It’s been a protracted, bumpy journey for Double Fine in its efforts to make a sequel to its very first recreation, however Psychonauts 2 is sort of right here. Just forward of the discharge, the developer and Xbox Game Studios shone the highlight on the hotly anticipated recreation in the course of the Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream.

The story picks up proper the place the VR recreation Psychonauts within the Rhombus of Ruin left off. The launch trailer exhibits extra of the colourful, action-packed platforming followers have come to count on from the collection. You play as Raz, a Psychonaut who can discover different characters’ minds and use psychic powers like telekinesis and levitation. Raz, who grew up within the circus, additionally has a number of acrobatic strikes at his disposal as he takes on enemies primarily based on feelings.

The authentic Psychonauts was launched in 2005. After a number of aborted makes an attempt to make a sequel, Double Fine ran a profitable crowdfunding marketing campaign in 2015 to masking among the growth prices. Xbox Game Studios purchased Double Fine in 2019, and assist the developer end Psychonauts 2 as supposed. 

Psychonauts 2 will lastly hit PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S (with optimizations for the latter consoles) on August twenty fifth. Naturally, it is included with Xbox Game Pass for PC and console. On prime of that, Microsoft is as soon as once more within the uncommon place of publishing a recreation on PlayStation 4.