Activision threatening to sue EA over Brutal Legend

After Brutal Legend was left out in the cold by Activision, the publisher is now claiming that they still have rights to the game and is threatening to sue the game’s new publisher, Electronic Arts.

EA’s response? “We doubt that Activision would try to sue. That would be like a husband abandoning his family and then suing after his wife meets a better looking guy.” *Hiss*

After Brutal Legend was left out in the cold by Activision, the publisher is now claiming that they still have rights to the game and is threatening to sue the game’s new publisher, Electronic Arts. In case you’re not familiar with the game’s history, Activision was the initial publisher for the game, but dropped it when they decided to merge with Blizzard.

“No, that doesn’t make me the wife.”

So why are they trying to get the game back now? They’re not. Word is, they still have no intention of publishing the game, thinking it won’t bring in the same amount of cash that games like Call of Duty does.

So what do they want? Well what does anybody want these days. They’re probably looking for the green stuff. Dough. Moolah. Cold hard cash. Same thing they got from Atari when they picked up Dark Athena and Ghostbusters, two other games Activision dropped.

Double Fine, the studio making Brutal Legend (PS3, 360), feels that it’s their right to find a new publisher. And Electronic Arts? They responded:

We doubt that Activision would try to sue. That would be like a husband abandoning his family and then suing after his wife meets a better looking guy.

 *Hiss*. We’ll let you know more of the drama as it develops.