From The DPad's Josh takes a look at Double Fine games, the hurdles they have overcome, and what makes them such a revered company.
"For weeks now, Ron Gilbert has been teasing us about his upcoming game, the reason he joined Double Fine, the game he thought of before Maniac Mansion, a game that would cure cancer and walk on water. Recently that game was revealed to be The Cave, a 2D platform puzzler focusing on 7 characters ..."
It looks like a third entry isn't happening soon.
Psychonauts 2 has been the studios most profitable release, despite being on Gamepass, and a third title is already open and on the table when the time comes.
They wanted to do a big, new IP release coming into the acquisition being they would have funding they wouldn't have otherwise. That was obviously greenlit.
He was always gonna make a new ip once MS bought them.
The correct dicision imo, comebk to P3 at a later date.
Just how do studios cope with the pressure to "produce a worthy sequel"?
I'm about 9 episodes into this and it's great. They've been recording it for long, long time, pre Kickstarter and Rhombus.
Double Fine announced that volume 2 of the Psychonauts 2 Original Soundtrack is available now to stream and purchase. The second volume lists at 17 songs and features Helmut’s song “Cosmic 1” sung by Jack Black.
