[Jake]

From http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=19571 :

Vivendi Games has confirmed that it is set to publish the next title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind acclaimed PC, PS2 and Xbox title Psychonauts.

According to a statement issued by Vivendi, the new game is "a brand new creation" and will be published under the Sierra Entertainment lable.

"The Sierra team has been awesome to work with. Everyone we've met brings experience from a small developer background, so they know where we're coming from and what we have to do to make a great game," said Double Fine CEO Tim Schafer.

... well, so it's actually with Vivendi, and they just happen own the Sierra brand now and use it for many of their PC or story-focused titles, including Double Fine's new game. So, it's really just a technicality, but hey!

The real important part of this story is of course that Schafer and the Double Fine team are officially signed with a publisher for their next game! Woo!

[eriq]

Love it!

ex-Lucasman creates game for new-Sierrafolk.

[Solid Snake]

Whatever.

[eriq]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Whatever.

Whatever yourself.

[Solid Snake]

You too.

[Dale Baldwin]

If you can't post sensibly, don't post at all.

[tabacco]

wERFDG2?

[SoccerDude28]

So what do you guys think will be the genre of the game? I really hope it will be another platformer and not a game like Animal Crossing.

[insane_cobra]

I'd love a shmup. No, really, a nice old school shoot 'em up with a Schaferesque twist.

[Starflux]

I hope it's a remake of Custer's Revenge. That would be awesome. With a nice Schaferesque twist of course.

[MdaG]

Originally Posted by SoccerDude28

So what do you guys think will be the genre of the game? I really hope it will be another platformer and not a game like Animal Crossing.

I'm hoping for "The Dig II".

[Hammerite]

I wouldnt mind seeing his creativity put into other genres like fps or rpg

[ATMachine]

Originally Posted by MdaG

I'm hoping for "The Dig II".

I doubt it. From what I've heard Schafer was never a fan of the first game (even way back in the Brian Moriarty days).

But it'll be interesting to see what Schafer cooks up next. I hope it's something a little more amenable to adventure purists than Psychonauts (which I was teetering on the edge of getting, until I heard vague whispers about a nasty thing called a "meat circus"). Though probably not.

[samIamsad]

Isn't that like old news? My guess: Gabriel Knight - Ghosts In The Closet, an (almost) Chinese ghost turn based strategy adventure game story (or whatever) in black and white featuring Gabriel voiced by Bill Murray. Just for kicks.

And I'm really keeping my fingers crossed for something along the lines of that. Honest.

[eriq]

oh please let it be an adventure game.

I think I should walk over to their office and peek into the windows and report back here.

[AFGNCAAP]

Originally Posted by samIamsad

Isn't that like old news?

A couple of days old, yes, but I'm not sure how "official official" it was the first time around.

My guess: Gabriel Knight - Ghosts In The Closet, an (almost) Chinese ghost turn based strategy adventure game story (or whatever) in black and white featuring Gabriel voiced by Bill Murray. Just for kicks.

And I'm really keeping my fingers crossed for something along the lines of that. Honest.

Actually, I would be kinda interested to see what Schafer would do with a sequel to one of the Something Quest franchises.

...okay, maybe not. But something adventure-ish would be awesome.

[lumi]

Whatever it is, I hope Scott Campbell's artistic direction is used.

[Udvarnoky]

Originally Posted by ATMachine

But it'll be interesting to see what Schafer cooks up next. I hope it's something a little more amenable to adventure purists than Psychonauts (which I was teetering on the edge of getting, until I heard vague whispers about a nasty thing called a "meat circus"). Though probably not.

You missed out.

I think you're right though that it probably won't be any closer to a traditional adventure game than Psychonauts which I still feel is very much a graphic adventure at its heart. I'm sure whatever "genre" it is will have the best aspects of adventure games infused in it.

Originally Posted by Spider_Crusoe

Whatever it is, I hope Scott Campbell's artistic direction is used.

The Double Fine jobs page has a listing for an art director. Not sure if that necessarily means he won't be the art director for this title, but I guess they'd want each game to look distinct. Scott Campbell is awesome, so I hope he'll be involved in some capacity in this game's art. (He's gotta be.)

[Spiwak]

I hope it's not an adventure game. At least not a classical one. He's already created the perfect adventure game. And I enjoyed Psychonauts more than probably any of his adventure games, proving he's capable of branching into different genres...so I hope he does something new and blows our minds with it.

[eriq]

Originally Posted by Spiwak

I hope it's not an adventure game. At least not a classical one.

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