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DoubleFine Counter-Sues Activision Over Brutal Legend

We previously covered (and commented on) Activision’s lawsuit against DoubleFine Productions and EA to block the release of their game Brutal Legend, which Activision dropped when they bought out Vivendi. Well, Gamasutra is reporting that DoubleFine is striking back with a counter-suit, saying that Activision is (among other things) trying to kill the project to protect the Guitar Hero franchise (an argument that bears some merit – EA is the publisher of Rock Band – and Brutal Legend has the likenesses of Ozzy Osborne & Lemmy Kilmeister, who also appear in Guitar Hero: World Tour & Guitar Hero: Metallica, respectively.) So, the mess surrounding Brutal Legend is far from over, but will hopefully get resolved sooner rather than later. *Knocks on wood.*

New Mechwarrior Game Announced

So, Piranha Games, has announced that they’re working on a new Mechwarrior game in conjunction with Smith and Tinker games, the new company co-founded Jordan Weisman, who was also the co-founder of FASA, and who also helped create Mechwarrior. IGN has a very substantial interview with both men, discussing the new game, and with some embedded video of the trailer.