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Double Fine: “Activision Will Not Kill Brutal Legend”

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By Tom Ivan

July 22, 2009

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Double Fine has filed a countersuit against Activision, which sued the game maker in June in a bid to stop the release of Brutal Legend.

Activision’s original lawsuit claimed that Double Fine improperly transferred rights to the game owned by the publisher to its rival EA, which plans to release the Jack Black-starring title in October.

In its counterclaim, Double Fine argues that Activision relinquished its rights to the game prior to the developer signing with EA, and accuses Activision of attempting to kill off a project it sees as a threat to sales of its Guitar Hero franchise.

Activision says it would be seriously harmed if EA were allowed to release Brutal Legend, while Double Fine’s lawsuit stresses that the developer’s survival depends on the successful release of the game.

"Now that we've found a publisher and the game is getting sensational coverage, they want to stop its release," Double Fine COO Caroline Esmurdoc told the Associated Press. "Double Fine's countersuit is a demonstration of our intention to fight for this game - Activision will not kill Brutal Legend."

A hearing is scheduled for July 30 on a motion by Activision to block the game's release.

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On July 24th GeeLW said:

Let's see now: Activision dropped the game initially because it wasn't sequel-friendly. EA picks it up and after it ends up looking like it'll be a smash hit (not due to EA, but to double fine studios, which deserves all that money can buy for creating this instant classic), the big A wants to block it from ever shipping because it has a guy playing a guitar but isn't compatible with a GH controller (or even remotely similar to the guitar hero franchise... other than that guitar playing guy in the game).

Confused? You will be after this week's episode of... SOAP.

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On July 23rd savagehenry said:

Just release it anyway let the fans decided :D

Let the big boys squabble over the money. I think people have got Activisions measure. They'll get all they deserve......