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Here’s your weekly dose of cheap games for all formats. It’s relatively slim pickings this week, but there’s some excellent games that you might have missed first time round for just a few quid each. For your constantly updated guide to gaming on the cheap, make sure to check out SavyGamer.co.uk.

This week’s games are after the cut.

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Every gamer on the planet is aware of the drama which unfolded between EA Partners, Double Fine, and Activision over Tim Schafer’s gaming homage to metal, Brutal Legend. When the game was dropped from Activision and picked up by EA, everyone assumed it was a case of the little guy being stepped on by the bigger guy when the game’s former publisher moved to block the release of the game, subsequently branding Activision as the Evil Empire with Darth Kotick at the helm.

However, despite the legalities and all the verbal back-and-forth between all parties involved, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick as finally broken his silence on the matter, and if what he says is true, the decision was made by Vivendi during its merger with Activision and Kotick had never even so much as laid eyes on the game.

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Game Developers Conference organizers announced today that Naughty Dog and Double Fine will both provide presentations at GDC 2010.

Five different lectures pertaining to Uncharted 2 and its production will be given by Naughty Dog at the conference, one by director Bruce Straley and co-lead designer Neil Druckmann discussing story and gameplay integration, and the second known presentation will be from art directors Robh Ruppel and Erick Pangilinan discussing the artsy end.

Double Fine’s lead programmer Peter Demoreuille and technical/VFX artist Drew Skillman will discuss visual design for Brutal Legend, and it was also announced that Jonathan Blow will discuss the programming behind Braid.

The conference takes place March 9-13 in San Fransisco, with more speakers and events to be announced.

Thanks, Cinemablend.

EA has announced that DLC for Brutal Legend will land on December 17.

Called Hammer of Infinite Fate, it contains a series of new skins, weapon upgrades, multiplayer maps and unlockable achievements.

You will be able to upgrade Eddie Riggs with three new outfits including the Mountain Man, Black Metal and Zaulia Threads, as well as seven more back patches and the hotrod hasn’t been left out either. The pack comes with four new paint jobs and four more upgrades that players can purchase including the Oculus of the Lost, an all-seeing GPS for the world, and the Eye of Sorrow – a weapon that harnesses the power of the Sea of Black Tears and launches “black projectiles of doom” at enemies, in addition to The Disgorger and the Coiling Maw.

The DLC also contains four new multiplayer maps: the Altar of Blood, Coiled Remains, Crucible of the Titans and The Amplified Cliffs.

Nine new achievements and trophies were added, such as Mount Rockmore will provides six more heads for players to purchase and unlock, including Rima, Razputin, Dadbat, Hunter, Kage the Kannonier and Tim Schafer.

The DLC will run you 480 MS Points on XBL and $4.99 on PSN.

Via PR mail.

Tim Schafer’s confirmed that metal adventure Brutal Legend’s to get more content.

“We definitely want to do more DLC for both single-player and multiplayer, as well as some tuning patches,” said the developer, speaking to GamePro.

That’s it. There’s no detail. There is, however, a fun interview through the link.

Tim Schafer has told GamePro that despite sales results being readily available for Brutal Legend, he doesn’t want to know how the game is doing until after the holiday are over.

His philosophy on matters such as this differ from most, in that he feels his creations sell better via word of mouth as opposed to more traditional methods.

“I like to give it time, you know? I think many people look too soon but a lot of games I’ve worked on have succeeded based on word of mouth,” he said. “With Brutal Legend’s multiplayer, people need to play it and talk about it, so I usually don’t look at the sales number for a month or so. Definitely not ’til after Christmas.

“For the most part very happy [with its reception] it’s very interesting and a new experience for me to be talking to players directly. We’re online with our headsets battling, and they’re telling me exactly what they think about the game and it’s a whole new experience for me. It’s really fun to be playing on a team with other players swapping strategies and going head-to-head with people who are better than me at my own game.”

There’s loads more through the link, there, where Tim talks about his inspiration for some of the characters, the original name of the Razor Girls, and how Double Fine wants to produce more DLC for both “single-player and multiplayer, as well as some tuning patches”.

Thanks, Joystiq.

DJ Hero fell short of analyst predictions in the US last month, selling only 122,000 units.

Bear in mind the music game was only on sale for four days in the reporting period.

Here’s the platform breakdown, courtesy of Gamespot:

• DJ Hero (360) – 62,000 units
• DJ Hero (PS3) – 39,000 units
• DJ Hero (Wii) – 19,000 units
• DJ Hero (PS2) – 3,300 units

In addition, Brutal Legend sold 216,000 across 360 and PS3. Like this:

• Brutal Legend (360) – 150,000 units
• Brutal Legend (PS3) – 66,000 units

For the rest of the news from last night’s figures, hit this.

There’s a video after the break of Tim Schafer showing off Brutal Legend’s multiplayer DLC after the break.

Tears of the Hextadon is releasing over the next two days. It has two multiplayer maps and will be free on PSN until November 19, after which it’ll cost £3.99/$3.99. Xbox 360 owners will have to spend 400 MSP.

Thanks, Destructoid.

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Brutal Legend DLC lands on Xbox Live and PSN next month November 3 and 5, respectively.

Called Tears of the Hextadon, it has two maps for multiplayer and will be free on PSN until November 19, after which it will run you £3.99/$3.99. It’s not free anytime on XBL at all, and will run you 400 MS Points.

The Brütal Legend Tears of the Hextadon map pack expands the Brütal Legend Stage Battle multiplayer experience with two new multiplayer maps. In the first map, Circle of Tears, vile waters have carved a rough-hewn circular battlefield into a forsaken land that players must circumvent to destroy their opponent. In the second map, Death’s Fjord, players find themselves on an icy mountain pass with a dense cluster of fans that lie below, waiting to be harvested by those brave enough to capture them without cover from enemy attack. All players who download the new map pack will receive a free axe, the Blade of Ormagöden.

