Double Fantastic Flexes Its Independence With Worth Cuts And A New PS5 Launch



After its liberation from Microsoft’s possession, the newly unbiased Double Fantastic Productions has been fairly busy. On the September 2026 State of Play, PlayStation revealed that Double Fantastic’s surreal journey Keeper is shadow-dropping on PS5, and the studio added that the acclaimed sport is getting some intriguing updates.

Together with the shock PS5 launch, Keeper can also be getting a “Psychedelic Mode,” which might be precisely what it seems like. Contemplating how a lot weird imagery is already within the sport, an much more “wild new approach” to play the sport needs to be a deal with. And Double Fantastic needs to sweeten the take care of a value lower, which the studio carried out with its different current title, Kiln.

Keeper launched in 2025 at a $30 value level and now sells for $20. Kiln, which launched earlier in 2026, price $20 for the bottom sport, with a $30 deluxe “Fired Up” version; these are actually $8 and $10, respectively. In contrast to Keeper, Kiln launched on PS5 together with Xbox and Steam.

In the meantime, Double Fantastic revived its Amnesia Fortnight sport jam and already exceeded its crowdfunding aim of $400,000 for the undertaking. The sport jam, a practice for Double Fantastic since 2007 (and was halted whereas it was beneath Xbox’s possession), will consequence within the studio’s subsequent title.

However the loftiest stretch aim within the crowdfunding marketing campaign is the promise of a Brutal Legend 2 ought to it attain $100 million. It is an enormous ask, and one which possible will not be met pending intervention from any moguls who’re huge Jack Black followers.

Keeper was beloved by critics, with GameSpot’s Keeper evaluate calling it a “visible feast.” Since Double Fantastic’s spin-off from Xbox, purchases of its video games will instantly assist the studio. The break up from Microsoft occurred in July, however the studio sadly lower 25% of its workers because of this.

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