A heavy metal Zelda might sound an unlikely idea for a game, but then we're dealing with creative maverick Tim Schafer (the brains behind Monkey Island), as his new title Brutal Legend proves you cannot kill the metal.
Dropped by Activision and rescued from the fiery pits of development hell by EA, it's an action-adventure game which follows the antics of roadie Eddie Riggs, who is dragged to another dimension to save the world with the power of ROCK.