Schafer: No new Psychonauts on the way

by Justin McElroy { Oct 24th 2007 at 8:00AM }

Alright, the internet, you can officially stop dreaming about a sequel to Psychonauts and go back to dreaming about Brutal Legend. After a darkened version of the game's logo with the words "Coming Soon" on it appeared on the Double Fine site and started the rumor train, chief Tim Schafer had to be the one to put the penny on the track. He told Next-Gen, "the truth is we are just putting together a new page about 'The Excellent Game Psychonauts.' We're not announcing any new games or anything. Sorry if we confused anybody! We lightened up the image to hopefully make things clearer."

Why do you build us up (build us up), buttercup? ... And why did we just call a man who could squish us between his meaty palms "buttercup"?

Tags: brutallegend, doublefine, psychonauts, timschafer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cutty @ Oct 24th 2007 9:05AM

So it was just a placeholder image. Well, we can dream, can't we?

Pasha @ Oct 24th 2007 9:28AM

BOOOOOOOOOOO!
I want a sequel!

Ocho @ Oct 24th 2007 9:35AM

I was pretty sure this just referred to the under-construction Psychonauts' project page on the website. The site's relatively new, so perhaps they haven't gotten everything together yet, particularly with the big Brutal Legend announcement.

NATO_Duke @ Oct 24th 2007 10:30AM

Damn shame. You have IP that people who tried loved, and those who missed out on it want to see it on shelves. Yet, no, you don't want to make it available to them. Weird to me.

I can't remember the last time I saw a copy of this game in the stores, but it seems to me that people would buy it now if they could.

gonk @ Oct 24th 2007 11:06AM

i just bought it on ebay a couple days ago for 10 bux :)

Geist @ Oct 24th 2007 12:29PM

I have one word for you: Steam.

Carrie @ Oct 24th 2007 10:54AM

And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still!

It's okay Tim, I forgive you. You just finish up Brütal Legend, and when that makes silly amounts of money and you have the world in your palm, THEN you can start Psychonauts 2!