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Brutal Legend Wii Cancelled, world surprised it even existed 01 Jul, 2009 / Comments: 11

By The Tingler


While it was never more than an ongoing rumour, the rumour about that rumour is that the Wii version of Brütal Legend has been cancelled due to quality and technical issues. Anyone who's ever played the PS2 version of Psychonauts should being saying "fair enough".

This is all according to Destructoid. Apparently the port was in development at EA's own studios, but that's a big "was" now.

I don't really mind this... as long as there's a PC version coming. Yes, I'm still banging that drum and I'll be doing it waaaay past Rocktober I suspect.

Source: Destructoid

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  • Kroms on 01 Jul, 2009, 17:44…
    Fuck no to a PC version. I've said it before: keep your filthy paws away from BL, you bloodsucking pirates.
  • ATMachine on 01 Jul, 2009, 17:56…
    With that sort of logic we wouldn't get a TMI or MISE PC release. There are some of us who don't give a fig about the console wars, you know.
  • Kroms on 01 Jul, 2009, 18:11…
    Neither do I. But you can't deny that a the chances of a "hardcore" game like Brutal Legend succeeding in the PC market are pretty slim. Telltale seems to get away with it because of how dedicated adventure gamers are, but I'm not sure if something with BL's budget can.
  • The Tingler on 01 Jul, 2009, 21:30…
    "Hardcore"? Um, can you clarify that term please?
  • Udvarnoky on 01 Jul, 2009, 18:38…
    Maybe not, and with rampant PC pirating and the allegedly horrible sales of the (retail) PC Psychonauts I don't have much of an expectation that Brutal Legend will get a PC port, but I don't understand why you're such an activist for PC Schafer fans not getting the game. Let the financial guys worry about statistics.
  • Kroms on 01 Jul, 2009, 18:55…
    You're right, I guess. Look, I just don't want this to flop, right?

    Maybe Mojo should stop asking for PC versions, or like (in my case) a CMI-ish Monkey Island*. If the developers didn't know what worked we wouldn't love them so much. So let the financial guys say yay or nay to a PC version, and let us just report the news.

    *this may or may not be related to today's incredible video
  • Udvarnoky on 01 Jul, 2009, 19:06…
    Or people can just voice their opinions like usual, and people who disagree with opinions can state that as well.
  • The Tingler on 01 Jul, 2009, 21:29…
    We're getting a CMI-ish Monkey Island. It's called Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island.

    I want a PC version because a) I prefer playing games on my PC, b) I want this game to live forever (who wants a game Zombies Ate My Neighbours? Too old? How about the console version of Deus Ex Invisible War, that was a major game. Oh, can't play either of them on anything but PC? Shame), c) Psychonauts is doing very well on Steam thanks, d) piracy is rampant on 360 too, e) all of Tim Schafer's games have been on PC and I can happily play all of them right now, and f) I actually want to play the game beyond October.
  • Kroms on 02 Jul, 2009, 11:46…
    I wouldn't be surprised if we had some Steam-like service for consoles in the future.

    And besides, Xbox360 has a much lower piracy rate than PC...
  • Capn_Nacho on 01 Jul, 2009, 16:24…
    A PC version would still be nice, yeah.

    As for the Wii version, uh, how sad? Wii ports are never any good...
  • spiralout on 01 Jul, 2009, 13:37…
    I also want a PC version. Someone ask Tim about it.