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The Mind-Bending Masterpiece That's Been Secretly Influencing Games For 20 Years

How ‘Psychonauts’ inspired a generation of gamers and designers alike.

Inverse

"It's certainly a universe many folks here at the studio wonder about returning to," says Double Fine Productions when asked about making a sequel to the cult classic Brütal Legend

Double Fine Productions celebrates the 15th anniversary of it's cult-classic action-strategy game, Brütal Legend, by looking back on its history and answering fans questions about plans for a potential sequel.

Windows Central

Tim Schafer wanted to "compete" with classic D&D CRPGs like Icewind Dale by cranking up the fantasy in Brutal Legend: "Let's really exaggerate it"

Double Fine's open-world genre-blender came from two unlikely sources

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Brütal Legend developer “torn” about making sequel to Jack Black’s cult metal video game

Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions is conflicted on how to approach a second Brütal Legend title, given how the original controversially mixed genres

Metal Hammer

"People ask about Brutal Legend 2 all the time and I'm torn about that" - Tim Schafer says he'd expand on the 15-year-old game's RTS bits for a potential sequel

Double Fine looks back at the genre-blending open-world game

GamesRadar

Double Fine is making several "weird" games that "could never get accepted by a publisher," though some developers leave the door open for Psychonauts 3

The studio returns to smaller projects after Psychonauts 2 left some developers burned out

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Psychonauts 2 was designed as the "complete opposite" of an FPS, because Tim Schafer wanted players to leave levels in a better condition than they found them

Double Fine co-founder Tim Schafer looked to action games and shooters when planning out Psychonauts 2's levels

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How Bobby Kotick became 'the most hated man in videogames'

Over 30 years ago, Kotick took over a struggling software company, and gaming's greatest villain was born.

PC Gamer

In 2 days, the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will reveal the 25 most anticipated upcoming PC games

PC Gamer will reveal the voting results of a panel of industry luminaries, including Brenda Romero, Sid Meier, Tim Schafer, and more.

PC Gamer

PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will reveal the 25 most exciting upcoming PC games on November 30

PC Gamer will reveal the voting results of a panel of games industry luminaries including Sid Meier, Tim Schafer, and Brenda Romero.

PC Gamer

Tim Schafer and Double Fine celebrate 25 years of Grim Fandango and thank fans for their memories: 'I'll keep them next to where my heart used to be!'

"Grim was a bright flash in the adventure game pan right before the genre went into an extended hibernation."

PC Gamer

Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer says he's never read anything that was 'meaningful, important or worthwhile' created by AI

While he's impressed by the tech, he's yet to be moved by it.

PC Gamer

Psychonauts dev explains how they got in the credits of a Star Wars game despite never actually working on it

Tim Schafer is credited as having "never actively tried to sabotage" Star Wars Racer

GamesRadar

18 Years Ago, The Most Inventive Adventure Game Ever Redefined the Genre

Double Fine's seminal platforming adventure game still holds up after all this time.

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Twitter finally purges blue checks from formerly 'verified' accounts, including many game studios and developers

The likes of Final Fantasy 16, Tim Schafer, Warframe, and others have been de-checked. Oh, and the Pope.

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