Psychonauts picks up Steam in October

by Ross Miller { Sep 15th 2006 at 4:25PM }

This just in from the astral projection: Double Fine productions' masterpiece Psychonauts will arrive on Steam in early October. That's right: no longer will you have to trudge five miles in the snow to seek out this ~~underrated~~ overlooked gem -- huzzah!

The price has yet to be revealed. Psychonauts publisher Majesco has also announced that Bloodrayne 1 & 2 and Advent Rising will be available for Steam starting today. The original Bloodrayne will be $10, while the other two titles are $20 apiece.

Tim Schafer et al. are currently working on another project, as-of-yet unannounced, to be published by Sierra.

[Thanks, 1up_clock]

Tags: double fine, DoubleFine, psycho nauts, PsychoNauts, psyco nauts, PsycoNauts, shafer, shaffer, tim schaefer, Tim schafer, TimSchaefer, TimSchafer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1up_clock @ Sep 15th 2006 4:32PM

Underrated? I believe you mean "overlooked".

aj @ Sep 15th 2006 5:17PM

Is it out on GC yet?

radjago @ Sep 15th 2006 4:44PM

I don't see people buying Bloodrayne or Advent Rising just because they're on Steam, especially at those prices.

MattyP @ Sep 15th 2006 4:52PM

This is great news... Psychonauts has to be one of my favorite few games of all time (System Shock 2, Quake 2 and Panzer General 2 are right there too).

Hopefully this will generate some sales and keep getting innovative and intelligent games like this made.

PayTheMan @ Sep 15th 2006 5:02PM

I just bought Advent Rising (PC) on amazon for 8 dollars shipped :/.

Solidus @ Sep 15th 2006 5:10PM

Steam is a great utility. It's coming to the point where I never have to leave my ergonomically designed chair and face that entity known as 'The Sun' (its trying to kill me) to purchase my video games.

Woot!

Let's hope the other Advent games will be following soon.

KingOfGods @ Sep 15th 2006 5:14PM

I dind't know Advent Rising was on Steam......I enjoyed that game on Xbox.

Ghost Dog @ Sep 15th 2006 5:13PM

Too little too late. I've already aquired this game through....not legal methods, so to speak, and I'm sure many others have also.

diskoboy @ Sep 15th 2006 5:16PM

I just bought a boxed PC copy a few days ago for $9.

But the good news is it might get a second chance on Steam. This is probably the best platformer since Rayman 2.

Andrew Yoon @ Sep 15th 2006 5:30PM

I love Steam, but the prices of these games are way too high. Shouldn't we be saving some money because of the fact that it's digitally distributed?

Gerwurztraminer @ Sep 15th 2006 5:30PM

I feel ashamed. I purchased a used copy from EB Games. Love the game though!

*punches self in gut for not contributing to Raz's college fund*

Dansk @ Sep 15th 2006 5:42PM

Thats awesome! I'll be definitely buying.

Chessasaur @ Sep 15th 2006 5:54PM

They overpriced Bloodrayne 2. Not because it's a bad game (what I've played is ok), but the PC version was free with the DVD and the console versions are selling for $19.99. I thought digital dist was supposed to save us money (or was it just make more money for them?)

TeddyN @ Sep 15th 2006 5:56PM

This is amazing news. I never bought Psychonaughts because it was never easily available to me. When I was in Russia, I bought it but most games over there are pirated and I felt guilty enjoying it since I was exploiting those that put time, effort and imagination into it. Now that it's on steam, I will gladly buy it.

I'm actually disappointed by the inclusion of Bloodrayne though, because I thought steam was heading in the direction of sticking only to quality or underappreciated games when they brought in other developpers titles. Bloodrayne, meanwhile, seems overrated and of poor quality.

dc @ Sep 15th 2006 6:39PM

Chess, not only is Bloodrayne 2 free on the dvd, but the dvd retails for as little as $3 (according to price grabber). So far what Steam's charging, you'd better get the movie, the first game, and an oversized nude poster of Kristanna Loken.

Fanboys Rules the World @ Oct 5th 2006 8:05PM

This game is pure crap.. only Xbox Fanboys consider this good because they does not have great plattformers like Ratchet & Clank and Jak.

OTAM @ Sep 16th 2006 6:51PM

Boy,it would be awesome to play Psychonauts on my Xbox 360 one of these days. I bought the game almost 5 months ago and have yet to even see the game.

1up_clock @ Sep 15th 2006 11:56PM

"This game is pure crap.. only Xbox Fanboys consider this good because they does not have great plattformers like Ratchet & Clank and Jak."

Ah, you played the fugly PS2 version. Besides, it's a frickin' Tim Schafer game. There's more than just XBox fanboys who still admire him.

Jordan @ Sep 16th 2006 12:32AM

When oh when will Psychonauts be backwards compatible?

My original xbox broke down about 10% in, and I purchased a 360 thinking I would be playing my favorite games soon enough.

Oh, Destroy All Humans and Mercenaries would be nice too.

Merus @ Sep 16th 2006 1:33AM

I was actually embarrassed for Jak II. It's not a very good game.

Psychonauts needed something like this - to be available for long enough for word of mouth to build. The Velvetopia level is one of the most masterful game spaces I've ever tooled around in. The only problem with Psychonauts is that it's a game with two halves that don't mesh well - if you can get past the good but not great summer camp sequence, you'll really enjoy it.

tack @ Sep 16th 2006 12:13PM

Ghost Dog
"Too little too late. I've already aquired this game through....not legal methods, so to speak, and I'm sure many others have also."

It's never too late to do the right thing and pony up the dough, and now it's even easer for you to do so.

It's heartening that TeddyN gets it...