Even though the game hasn’t been officially announced, I’m already looking forward to the next project from Tim Schafer and Double Fine studios. The graphic style looks very much like the old LucasArts game Full Throttle, which Shafer also worked on.

This is a game we’ll be following closely here, being that I’m such a fan of Schafer’s.

Tim Shafer, the man behind Psychonauts and Grim Fandango (as well as my all-time favorite game The Secret of Monkey Island) has been tasked with the job of giving the keynote speech at this years GC Developers conference in Germany.

As the president of Double Fine Productions, he’ll be talking about creativity in games. I can’t think of a better person to have on for such a speech than Shafer, too bad I can’t be there to hear it in person. Nice to see both him and his studio get some good exposure.

Maybe they’ll be announcing a new Monkey Island game (fingers crossed, though there’s no shot).

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