Psychonauts 2 Will Feature An Invincibility Mode

Psychonauts 2 is taking steps to make the upcoming squeal more accessible to all types of players.

The discussion kicked off with Xbox tweeting the following: "Beating the game on the lowest difficulty is still beating the game". As you could probably tell, the discussion of difficulty exploded and Double Fine decided to jump in and add the following: "if you beat Psychonauts 2 with the invincibility toggle on, you still beat [the game]"

They elaborated further by saying:

"uh, excuse me I beat Sword Guy Serious Time on a no hit hard mode and if didn't do that I don't respect you. and like, can you even comment on things if you're not diamond six rank in shooty mcBlam? I don't think so

cool bud. you're soooo cool! 🙃"

They added: "All people should be able to enjoy games. All ages, all possible needs. It's an ongoing and important process for our industry and a challenge we need to met.

End of the day? We want you to have fun, to laugh, to experience a story that affects you. On whatever terms you want."

I honestly love seeing the addition of mechanics that make games accessible to more players, i totally understand the discussion of wanting creators to make the games they want and playing them in those types of ways. However, I also find that extremely counterintuitive to what games are about, which is fun. As a disabled gamer who loves to play, Thank you Double FIne and Thank you to any studio that believes that games are for everyone regardless of what barriers a player may face. My life is already set to Hard Mode with modifiers, I'm gonna stick to keeping my gaming to Normal difficulty thanks.

Xbox And Bethesda Announce Joint E3 Games Showcase

Xbox and Bethesda have finally confirmed their plans for E3 2021, where they'll be holding a joint Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on Sunday, June 13.

The announcement from Xbox Wire revealed that the broadcast will kick off at 6 PM GMT and promises a 90-minute show "packed with everything you want to know about the epic gaming lineup coming out of this partnership, the incredible games coming to Xbox this holiday, upcoming releases on Xbox Game Pass and more."

What we'll see at the show is currently unknown but Halo characters, Starfield, and some numbers were shown on the image announcing the date.

We can always speculate what will show up, which I'd assume a release date and multiplayer gameplay for Halo Infinite, Starfield finally showing some gameplay and I'd guess a new Forza of some sorts. (most likely the rumored Forza Horizon 5 set in Mexico)

I also think it's a safe bet to say that Psychonauts 2 will show up and might get a release date. There's a possibility we'll get some updates on Fable and Perfect Dark but I think that's dependent on how far those games are in development.

Lastly there’s a ton of studios that have been quiet for some time like Complusion games, Machine Games etc so we could get some surpise announcements like Wolfenstein 3.

I'm pretty excited for the show and think this is the time for Xbox to finally take their shot, i'm worried that they may miss the mark though.