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Xbox gamers are in luck, as they have the opportunity to earn one of the rarest achievements,Six Degrees of Schafer inBrutal Legend.Brutal Legendhelped to contribute towards Schafer’s inductioninto the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame earlier this year. The game is a cult classic among gamers and features both a single-player and multiplayer mode.
The coveted achievement can only be found by venturing into the PvP aspect of the game. to unlock the ultra-rare Six Degrees of Schafer achievement, players must play a game in multiplayer mode and match with either Schafer himself or someone else who has already earned the achievement.Brutal Legendis a real-time strategy game with players controlling Eddie Riggs, a roadie for a heavy metal band. The goal of the game is to help Riggs, voiced by the legendary Jack Black, fight against supernatural monsters with other humans using a battle axe and an electric guitar.Jack Black playedBrutal Legendback in 2019 on his YouTube channel, Jablinski Games, with the Let’s Play video earning over 4 million views.
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Double Fine, the developer ofBrutal Legendand thewell-reviewedPsychonauts 2, announced on Twitter that Schafer would be participating in matches throughout today in honor of the game’s 14th anniversary. In a follow-up post, Double Fine tweeted that fans should keep an eye on social media to know the times when Schafer would be playing for a chance to match with him. The event, dubbed Rocktober 13, will give completionists and anyone interested in the achievement a chance to earn the reward by going up against Schafer himself.
While this achievement can be earned at any time throughout the year, fans are excited because it is not every day that they have the chance to go up and test their skills against the game’s director himself. For Schafer’s part, he Tweeted that players after the achievement have a good chance of getting it if matched with him as he usually wins “one match a year.”
Of course, with the announcement of this event, fans started to wonder if there was any news regarding aBrutal Legendsequel. Double Fine responded the question under its Twitter post by saying, “It would be a cool thing.” So, while far from a definitive answer, combined with Schafer’s statement at E3 2017 aboutBrutal Legend2happening “someday,”fans can take heart that both Schafer and Double Fine have not given up on a sequel.
Brutal Legendis out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
