 12:14pm GMT

GameTrailers TV trailerA new episode of GameTrailers TV featuring a Brutal Legend trailer is due to air tonight, both online and on Spike TV. Although there’re currently no details beyond a small teaser in the official episode promo and a note from the host, it’s most likely going to be well worth catching.

If my time zone mathematics are correct the episode airs Thursday at 5:30am UTC, which is about 6:30am for those in the UK and tonight at half-past-midnight for those in the US.

Update

[April 30th, 2009 at 9:43pm GMT+1] It appears that I got a bit confused when translating the time zones. The show is actually airing tonight, again at about midnight for those in the US and the early hours of Friday for those in Europe. I’ll keep you posted!

Release date confirmed: Rocktober for US/Europe

News posted by Ryan on April 21st, 2009 at 1:55pm GMT

RocktoberConfirming the rumoured October 13th release date that’s been on the ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ page for a while, the official release date for Brutal Legend has been announced by Electronic Arts through a press release: October 13th for the US, and three days later on October 16th for Europe.

Referring to the title of EA’s press release, Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer had the following to say about the news:

“Wooo! Having an official release date is awesome. And how cool is it that EA threw down the dough to have the name of an entire month changed to Rocktober?”

This is obviously excellent news, and it’s good to see a confirmed release date after what seems like an eternity of delays and publishing problems — don’t forget that Brutal Legend would have come out late last year if the original plan had stuck. But you know what? It probably wouldn’t have been nearly as awesome.

Tim Schafer interviewed by Jace Hall

News posted by Ryan on April 17th, 2009 at 3:18pm GMT

Jace Hall and Tim SchaferThe official Brutal Legend site has just updated with word of a video interview with Tim Schafer. Unfortunately the video doesn’t seem to be working at the moment, although there may be some crazy region locking or something going on.

Whatever the case, the video supposedly features a general chat with Tim about four-and-a-half minutes in, discussing things such as programming in the Amiga days. But more interestingly, Jace claims to “take a first look at the newest [Brutal Legend] build”, which might mean we get to see some brand new gameplay footage.

By all means try the video and leave a comment if you can get it to play!

Update

[April 18th, 2009 at 1:52pm GMT] If you’re outside the US, the video probably won’t play as it is indeed region locked. I got in touch with Jace and he recommends using UltraSurf, which I successfully did. It takes seconds to install and works out the box, routing your web traffic through one of their US servers — give it a go if you want to see the footage.

Update #2

[April 19th, 2009 at 6:47pm GMT+1] I’ve taken screenshots of the new things shown in the video, such as a bum-headed creature and the wall of amps. The quality is pretty much the best I can get as there really isn’t much shown, and whatever there is was taken with a handheld camcorder. Still, check them out.

Wii version hints continue to surface

News posted by Ryan on April 16th, 2009 at 2:26pm GMT

Jennifer HaleAdding further credibility to the heavy rumours that Brutal Legend is getting a Wii version is the latest issue of Nintendo Power’s interview with Jennifer Hale, who you might know better as Naomi Hunter or one of the other billion things she’s done voice acting for:

Voice actor Jennifer Hale is totally working on Brutal Legend, but Nintendo Power doesn’t want to name names for some reason. In the interview with Hale, NP describes her current project as “a game featuring Jack Black written by Tim Schafer.” Jennifer herself, responding to a question about standout game scripts, says “One I worked on written by Tim Schafer (don’t know if I’m free to say the name of the game yet): fantastic, funny and so cool.”

Brutal Legend coming out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is obviously no secret, but Nintendo Power’s avoidance of naming the game definitely implies they have some kind of secrecy order slapped on them. Following the leaked publishing schedule and Variety’s sources, my gut feeling at this point is that we can call the Wii version ‘confirmed’.

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