Xbox has introduced 20 Double Fine Years, an upcoming ebook protecting the historical past of Psychonauts developer Double Fine Productions. Over the tome’s 280 pages, 20 Double Fine Years will cowl the historical past of the developer, and can characteristic idea artwork, commentary, and extra. The ebook is about to launch in 2021, and two variations can be provided: a Standard Edition ($50) and a Legend Edition ($65). Pre-orders are at the moment out there for each variations of the ebook right here. In Microsoft’s press release, Double Fine founder Tim Schafer mentioned the upcoming ebook, and what followers can count on to learn when it releases.
“Recently, I was looking back on the amazing 20 years we’ve had as a game company, and… I totally drew a blank,” said Schafer. “Seriously, my memory just isn’t what it used to be. So I summoned my court scribes and said, ‘Pen me a tome, worthy of the ages, so that I shall remember every amazing detail of this crazy ride we’ve been on, and so that nobody, not even I, forgets this amazing story.’ And so they did. Every up, every down, every crazy sideways shimmy we’ve ever done is in this illustrated manuscript for all to remember. Heroic ballad? Cautionary tale? You be the judge!”
The Legend Edition of 20 Double Fine Years will embody a gold embossed material cowl. Pre-orders for each variations of the ebook in each the U.S. and U.Ok. will obtain free transport.
For followers of Psychonauts, the ebook actually seems like a must-read! With Psychonauts 2 set to launch subsequent yr, this may very well be the kind of factor that may assist tide followers over, within the meantime. In the 20 years that Double Fine has been working within the business, the developer has produced a formidable variety of games, together with Brutal Legend, Costume Quest, Broken Age, and extra. According to Microsoft, these games and extra can be featured within the ebook.
Books based mostly on the video game business have been rising in reputation over the previous few years, so it looks as if there’s positively a marketplace for 20 Double Fine Years! For these fascinated by a behind-the-scenes have a look at the developer, or simply these fascinated by studying extra concerning the business as a complete, the ebook ought to show fairly fascinating.
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