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Double Fine and 2 Player Productions have released a 22-hour documentary series that charts the making of Psychonauts 2.Titled Double Fine PsychOdyssey, the 32-part series follows Double Fine as it works on platform-adventure game Psychonauts 2, which was released in 2021. The series is a follow-up to Double Fine Adventure, which documented the creation of Broken Age.“Ten years after the release of their flagship video game Psychonauts, Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with Psychonauts 2,” reads the documentary’s description.

Psychonauts 2 developers have released details of a patch that will fix “major bugs” as well as adding a handful of new features to help with collectables and achievements.“Our major focus has been on updating the game to fix major bugs and add some new features that will help with collectables and achievements,” writes Double Fine’s community manager Harper, introducing a lengthy walkthrough of the new quality of life patch for Psychonauts 2.The patch, which is available now, looks set to fix the following bugs:Double Fine have also implements a handful of new features which, according to designer Tim Schafer, are aimed at people “who have already finished the game and are looking to 100% it.”There’s the Otto-Spot Filter, an attachment for

Dustbiters has been revealed, with an announcement video featuring Tim Schafer literally having his mind blown.As described on the Kickstarter page, Dustbiters is “a quick and furious card game about rival car gangs racing to outrun a giant dust storm.”The announcement video features an appearance from Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer, who went on to say “I didn’t make this game, but I played it and I love it.”Unfortunately for Schafer, his mind literally explodes in the video upon hearing that the game is available to back on Kickstarter.The game aims to be “quick to learn and easy to understand”, and players will have three actions per turn which are spent maneuvering their cars away from the dust storm.

Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has said that Microsoft doesn’t have a mandate for live service games.In a recent interview with The Guardian, Booty said that while Microsoft is thinking about live service type games, it isn’t something that is essential, stating: “We don’t have any direction or mandate that says every game has to be an ongoing, sustained game”.Booty used the upcoming Double Fine Productions title Psychonauts 2 as an example when he explained that “there might be a Psychonauts 3, but I’m not going to tell Tim Schafer to go make it.“Knowing the history of games that he makes, I don’t think he’s going to be making a game that has seasons and goes on for five years,” he continued. Psychonauts 2 will also have an

Xbox Games Showcase Extended, Psychonauts 2 received a gameplay video that shares details on the upcoming story, as well as details on new abilities and more.The new video released today (June 17) featured Tim Schafer – Studio Head at Double Fine Productions –  guiding players through what to expect in the Psychonauts sequel.The video shares details on the story of Psychonauts 2, as well as all new enemies, abilities and locations.One of the early levels in Psychonauts 2, shown in the gameplay video above, is the brain of Dr. Caligosto Loboto.

Psychonauts 2 is nearly done and will be released sometime this year, according to developer Double Fine.Over the festive season, the studio spoke about the forthcoming title over the festive season with a new update video. The nine-minute clip was hosted by studio founder Tim Schafer, who covered everything from the state of the game to the company’s stance on ‘crunch’.In the update, Schafer noted that the game has entered its “last phase of production”, adding that all the levels that were planned are now “in the game”.

Psychonauts 2.Black opened up his own gaming channel, JablinskiGames, over a year ago, which has risen in popularity since its conception.