In case you missed the information, Tim Schafer’s studio Double Positive not too long ago regained its independence after Xbox introduced a serious reset.
The Psychonauts developer is not losing any time shifting ahead, with the studio this week saying it is leaping again into “small” sport improvement, with one other ‘Amnesia Fortnight‘ occasion powered (and funded) by a brand new Kickstarter marketing campaign.
If you have not already seen Double Positive’s documentary collection, Amnesia Fortnight is an occasion the place the workforce drops every little thing they’re at the moment engaged on for a short while, breaks off into small groups, and makes enjoyable bite-sized initiatives.
Based on the Kickstarter marketing campaign, the “2026 Indie Reboot” of this occasion will embody not solely a dwell Sport Jam on the web, but additionally one other documentary by 2 Participant Productions.
The sport jam will get underway on thirty first August 2026 and can run by way of till September 2026. Backers will choose concepts, which then get made into 4 prototypes, and one of many closing 4 turns into a “actual” sport. You may signal as much as the Kickstarter to get future notifications.
“We’ll do a Sport Jam, dwell on the web, through which our backers will get to decide on which of our myriad of concepts get made into 4 new prototypes– and which of these closing 4 will turn into an actual (small) sport. You might even snag some candy merchables and rarities alongside the way in which.
“All alongside the method, 2 Participant Productions shall be filming all of the enjoyable to provide considered one of their award-winning documentary spectaculars.”
In a discover on its social pages final month, Double Positive talked about the way it was grateful to everybody at Xbox for seven nice years, and for working with the studio to “attain an final result” which may protect its historical past and tradition, and return possession of its video games.
Schafer elaborated on this extra not too long ago to Kinda Humorous Video games, reiterating how the studio has been capable of safe its IP and the publishing rights for “all” of its video games, though a few of this will likely take a while to course of (by way of IGN):
“I noticed a query, there, ‘Do you guys make the cash on video games?’ The switch of the IP got here again to us, and we get the publishing rights again to all our video games…it simply takes some time for it to all course of…when individuals purchase our video games, it helps the studio.”
Double Positive beforehand launched Damaged Age, Grim Fandango Remastered and RAD on the Swap. Beneath Xbox Sport Studios, it delivered Psychonauts 2, Keeper and most not too long ago Kiln.
