In case you have been hoping {that a} new Brütal Legend sport was within the works now that Double High-quality is impartial once more, Tim Schafer sadly confirmed that is not the case. As an alternative, Double High-quality plans on specializing in smaller and weirder tasks for now, though Schafer appears open to creating a sequel sometime.
Throughout an August 21 look on Kinda Humorous Video games Each day, Schafer was straight requested “Brütal Legend 2 when?” by somebody within the stream’s chat. “We’re not engaged on that now,” Schafer mentioned in response. “However possibly sometime. I imply, there’s so much there to work with. However we simply, proper now, we will make a complete bunch of loopy little bizarre issues.”
One other chatter went on to level out {that a} new Brütal Legend sport is perhaps powerful to make as a result of heavy steel icons like Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister had died. Schafer appears to assume that there is room to highlight a brand new technology of artists in a sequel if Double High-quality ever have been to make it.
“Making Brütal Legend, there’s all that stuff I beloved in highschool, after which making the sport I came upon a complete bunch of different bands and stuff that I by no means heard of. Since then, individuals method me with steel bands, so I am at all times like there’s at all times new steel bands and new legends. We nonetheless have Rob Halford nonetheless with us and Lita Ford, however we did lose Ozzy and Lemmy. I actually love that you could play Brütal Legend and see this actually lovely illustration of these guys… It is like this little time capsule of those legends of their prime, of their component, and stuff. So there’s simply at all times new nice individuals we may have within the sport.”
Schafer appears open to engaged on a sequel sometime, even when he is clear about the truth that no such mission is at present within the works. As an alternative, Double High-quality followers can stay up for updates for Kiln in addition to the Amnesia Fortnight 2026 – Indie Reboot Kickstarter, which is able to fund a sport jam and documentary, within the brief time period. One sport made throughout that jam will even change into an formally launched sport, probably the primary since Double High-quality was spun off from Xbox Sport Studios.
Double High-quality was a subsidiary of Xbox Sport Studios between June 2019 and July 2026. It was considered one of 5 studios Xbox’s new CEO Asha Sharma introduced plans to divest from final month, writing on Xbox Wire on the time that “it’s neither potential nor fascinating to personal each nice impartial studio.” Double High-quality laid off 23 builders within the weeks that adopted, however has now regained the rights to all of its IP and is charting a brand new path ahead for itself.
As of now, that path doesn’t imminently embrace Brütal Legend 2. If you wish to play the unique Brütal Legend, it is simply playable on PC or via its backward suitable Xbox 360 model on Xbox One and Xbox Collection X. It is even nonetheless a part of the Xbox Sport Go Premium catalog.