Tim Schafer Wants to Make Psychonauts 2, Finding a Publisher? That’s Another Story

According to several sites, in the most recent issue of PlayStation Magazine 3 Tim Schafer has spoken about how he really wants to do another Psychonauts game. Unfortunately for fans of the original, Schafer is looking for a publisher that is interested in the project.

Admittedly, it’s a huge risk. The first game went through a couple of different publishers before finally ending up with Majesco. The game also didn’t sell incredibly well, and didn’t really shine until about two years later. Regardless of the poor initial sales — the ones that matter to larger publishers — Psychonauts did incredibly well critically, garnering 86-90% on Metacritic across all platforms.

So in a world where there’s a new brown/grey Game Of The Year-worthy FPS coming out every few months, I doubt we’ll be seeing a boxed Psychonauts 2 release any time soon — not to mention it isn’t even in development yet. Schafer is probably waiting to get a guarantee for the publisher so he doesn’t end up in the same fiasco he did with the first game, which is admirable. Nobody likes waiting around to play a game they’re eager for due to publisher bullshit.

via: Joystiq