Double Fine’s subsequent recreation is out in October, however past that, do not count on to see the studio announce Psychonauts 3 or Brutal Legend 2 within the close to-future. Studio improvement chief Tim Schafer just lately spoke about what’s subsequent for the developer after it launches its puzzle-journey recreation Keeper, and he confirmed that the studio has a number of unique IP in improvement.
“I am engaged on different stuff,” Schafer mentioned to IGN. “The studio is doing a number of tasks proper now, and so they’re all unique IPs, as a result of we did Psychonauts 2 and that may maintain us for sequels for some time.”
Growth on Keeper is being led by Double Fine’s Lee Petty, and this allowed Schafer to focus his efforts on these new tasks. That does not imply that we’ll by no means see a Psychonauts threequel–after all, the sport between the primary and second video games was 16 years–or one other Brutal Legend recreation, however for now, the developer is fascinated about creating model-new video games as an alternative. Again in June, Schafer additionally commented on how he was growing new video games as an alternative of Psychonauts 3.
Whereas Brutal Legend 2 seems unlikely for now, the sport did expertise a surge in exercise just lately, as Double Fine gave the sport away for a devilish 666 minutes to honor the passing of the Guardian of Steel, Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne.
Double Fine’s Keeper will launch on October 17 for PC and Xbox Sequence X|S, and in case you missed the reveal trailer, the sport revolves round a a protracted-forgotten lighthouse and a plucky seabird embarking on a grand journey.