Psychonauts 2 gets August 25 release date and trailer at Xbox E3 2021
After sixteen long years, the sequel to Psychonauts finally has a release date.
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The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase at E3 2021 is one of the highlights ofE3 2021this year, and Double Fine Productions managed to make themselves a highlight of the Xbox event. Fans have been waiting for averylong time, but we finally have a release date forPsychonauts 2, the psychedelic platformer that ends the platforming hiatus that began with the release of Psychonauts in 2005. Alongside a brand-new trailer, we’ve learned that Psychonauts 2 releases on August 25, 2021.
Psychonauts 2 follows the story of Razputin Aquato, a recently fully-initiated Psychonaut, as he unravels a mystery in his organization that would see an evil serial killer brought back from the dead. Players will have to use a variety of unique psychic powers and literally enter the minds of other NPCs to discover clues. The original Psychonaut is well-known for its insanely clever world and gameplay, which our own Alexander Cope discovered when discussingwhy the original Psychonauts is still worth playing today.
Over 16 years after the release of the first Psychonauts, players will finally be able to return to this colorful world when Psychonauts 2 releases onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC,PS5, and PS4 on August 25, 2021. Of course, Psychonauts 2 will also launch ontoXbox Game Passday one, now that Double Fine has joined the Xbox Game Studios family.
It’s almost a given that Psychonauts 2 will elevate itself as one of thebest Xbox platformer games, but I firmly believe Double Fine will deliver a game worthy of being called one of thebest Xbox gamesin general. Fortunately, as of the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase at E3 2021, we now know how long we have to wait to find out.
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