Psychonauts 2 will have boss battles thanks to Xbox Acquisition of Double Fine

Double Fine are grateful that they were able to focus on creating the game in the final stage of development.

One of the big news from the Xbox conference at E3 2019 was that Double Fine was joining the Xbox Game Studios family . Shortly after, Microsoft bought the rights to Psychonauts from Starbreeze – who originally published the new installment of Tim Schafer’s cult game – although Psychonauts 2 will continue to be a multiplatform title that will also reach PlayStation consoles.

Microsoft support gave us the support to finish the game.Geoff Soulis, Double FineThis relationship between Double Fine and Microsoft has already yielded good results , at least as expressed by developers who assure that Psychonauts 2 will be a better game thanks to the support of Xbox in the final stage of its development. It should be remembered that the development of this sequel began with a very successful crowdfunding campaign in which more than 3 million dollars were raised . There were also other investment channels with which Double Fine injected capital into the project, and in the end, direct support from Xbox was present to be able to finish the game the way Tim Schafer and his team wanted.

In a media Q&A session, Geoff Soulis , scenario artist on Psychonauts 2, commented that the presence of bosses in the game is thanks to Microsoft’s acquisition of Double Fine . “Before Microsoft acquired us, we removed all the bosses so that we could present our narrative and be able to see the full story. The support of Microsoft gave us the support to finish the game, I don’t want to say to finish it, but to add things that we would have removed to be able to finish the game, ”said Soulis.

In the words of the Double Fine artist, it was good for the team to stop worrying about financing the game and dedicate themselves entirely to creating what they hoped for. “It was great not having to worry about funding all the time and focus on creating the game. It’s what Double Fine does best, creating games, “he commented.

It should be remembered that, although there were significant delays in the release of Psychonauts 2, Double Fine is proud to have finished the game without resorting to labor crunch . Psychonauts 2 will arrive on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PS4 (compatible with PS5), next August 25 , to know more about the title you can check our advance of the game .