Swedish indie developer Starbreeze Studios has come on board to publish Psychonauts 2. They will be contributing $8 million USD to the game’s production, adding onto the money already acquired by Double Fine from their successful Fig campaign. With this money, the game will be digitally distributed to PC, as well as to several consoles.
The details of the deal made between Starbreeze and Double Fine are as follows:
Both Tim Schafer and the CEO of Starbreeze Studios, Bo Andersson-Klint, had something to say regarding this new development.
Anderson-Klint commented that:
Meanwhile, Schafer had this to say:
Psychonauts 2 is currently set for a 2018 release. When it does hit shelves, fans can expect to see Raz and the gang once more – this time in a story set after both the original Psychonauts and the VR title, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin.