First Brutal Legend DLC dated Nov. 3, initially free on PS3

by Ben Gilbert on Oct 27th 2009 11:41AM

EA announced today that the "first DLC" (that means there'll be more, right?) for recently released Brütal Legend will be arriving November 3 and November 5 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, respectively. Named "Tears of the Hextadon," the two, totally not RTS maps ("Circle of Tears" and "Death's Fjord") will set you back 400

($5) on Xbox 360. If you're a PS3 owner, however, the map pack will be free of charge for the first two weeks. "We love the PS3," EA's Brent Dady said over on PlayStation Blog, speaking on the publisher's decision to offer the DLC for free on PSN until November 19.

Those who get the DLC on either console will also get a free in-game axe -- the intimidating "Blade of Ormagöden." We suggest you start looking for the game's creative lead Tim Schafer, who claims in the release that he plays online "every night." Get him Joystiq Biomass! Get him.

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I doubt it's that they like the PS3 more, its that Microsoft doesn't like DLC to be free. They've show that on multiple occasions.

*shown

$50 a year, overpriced G.O.D titles, Avatar clothing, themes and proprietary HDDs don't bring in enough profit I guess.

EA actually sells more games on the PS3 then 360 if you didnt know that

I'm still fairly annoyed with MS about the L4D map being sold on Live but free on PC, AND for the Castle Crashers pack Behemoth wanted to release for free but couldn't. This is just yet another example.

Except for Madden, that could be true. I would imagine Brutal Legend probably sold more for the PS3, but if I were on an EA marketing board, I'd be offering free DLC for the 360 in an attempt to boost sales.

Actually, according the sales charts that were posted a week or so ago, Brutal Legend sold more on the 360... but that's likely because it was up against Uncharted 2 on the PS3.

Or it's because 99.9999% of multiplatform games sell better on 360. Only one I can remember hearing that didn't was Batman.

Nah.. there's more than that. I think SFIV sold better worldwide on the PS3 for example.

@tmac

OR it's because the 360 has no better games to buy, and PS3 has Uncharted 2 AND Demon's Souls.

I *think* Devil May Cry was another one that sold better on the PS3. There are actually more than you think that sell better on the PS3.

And there is NO WAY FFXIII will sell better on the 360. It's not possible.

I'm just saying EA's been good to the PS3 and has made more money on the platform then 360 recently as pointed out here. http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35278/PS3-outperforms-Xbox-360-for-EA

Ceeeelibraate Good Times, Com'On!!

@ The punisher

Don't be that guy. Demon's Souls has been somewhat of a letdown for me so far cause it's been kinda easy. I mean, I'm enjoying it overall, but I went in expecting crushing difficulty and I really haven't found it yet through 1-1, 1-2 and 2-1. Haven't even died yet on any of the first three bosses (4 if you count the optional dragon in 1-2). I'm hoping it gets a lot tougher.

Tmac, are you looking at strategy guides and faqs or no?

@ tmacairjordan87

My turn to say to you: don't be that guy. No one beats 3 Demon's Souls bosses without dying. No one.

Yeah thats basically total BS ... I don't care how good you are but no one is that good to beat three Demons Sould bosses and stages without dying on their first playthrough unless they are looking at some kind of a strategy guide. Trying to sound more hardcore or something by saying one of the most punishing games this year is a letdown because "it's kind of easy" is complete BS. Thats about as believable as saying you were trolling because of a psychology paper. No offense.

Think about what the punisher is saying for a minute. Brutal Legend released the same time as Uncharted 2. Do you think people who own a PS3 are going to be more likely to buy Brutal Legend than they are Uncharted 2? When you think of it that way it kind of makes sense in this instance. You just have to get past the fanboy bit and what have you.

I still think it's bizarre that people buy the majority of multiplat games on the 360. 360 is great and all if I had the time I would buy another but....wouldn't you rather play them on a system that isn't going to break?

One platform has a slightly different demographic than the other, resulting in some games doing better on one system over the other?

Holy shit, this is huge news! Stop the presses!

I don't see how anyone can defend Microsoft on this one. They clearly could have made this free as well, but time and time again, they have shown they are unwilling to give anything back to their community. $50 a year should pay to have lower cost DLC, as well as free, exclusive DLC.

Sony is going in the right direction since most multi-platform games on the 360 outsell the PS3 versions. By giving people exclusive and free content, they are enticing people (such as myself) to buy the PS3 version vs. the Xbox 360 version.

yay for me and
lol @ tmac for his QQ

@tmac
"Demon's Souls has been somewhat of a letdown for me so far cause it's been kinda easy. I mean, I'm enjoying it overall, but I went in expecting crushing difficulty and I really haven't found it yet through 1-1, 1-2 and 2-1. Haven't even died yet on any of the first three bosses (4 if you count the optional dragon in 1-2). I'm hoping it gets a lot tougher."

