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New Psychonauts project in the works? 23 Oct, 2007 / Comments: 12

By The Tingler


Personally I'm doubtful as to whether this means anything, but if a site as big as CVG jumps to this conclusion then we're duty-bound to report it. Even if there's a minimal chance it may be true, it's still a chance.

Since Br?tal Legend's official announcement on Double Fine's site their long awaited Projects Page also went up... with a little surprise. Under the fully-available Br?tal Legend project site is a banner for Psychonauts, but instead of being available as the game is it's merely 'Coming Soon'.

CVG have leapt to the conclusion that this might mean a new Psychonauts-based project in the works, if so most likely a port of the game for the DS, PSP or the Wii. We here at Mojo would love this to be true - more Psychonauts means more good in the world - but we're a bit skeptical of CVG's deduction. It's most likely just a Psychonauts-branded version of the site like the Br?tal Legend project page. Still, wouldn't it be great if it were true?

Update by Jason: As if it was really necessary, Tim Schafer debunked the rumors and confirmed that the "Coming Soon" image was simply for a new Psychonauts product page.
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12 Comments

  • Gabez on 24 Oct, 2007, 17:59…
    I think it's silly how these people report the news, gradually turning it further from the truth each time:

    "Fans of Psychonauts were excited to see numerous reports of an image on the studio?s website" - wtf? What fans? Where is this excitement? Numerous reports means... people looking on the site and telling others about it?

    "Some have speculated a sequel to the game, while others have said this is Double Fine?s way of quietly hinting that a Wii port is on the cards." -- and others (the vast majority!) have said that it's all nonsense!

    Didn't know that there was so many Reeta Skeeter's out there!
  • telarium on 24 Oct, 2007, 05:20…
    I haven't been so disgusted since the media made a news story out of Ellen DeGeneres' dog.
  • Duncan on 24 Oct, 2007, 03:05…
    It's sort of amazing how the gaming press can collectively be so colossally stupid.
  • Udvarnoky on 23 Oct, 2007, 20:09…
    This is completely ridiculous. Why would Kotaku, CVG or anybody else post such irresponsible rubbish.
  • jp-30 on 24 Oct, 2007, 03:50…
    Psychonauts 2 is the new Monkey Island 5!
  • tabacco on 23 Oct, 2007, 18:54…
    It's clearly just the product page that disappeared in the redesign. Yikes.
  • Gabez on 23 Oct, 2007, 17:51…
    I read that as just the project page coming soon as well. What's interesting is that CVG have jumped to that conclusion! And made it sound like it is more secretive than it really is by saying that it was "spotted by eagle-eyed web surfers" when really that's nonsense. And who exactly is Stuart Bishop quoting when he says that the game could work "'really well'" on the Wii?

    And on the comments: "It looks like a sequel - 2 of the characters in the blacked out image are not from the original game at all" which is a so false it hurts.
  • The Tingler on 23 Oct, 2007, 22:19…
    You may have noticed my reply to that particular comment just below it.
  • Gabez on 24 Oct, 2007, 07:46…
    Yeah I saw - just funny that someone would say that.
  • The Tingler on 23 Oct, 2007, 22:24…
    Although someone beat me to the debunking by about 30 seconds.
  • MrSneeze on 23 Oct, 2007, 17:24…
    When I'd first seen that, I thought it was just a product page for Psychonauts yet to be uploaded.

    I doubt it's a port or a sequel, although I have nothing to base this on.
  • jp-30 on 23 Oct, 2007, 18:56…
    That's the way I see it too. It's simply saying that a psychonauts section of the site is in the works.