(edit: multiple edits, people get pissy when i get facts wrong. i get facts wrong because i'm posting drunk at whateverthehelloclock in the morning. lesson learned, wait for sobriety. because people get seriously pissy over minor corrections.)
So, small background: Once upon a time, there was a game called Psychonauts and it was made by a man named Tim Shafer, who was already a legend of gaming due to his previous works, which included Grim Fandango and The Secret of Monkey Island.
And Psychonauts was the best game nobody ever heard of or paid any attention to, because Psychonauts was published by a company called Majesco, which spent about thirty dollars advertising Psychonauts and millions upon millions on a game called Advent Rising.
Unfortunately for everybody, Advent Rising was tepid at best and godawful at worst, drew mixed-to-negative reviews and subsequently sank like an anchor, dragging Majesco down with it.
And so, Psychonauts, which received rave reviews, sat on shelves, criminally underrated and almost completely unadvertised, one of the best and most brilliant platform games of any era, unsold in droves, known only to a small but devoted fandom (which has since significantly grown).
Some (like me) lay the blame for Psychonauts' commercial failure directly at Majesco's feet for backing the wrong fucking pony.
Some blamed an apathetic consumer base.
But we can all agree, fuck Majesco.
And then, this happened: http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a363303/double-fine-interview-off-cuts-tim-schafer-on-studio-creativity.html
Digital Spy interviewed Tim Shafer (creator of Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Monkey Island, etc), and one of the questions and reponses was this:
So, to recap:
Psychonauts 2 is happening.
Because Notch.
So, small background: Once upon a time, there was a game called Psychonauts and it was made by a man named Tim Shafer, who was already a legend of gaming due to his previous works, which included Grim Fandango and The Secret of Monkey Island.
And Psychonauts was the best game nobody ever heard of or paid any attention to, because Psychonauts was published by a company called Majesco, which spent about thirty dollars advertising Psychonauts and millions upon millions on a game called Advent Rising.
Unfortunately for everybody, Advent Rising was tepid at best and godawful at worst, drew mixed-to-negative reviews and subsequently sank like an anchor, dragging Majesco down with it.
And so, Psychonauts, which received rave reviews, sat on shelves, criminally underrated and almost completely unadvertised, one of the best and most brilliant platform games of any era, unsold in droves, known only to a small but devoted fandom (which has since significantly grown).
Some (like me) lay the blame for Psychonauts' commercial failure directly at Majesco's feet for backing the wrong fucking pony.
Some blamed an apathetic consumer base.
But we can all agree, fuck Majesco.
And then, this happened: http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a363303/double-fine-interview-off-cuts-tim-schafer-on-studio-creativity.html
Digital Spy interviewed Tim Shafer (creator of Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Monkey Island, etc), and one of the questions and reponses was this:
And then this happened:Digital Spy said:
So, to recap:
Psychonauts 2 is happening.
Because Notch.