LOL. Seriously? Why not try playing it without a guide? I mean come on, even with a guide you'd still probably die a couple of times...

I'm not using a guide, as I proved when I had no clue what Johnny was talking about when he was asking me about the optional mausoleum guard or whatever. I've died maybe 4 times during 1-1 1-2 and 2-1, but the actual bosses have been cake so far.

Phalanx took a while cause I kept running from him until I thought of something to do, Tower Knight was ridiculously easy to kill (I even used melee, didn't have magic yet) as long as you avoid his shield slam and quick little backjump he does and the spider boss in 2-1 kept repeating a pattern of 2 moves so it was easy to kill him with soul arrow. I found out after I beat him I could have hid behind a wood pillar that would have blocked everything, but I didn't know that when I fought him (wish I did though, used a lot of those health herbs)

"I've died maybe 4 times during 1-1 1-2 and 2-1"

Sorry, meant to say about 4 times each. The game's about learning form your mistakes and I did. But I'm not lying when I said I haven't died on a boss yet, they've been easier than some parts of their respective levels.

Many people can beat 1-1, 1-2, and 2-1 bosses as Royalty without dying. I guess you're lucky to have picked one of the easiest classes to play early in the game. It doesn't mean the game is easy though. You're still in the beginning stages and the game DOES get a lot harder than those bosses. 3 down, another 13 to go? Keep us updated on how "easy" you think the game is when you're at the half-way point.

I seem to recall Tomb Raider: Underworld sold better on the PS3 than the XBox 360, and this despite the 360's exclusive DLC. I found that a bit odd.

I'm starting to really dislike how Microsoft charges for everything.

Free DLC or not, I'm much more satisfied with X-box live than the PSN

I did some of the AI battles after 100%'ing the campaign.. then moved on..

*Prepares flame shield*

*Holy crap, had to use this year a bunch
this week*

why the does every article have one guy who has to say this no matter what the subject is?

But you're doing it right, Solace, pointing it out like that, yeah.

I'm sorry but Infamous was far better than Killzone 2.

My favorite PS3 devs at the moment are Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch.

Insomniac is hit and miss for me (Ratchet and Clank good, Resistance bad) and Guerilla...ROFL..don't care.

My bad about the reply fail. Meant to go towards tmac

Turns out I needed a shield for how white my post got. Didn't know people hated that shield reference.

*makes note in joystiq posting guide*

Like everyone has said, Microsoft seems to be taking the Sony model of business circa 2005-2006.

People hated it because it's one of the most overused cliches on forums since about the dawn of the internet hope this helps.

I would care if Brutal Legend wasn't one of the worst games I've played this year, but if they do this with the upcoming Borderlands DLC....then I'll get pissed :(

Prepare to go nighty-night.

Oh noes, not a downvote...whatever will I do.

In fairness Brutal Legend was registered as my free game during the TRU deal, so I didn't feel like I wasted money when I traded it in 2 days after getting it. It was a free $35, so something good came out of it!

You must not play many games if you think Brutal Legend was that terrible.

Hey Tmac - So what did you not like about the game? I was thinking of getting it during this week's Best Buy sale. I returned it once already once the reviews came out and I saw what the game offered.

Just curious to get another opinion on it.

"You must not play many BAD games if you think Brutal Legend was that terrible"

fixed. No I don't play the awful games that people normally expect, like vampire rain, so that's why two of the worst games I've played this year are semi-high rated ones like Infamous and Brutal Legend.

Why would you get pissed over free DLC?

inFamous was a blast. You have terrible taste, sorry.

Ok well to get the easy complaints out of the way, it looks pretty bad for a 360/ps3 game but that's not really a huge deal.

However, the gameplay is shallow and boring. On foot you have an extremely basic hack n slash (like what the demo offered), and for the big story missions you have an extremely shallow and basic RTS. All you can do is send people to attack, call them back, or tell them to stay put. There's not much to it, and it's an extremely easy because of its shallowness. It's also only like 6 hours long.

The story was pretty boring too, although the acting is good. It's not like Jack Black mailed his performance in, but past the first hour or so it's just not a funny game anymore.

Pretty much the only thing I liked about it was the soundtrack, which is pretty amazing but you can look all the songs up on youtube. The game's a decent couple day rental I suppose, but don't waste $60 on it.

"I returned it once already once the reviews came out "

....So, what you're saying is that you already had the game but didn't play it, but you returned after you saw that it didn't get "ZOMG perfect 10"? You shouldn't even be allowed to play games, yet alone call yourself a gamer.

"Why would you get pissed over free DLC?"

Because it's not free on the system I buy all of my multiplatform games on?

Even so, it's still not affecting you any.

T-Mac

You don't have the game anymore so what does it matter?

Blame Microsoft for putting a price tag on everything.

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