CVG has and exclusive preview for the upcoming game Brutal Legend. It is hard to describe this game, but it is the mix of Monkey Island and Tenacious D (yes the movie). This is an action adventure game set in the mythical land of lost era of heavy metal. Yes Heavy metal. In Brutal Legend you play as the role of Eddie, a rocker out to save the world. The role of Eddie will be played by Jack Black who will also be writing for the game too.

Two worlds are colliding. Two wayward minds that only want to rock are crashing together to create one of next year's hottest new games. The brain-boxes behind Monkey Island and Tenacious D are hi-fiving, pumping fists and scribbling on bits of paper to conjure up PS3's 'next big thing'.

The creative juices are being supplied by maverick coder Tim Schafer and rock funny man Jack Black. The game is Brutal Legend, an adventure set in the mythical lost era of Heavy Metal. Those two sentences should have put a smile across your face bigger than a Metallica riff. Schafer is best known for his comedy writing on Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango, games that are genuinely funny, which is rare. Jack Black is Hollywood's Golden Boy, the man who would be king (of rock) and more importantly, made hair metal cool again. Together, they are creating worlds.

Actually, Schafer has created the world, Black is on board to supply the rock 'n' roll humour and voice the character of Eddie Riggs, the roadie rock-god. The story is suitably 'out there' as you would expect from Schafer's Double Fine studio, the team's last game was Psychonauts, a platformer that had you swimming around in peoples' minds. In Brutal Legend you'll play Eddie, a run-of-the-mill roadie for some long forgotten metal act still plugging away like it's 1982. Eddie likes booze, women and rock 'n' roll; he's going to be the savior of the universe, but thankfully not ours.

Unwittingly, Eddie gets transported back in time to the mythical Age of Metal courtesy of an unusual horned belt buckle imbued with an ancient curse. The world Schafer has created for his new hero is built from the clichés of rock - there are giant swords protruding from the ground, Iron Maiden Beasts roam the wastelands and everyone rides Harleys and drives hotrods. It's a proper world of rock, expect to see the pillars from Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album cover, Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell gets a look in and you won't need to go far to see a nod or two to Dio's fantastical landscapes.

Sayyed via computerandvideogames.com »