Brütal Legend is an video game with elements created by and published by for the and . The game was released during October 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. Though Brütal Legend was originally to be published by prior to its merger with , Activision dropped the game from its portfolio after the merger. It was later picked up by Electronic Arts, though Activision and Double Fine brought counter-lawsuits against each other over publishing issues. The issues were settled out of court. Later, Double Fine announced a port of the game for via , which was released in February 2013. Mac OS X and Linux versions of the game were made available as part of the in May 2013. A physical collector's edition for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux was released by in October 2014.Brütal Legend is a third person incorporating elements. The game uses an that has described as being approximately 40 square miles (100 km) in area. The player controls the protagonist Eddie Riggs, a who one day finds himself transported into a heavy metal-themed fantasy world. Eddie acquires three tools that are used for combat and transportation: a broad axe called "The Separator", his guitar "Clementine" from his own world which has the ability to cast magic spells in the heavy metal world, and a that Eddie builds called "The Druid Plow", a.k.a. "The Deuce". Spells, referred to as "Solos", from Clementine are performed by playing a akin to the note-matching aspect of or over a brief ; however, Eddie cannot use the metal generated by Clementine constantly, as prolonged usage of the guitar will cause it to , and the player will have to wait for a cool-off period before using the guitar's power again