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Psychonauts 3 is not in production: Developer: This series is too tiring

2024-07-29

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In a recently released behind-the-scenes documentary, developer Double Fine revealed that it is not currently working on Psychonauts 3 or similar large-scale projects as the studio is trying some relatively small-scale works.


"In the two years since Psychonauts 2, we've released a few more games, all new games," said Tim Schafer, studio founder and Psychonauts director. "Our new games are attempts at new things: seeing what games would never be accepted by publishers."

However, the developers did not say that Psychonauts 3 would not be released at all. Senior visual effects artist Tazio Coolidge said that he would not mind returning to this psychedelic world "because we have learned so much experience", although it would be "very difficult" to do so. Another developer said, "Maybe we will make a third one in the future", while another just muttered "No..."

Developing Psychonauts 2 was a daunting task for the people at Double Fine, and as they say in the documentary, the project was "exhausting."