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Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend announced: are you going to ignore this one too? photo

This NeoGAF thread contains the below image of the latest cover of Game Informer magazine who apparently picked up the exclusive rights to announce Tim Schafer's Axes & Axes epic Brütal Legend. Since I can neither read nor have a copy of the magazine, what you see in that image is the entirety of our knowledge on the subject, but what's there tells at least an epic small paragraph of love, betrayal and whatever other wacky concepts Tim wants to jam into this one.

You might remember Mr. Schafer from the extremely overlooked Psychonauts, a title defined as much by its stunning visuals and creative gameplay as it was by the fact that none of you ever played it or have any idea what I'm talking about.

Thankfully, with Tim at the helm, you can be pretty sure the title will be experimental, original and as bizarre as a night at the fair with Salvador Dali's reanimated corpse. Plus, that dude totally has a guitar behind his back. Double points if Freebird is included as unlockable content. 

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Lukich's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 04:38
Lukich
Zero?
Lukich's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 04:39
Lukich
Oh hohoho! My first zero post!

Now to try and be relevant. I'm all about the playing the lesser known games that tried something new, so maybe I'll put this on the "to be watched" list and see what its all about.
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 04:40
Arugala9
Looks pretty cool even though details are scarce.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 04:43
Churchhills Dog
with the failure of Psychonauts at retail I had feared that publishers would no longer finance Mr Schaefers originality.

Looking at this I'm now confident the guy will never have a problem getting backed on anything ever again.
Nocturnal XVIII's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 04:57
Nocturnal XVIII
Tim Schafer's name is all I need to know to buy this game.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:16
Aaron Mxy Yost
I came to say exactly what Nocturnal XVIII just said.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:19
Cheeburga
I loved psychonauts, but yeah I was dissapointed how overlooked it was.
It was damn funny.

But I definitely want this.
Lucca's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:28
Lucca
Tim Schafer! YES!

What a koinkidink! I found Full Throttle just a couple of days ago! :D
hjd uk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:29
hjd uk
with that umluat shouldnt it be "Brootahl Ledge-end"?. TBH i thought it was a Guitar Gero spinnoff when i saw the art.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:32
Eschatos
I would be honored to pay for a game this awesome. Plus, wouldn't it be amazing if they included Guitar Hero controller functionality? For whatever reason.
sirpalee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:40
sirpalee
So this game made by the creator of Psychonauts :) . One another game on my must have list ^_^
frozenbabylon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 05:44
frozenbabylon
No. This game is made by the creator of Full Throttle. Psychonauts is good. But Full Throttle is GOD in video game form.
Gnort's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 06:27
Gnort
+1 metal point for the umlaut.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 07:13
bhive01
Where is your (ü) umlat Nex?
Altair78's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 07:23
Altair78
I'm glad Psychonauts is in gametap now. Now more people will play the awesome game.
Upgrayedd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 08:12
Upgrayedd
lol, Jack Black

Seriously, there have been rumors of his involvement for some time now.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 08:23
blehman
I can't wait for mah new GI now. Tim has consistantly been one of the best game designers in the buisness, and his products will no doubt be sitting on mah shelf whenever released.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 08:46
Holyetheline
I watched that special on Icons about the making of Psychonauts a long time ago when the game was released. I love it, I'm sure Tim's new project is just as good. Very exciting. =)
cousinike's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 10:06
cousinike
It's what we all have been dreaming of... A Heavy Metal Hack n Slash! YES!
LethalHairdo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 10:21
LethalHairdo
I get happy every time someone knows the word umlaut. It makes me sick every time someone calls it something along the lines of "Mötley Crüe dots". ::applauds Nex's always impressive lexicon::

For the record I type characters like the 'tyskt y' because copypasta is for nübs.
UNDERSTAR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 10:39
UNDERSTAR
This game really reminds me of KORGOTH OF BARBARIA!!! Which in it self is teh FUCKING SHIT!!
PacoDG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 11:25
PacoDG
A new C-Blogger has posted the 10 pages of scans for the game. CLICK HERE
itemforty's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 11:46
itemforty
Tim Schafer's name is all I need to know to buy this game.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 12:29
Bob Muir
I'm liking the umlaut.
Mr Fahrenheit's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 13:03
Mr Fahrenheit
So... According to PacoDG's link, we have Tim Schafer making a game involving Heavy Metal mixed with Nordic Fantasy.

FUCK. YES.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 13:52
Fading Star
Go Tim Schafer!
Papapishu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 16:56
Papapishu
The end of my dick just exploded in joy.

I guess this confirms the old rumor. ROCK AND ROLL HELL HERE I COME!
m3ds's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2007 18:41
m3ds
Well, as everyone basically said, Tim Schafer means must buy.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/13/2007 00:43
HarassmentPanda
Is it possible to just buy Tim Schafer?
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