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DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT: BITS & BRIEFS


07/12/2008 The rumors have been swirling for weeks now without any confirmation from the online retailing giant. The status of the much-anticipated "Brutal Legend" heavy metal fantasy videogame has been in limbo for some time, due to the pending merger of Activision and Vivendi Games. (The game's publisher, Sierra Entertainment, is a division of Vivendi.) But lead voice actor Jack Black showed up at the MTV Movie Awards sporting a "Brutal Legend" T-shirt and told reporters the game is coming out "some day."

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