i hope this actually gets released. im willing to wait as long as it gets published.

@SamL_: -.- then why bother with it??

Milkzhakes

I would publish it if I had the means...

I was totally looking forward to this to bring me out of the murk that is generically brown fps's and serious action games. We need a little humour!

Psychonauts was great, we all need something like that again. Need I reiterate what Yahtzee recommend you do if you didn't buy that particular title?

[www.escapistmagazine.com]

beantastic!

Damn, that Shafer dude doesn't have it going for him. First Psychonauts gets the boot and sells way below target, now Brutal Legend is on the chopping block.

Really hope they find another good publisher.

Prodigy_BE

For a second there I thought it said "We are not big fans of Tim Schafer."

Kankel

This doesn't look like a niche tittle.
Why would no one want to publish it?
Is it because of Schafer's record with...um sales?

hk458

Tim Schafer has never had a bomb on his hands, and this game is destined to follow his excellent record.

DigiMish

Ugh this game is going to be delayed like all of Schafer's stuff ;_;

MisterMcThursday

Awww... Who, then, will be the torch bearer for Brutal Legends? :( Ubisoft? Or maybe even EA? >>

By the way, you may want to end that italics tag in your article, Bash. ^_^

Mikolai

Well, maybe it's because they already have a publisher! Right? Right....?
@Grecaun: Because Brutal Legend, has so far, been highly awaited by many. For a ton of people, Tim Schafer has never led us wrong.
And yet, the game has been, from what we've been able to see, desperately looking for a publisher.
So, this is worrisome news for a couple of reasons.

@SamL_: Time traveler or psychic?

Ad-hominem

The whole concept of the game seemed pretty stupid. There's a reason why it didn't make the cut.

Littlefields

Um, okay? Is there a reason this is worth noting?

Grecaun

not interested, it will be crap.

SamL_

@SamL_: Are you just a die-hard Nintendo fan or do you know something that I don't?

Wolfers

Random thought. Would it be out of the question for Telltale to publish it?

NeoTurbo

I wish nothing but horrible things on the unfunny Jack Black, but the theme of the game is interesting and obviously Schafer's level of quality says it would likely be awesome.

KaneRobot

If there was a game that would show MTV wasn't just for the quick buck getting into gaming was this one, a Rock N Roll game by master Tim Schafer and the voice of Jack Black (and probably a few other big stars, since someone already named dropped David Bowie getting reached), yet, MTV won't pay for this.

If they replaced Jack Black with Jaret Leno, they would probably make a video game award show just to promote this one...

VakeroRokero

Whatever gets this game into my 360 the fastest.

Div

I wouldn't count MTV out yet...

Also this is an example of why gaming journalism (and in many cases media journalism) is considered a joke. The original article completely fails to mention the source, and in the gaming industry PR/corportate tends to be the last people to get notified of anything that isn't inked out.

jrhawk42

Well, someone will put it out, even if it's just a PC release via Steam or Greenhouse or even GameTap. I do hope someone will pick it up-- and I'm sure someone will... Tim is too big a legend in the industry for everyone to overlook him. Hell, if American Magee still gets work, someone will take this on... it's just too bad Majesco isn't doing this anymore, I bet they'd be in for it.

wild homes knows where the barrio starts!

Brutal Legend is meshing my three favorite things together: comedy, rock, and video games! I really can't believe it when someone says something negative about Brutal Legend, Psychonauts, etc., because Tim Schafer is the man!

Captain_Goober

There goes my guess.

hagridore

@StealthMaster86: Of course this will be published, but If he wants a big company to pony up the money, he will need to get a Wii version.

VakeroRokero

You would think that this would find a publisher already because of Tim Schafer and Jack Black.

StealthMaster86

Good. The words "MTV" and "metal" should not even be used in the same sentence. Unless we're talking nu-metal, hair metal, or metalcore.

Man, I'm just too metal for my own good. ;)

topraman517

@SamL_: Obviously you must be able to see into the future. That or you were too lazy to type FIRST!

This game will come out, because Schafer and Jack Black are god.

Thorax

The sad thing is Tim Schafer games $#%&$#@ rock but don't translate into huge sales. People are shallow! look at how many people are willing to pay to sit though the Scary Movies, Epic Movies, etc!

Boudabras

This is worth noting because MTV publishes Rock Band, and there would have been the opportunity for some pretty neat tie-ins.

4dSwissCheese

Listen assholes, Tim Schafer fucking rules and Brutal Legends is gonna smoke, just like everything Schafer has ever made. This game NEEDS to be published or else this industry has no goddamn soul.

splotki5000

I always assumed that the 'Non-traditional' publisher would be GameCock.

markusdragon

@beantastic!: I am guilty of never getting around to playing Psychonauts. I have however played Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and Grim Fandango. All great adventure games, but the problem with them is...they're adventure games. Many of the puzzles are outright illogical/random, and of course this breaks the gameplay. I don't know about anyone else, but with the exception of Full Throttle (the easiest adventure game I've ever played), I consulted a walkthrough for about 50% of the game for all the games mentioned, thus turning the game into a movie.

