Brütal Legend List of commercial failures in video gaming
brütal legend double fine productions second major title. game set in world based on heavy metal music, includes hundred-song soundtrack across numerous metal subgenres, , incorporates celebrity voice cast including jack black, lemmy kilmister, rob halford, ozzy osbourne, lita ford, , tim curry. game published vivendi games via sierra entertainment prior merger activision. following merger, activision declined publish brütal legend, , double fine turned electronic arts publishing partner, delaying game s release. activision , double fine counter-sued each other breach of contract, settling out of court. game designed action adventure/real-time strategy game similar herzog zwei; games in real-time strategy genre not perform on consoles, double fine told both vivendi , electronic arts avoid stating fact , emphasize other elements of game. despite positive reviews critics, game got criticized real-time strategy elements not mentioned within pre-release marketing, making difficult game sell players. furthermore, late-year release in october 2009 buried title among many top-tier games, including uncharted 2, batman: arkham asylum , call of duty: modern warfare 2. sold 215,000 units within first month, making retail failure , , though double fine had begun on sequel, electronic arts cancelled further development. according tim schafer, president , lead developer of double fine, 1.4 million copies of game had been sold february 2011.
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