Brütal news is now: EA to publish Brütal Legend

I knew funny business was afoot early this morning when Double Fine moved their Brütal Legend threat level system to "violated lemon" ('I hear news knocking at the door!'), and it wasn't for naught: the developer has just announced that EA will publish the they're-making-me-call-it-NWOB-heavy-metal action/adventure for PS3 and Xbox 360 in Fall of 2009.

It's good news not only for the game, which has been floating in somewhat of an uncomfortable news-void for the last year following the Vivendi/Activision merger, but also for EA, who've been moving from strength to boutique-gaming strength with this and the recent announcement that they'd be releasing a new game from Killer7/No More Heroes dev Grasshopper Manufacture.

As noted before (where you can also see its debut trailer), the first new footage of the game will be shown Sunday night at the Spike TV Video Game Awards show.

Brütal Legend [EA/Double Fine]