Psychonauts isn't an adventure game though, so I definitely have to check it out.

topraman517

@tomassetti13:

"Brutal Legend was one of the titles that didn't make the Activision Blizzard cut."

Sierra will soon be no more, and Brutal Legend wasn't picked up by ActiBlizz.

Kazzahdrane

@topraman517: I don't like to over-hype media, but Psychonauts is really fun and Schafer's presence is felt strongly throughout. Great characters and not too many illogical puzzles!

Kazzahdrane

Umm... Isn't Sierra already set to publish this?

[www.brutallegendgame.com]

tomassetti13

This is why in the future I hope they help studios like Double Fine and cut out the middle man. I mean a downloadable game much like the xbox classic games on Live. I see them like penny arcade, that should there game came on in normal disc form im sure it would not do well because there a niche group. But because penny arcade did it only through xbl, it made good change.

computermachina

@SamL_: @SamL_: I want you to go find a pen or similarly dimensioned object...

cynopt

i just want it on my ps3 when its good and ready. hopefully they are able to find a publisher ASAP.

joeloliol

@Mr.Monkey: viewpoint on the game
(gah - pressed submit by mistake, before finishing)

Mr.Monkey

@SamL_: Is that your opinion based on your experience playing preview beta of the game? What influential circles you must socialise in to have access, and thus have such a informed

Mr.Monkey

This is as because I was looking forward to more weirdness like Psychonauts, but instead of a psychic kid camper who ran away from the circus, I was going to be playing a hard rocking viking roadie with a battleaxe guitar. Oh well. Here's to hoping the game gets a new publisher soon!

Salen

HEY MIDWAY .. AWESOMENESS AT DOUBLE FINE!

vgfanboy

And in an instant, the game gained 1000+ points of credibility.

MTV can suck it for all I care. Those bastards have ruined enough of modern culture.

CheckersMcGavern

@vgfanboy: Don't even joke, I don't want Midway anywhere near this game...

Kazzahdrane

what the hell is wrong in the publishing world it seems crazier every day.

TheTog

This game is gonna be cool like spacecowboy pirate ninja monkey girls. I hope it sees commercial success.

paydirt76

I just started playing through psychonauts after it went free on gametap, and so my interest for anything tim schafer related skyrocketed, and now this happens.

Anything metal is welcome too.

ScarcticCG

There's a publisher who is showing a lot more interest in the Actilizzard games than anyone else and I think it's turning away people who aren't prepared to match their offer.

kidko

Tim Schafer must love big publishers. First Microsoft dropped Psychonauts then Activision drops Brutal Legend.

Shavo

I just finished psychonauts a week ago. IF THIS GAME DOESNT FIND A PUBLISHER THEN I HAVE NO FAITH IN HUMANITY! Thank you that is all.

Lone-Gun

I want this game. If nobody publishes it, I will! Tim, just tell me where to sign! :-)

L_K_M

What I don't get is that for both this game and Ghostbusters, you no longer need a publisher. Just release it on the PSN and XBLA. Even if the game flops, you would make a better profit since the developers would get ALL of it!!!

iam.gmo

I trust Brutal legend will find a good home... in my PS3.

-Bass4TheFace-

@Littlefields: I agree with you, the game sound pretty stupid and i don´t think it will be worthy of the hype, we just get a los of news of this game because people here in Kotaku are massive fanboys, if not, i don´t think anybody would care about this game...

Daisuash

This is what I hate about video games these days: no company wants to take a chance on something different.

Everybody wants to churn out the next Halo, World of Warcraft, whatever. Video games are no longer even fun to me. When some company comes out and tries to do something new that isn't mainstream, it gets passed up as a possible flop due to an audience not existing for the game.

Guitar Hero was the same way. Look at how that game blew up.

MTV is basically saying: we don't want to take a chance on this game because it probably won't return our investment. But we'll gladly shit out another iteration of rock band with minimal upgrades and charge out of the ass for it.

God I miss the late 90's and early 2000's. Video games weren't coporately made riding a hype machine into massive sales. Its no wonder I've been buying more and more older games on ebay...

FrigidAir44

@Daisuash: Every single game by Time Schafer was great. What do you mean by "it sounds stupid"?

L_K_M

I say we start a pool on Kotaku and publish the game ourselves. I'm willing to throw in $10, that's worth at least the extra joy Grim Fandango and Psychonauts brought me.

I say we start a pool on Kotaku and publish it ourselves. I'm willing to throw in $10, that's at LEAST worth the extra joy Grim Fandango and Psychonauts brought me.

@L_K_M: I meant the premise is stupid, sorry for the mistake...

Daisuash