Just in case Rocktober wasn’t rocktastic enough for players, Schafer and crew have already announced a free DLC pack for insanely awesome metal-rocker game Brütal Legend, fittingly titled Tears of the Hextadon map pack. The folks over at Double Fine seem to be taking their multiplayer business pretty seriously because this DLC will offer two new maps where metalheads can duke it out for rock godhood. In addition, anyone who downloads the new map packs will get an ax. A real, metal and wood ax sent to everyone’s home for purposes best left to the user. Wait, I’m getting an update on the story as I type this. Yes…no…okay. The ax is actually an in-game item. Well Tim, color me disappointed. That could have been the greatest DLC package ever. It still is because its Brütal Legend, but now it has a chance to be toppled from its downloadable throne (by future Brütal Legend DLC obviously) .

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According to previous news, Activision had filed a suit against Brutal Legend developer Double Fine over who had the right to publish Tim Schafer’s latest video game. With a metaphorical extended middle finger, Double Fine has now countersued Activision, stating that Activision simply wanted to “kill Brutal Legend” in order to protect what is arguably its most popular IP - the Guitar Hero franchise.

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Brütal Legend, the upcoming game from Double Fine Productions, is set to rock the house (literally) in mid-October. The game is centered around Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black) being mysteriously transported into a haggard realm of fantasy and metal. Needless to say, given the obvious cues to Iron Maiden and various hard rock album covers, Brütal Legend is going to have one gnarly soundtrack to back up its very gnarly setting. (more…)