Full press release is through the break, and you can also check it out on the US PS Blog.

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Uncharted 2 has entered this weeks UK charts very strongly, but not enough to usurp FIFA 10 from the No. 1 position.

The Naughty Dog shooter still comes in though at a very respectable second. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising caps off the top three.

Brutal Legend comes in decently enough, coming in at 7.

Find the top ten below. Last weeks data is here.

Update: We have winners!

Congrats to them an’ all that.

EA just said we could have four copies of Brutal Legend to give to you, our loyal readers. We’ve got two on 360 and two on PS3.

To win, you have to do two things. Firstly, you have to comment. Whoever posts the 200th, 400th, 600th and 800th comments will get a copy of the game. We’ll alternate format, starting with PS3.

Secondly, you have to follow both @patlike and @vg247 on Twitter. No reason. We just want more people following us on Twitter.

For the record, we’ve sort of stolen this idea from Destructoid. It’s a form of flattery.

Get to it. Good luck!

After the first IGN-exclusive Brutal Legend reviews yesterday, EG’s gone live with an 8/10.

Snip:

It’s probably Brutal Legend’s characters that win out. Since the days when he provided dialogue options for Guybrush Threepwood, Schafer’s secret skill has been to people his games with lovable oddballs who quickly start to feel like friends, creating bonds strong enough to ensure you forgive some of the ropier moments. In this case, Schafer, Double Fine, and Black haven’t just created a story about roadies: they’ve become them, scuttling about energetically, heads down and minds focused, as they pull a handful of simple props together in order to put on an amazing show.

You can get it in the US now, and Play appears to be selling it in the UK, despite the fact it’s not supposed to come out until Friday over here.

Gamestop’s posted up a list of every store in the US opening for the launch of Uncharted 2 and Brutal Legend tonight – see it here.

Hit this for more details on the two games’ releases. Now go and buy them both.

It’s passed the Witching Hour all over America, and both Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Brutal Legend are now on sale Stateside.

Naughty Dog boss Evan Wells is pumped enough to be twitpiccing shots of a midnight launch queue in Culver City, while Mr Schafer just dropped word that he’s on his way to his local Gamestop.

The games are two of the most highly anticipated this holiday season, and reviews show why – Uncharted 2 is still the highest-rated PS3 exclusive ever. Brutal Legend’s first scores hit yesterday, but that chances of this not being worth your money are a tad remote.

Buy both. Go nuts. But whatever you go, buy both.

Uncharted 2 releases in mainland Europe tomorrow and the UK this Friday. Brutal Legend is available now in the UK.

IGN’s gone live with the first reviews for Brutal Legend.

Judgement: it’s bloody awesome. IGN US went with a 9.0, while IGN Australia went with a 9.3.

A blurb from the US review:

“Brutal Legend isn’t quite perfect and there is room for improvement (it’s a little short, side quests are repetitive…), but when the credits roll you’ll find yourself hoping for a sophomore release. Double Fine created a rich heavy metal universe and backstory full of great characters and creatures, with potential for an out-of-this-world sequel. Here’s hoping Shafer and company get a chance to take us there.”

The US video review is after the jump. Game’s out on the PS3 and 360 this week.

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Three Brutal Legend tracks will land on Rock Band for the usual consoles next week on October 13, the same day the Tim Schafer creation lands in stores .

The “Brütal Legend Pack” consists of “(We Are) The Road Crew ‘08” by Motörhead, “The Metal” by Tenacious D and “More Than Meets the Eye” by Testament, all of which are also featured in Brütal Legend.

Individual songs will run you 160 MS Points ($1.99/£.99/€1.49 EU) each or 440 MS Points ($5.49/£2.49/€3.99) for the pack.

Also, for a limited time beginning Oct. 13, a free download code for the pack will be included with the purchase of Brutal Legend for PS3 and Xbox 360 from any Best Buy retail location.

“These are three great songs that totally capture the feeling of Brütal Legend. I can’t wait to play them in Rock Band,” said Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions. “I’ve air-drummed to all of them so many times, I’m sure I’ll be able to beat them on hard mode, no problem. Or at least on medium. Like medium plus. That’s a setting, right?”

No Tim, it’s not.

Brutal Legend is going to fucking shit your pants in awesomeness.

You know it. We know it. Fuck, everyone does! So lets all bask in the glow of a brand new multiplayer trailer released by EA, which you can watch over at Eurogamer Germany.

It’s out near the end of the month for PS3 and 360. Demo is out now on the PS Store and Live.

Pat played through the entire demo yesterday – watch it here.

We’ve posted a full, 23-minute playthrough video of the Brutal Legend demo after the break.

The rockathon’s taster was released openly to Live and PSN today after being walled off to pre-orderers for the past week.

No longer. See what you’ll be buying come October 15 if you have the slightest amount of common sense.

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Both the Brutal Legend and Need for Speed: Shift demos are now up on Live.

We’re going to grab the former for you now. Go get!

Don’t forget that both are up on PSN today as well.

Thanks, Blerk.

It never ends! Microsoft just confirmed that the Brütal Legend demo’s now been posted on Live, following last week’s release for pre-orderers.

Blurb:

Brütal Legend is an action game from the mind of Tim Schafer. Eddie Riggs, a roadie chosen by the Rock Gods and played by Jack Black, must battle through a heavy metal fantasy world to save humanity and slay demons — using only a broad axe, his guitar Clementine, and an army of metal heads.

Go! It’s out on October 15 for PS3 and 360.