{"id":2123198,"date":"2026-09-01T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123198"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:35:01","slug":"double-fine-will-finally-make-brutal-legend-2-but-only-if-its-new-kickstarter-campaign-reaches-an-almost-impossible-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123198","title":{"rendered":"Double Fine will finally make Brutal Legend 2, but only if its new Kickstarter campaign reaches an almost impossible $100m"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul 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class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Brutal-Legend_sA6OWOG.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from Brutal Legend, showing Jack Black&apos;s character and a blonde-haired woman looking shocked at something off camera.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Brutal-Legend_sA6OWOG.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Double Fine<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1633424287.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1633424287.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/kaan-serin\">Kaan Serin<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-09-01T18:35:01+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Sept. 1, 2026, 6:35 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/double-fine-finally-make-brutal-legend-2-new-kickstarter-almost-impossible-100m?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          7 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"fb6a8388-1811-4e3f-8a14-455cb14d8e66\" data-name=\"Bru00fctal Legend\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Brutal Legend\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Brutal Legend\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Brutal Legend\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Brutal Legend\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Brutal Legend\" title=\"Follow Brutal Legend\"><br \/>\n  Follow Brutal Legend<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it&#8217;ll finally make Brutal Legend 2\u2026 if the developer&#8217;s new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about \u00a374m).<\/p>\n<p>Double Fine slid out from under Xbox&#8217;s ownership earlier this summer, after the console maker kickstarted another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">round of layoffs affecting 3,200 jobs<\/a> over the course of the next year. Four Xbox first-party studios also changed ownership, with Double Fine managing to regain both its independence and its entire gameography (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/psychonauts\">Psychonauts<\/a>, Kiln, and Brutal Legend included).<\/p>\n<p>Now, the famed developer has returned to Kickstarter to raise money for &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/doublefine\/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot#h:What-is-Amnesia-Fortnight-\">Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot<\/a>&#8216; &#8211; a two-week game jam that&#8217;ll eventually result in a retail-ready game, plus a behind-the-scenes documentary from the 2 Player Productions crew (of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/double-fine-psychodyssey-is-a-20-hour-series-documenting-the-development-of-psychonauts-2\">PsychOdyssey<\/a> fame).<\/p>\n<p>Hidden all the way down the crowdfunding campaign is a very, very short list of stretch goals. The first is, simply, for Double Fine to reach its initial fundraising goal. The second stretch goal? The one asking for $100m? &#8220;We make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/brutal-legend\">Br\u00fctal Legend<\/a> 2. Yes, really. Beyond that, we&#8217;ll have to wait and see\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Welcome to Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot!\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zM6nMnLTjXA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zM6nMnLTjXA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Welcome to Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zM6nMnLTjXA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Double Fine&#8217;s Brutal Legend 2 stretch goal is likely the studio holding onto its signature cheeky humor because, not to burst anyone&#8217;s bubble, raising $100m on Kickstarter is almost impossible. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ankermake\/eufymake-e1-the-first-personal-3d-textured-uv-printer\/posts\/4414365\">most successful Kickstarter campaign<\/a> of all time raised $46m for a 3D printer. In the video gaming world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shenmue-3\">Shenmue 3<\/a> reigns supreme with a $6m haul.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Amnesia Fortnight 2026 has currently raised over \u00a3236,000 of its initial \u00a3295,399 funding goal. As much as I would love another Jack Black-fronted RTS-action Frankenstein, I&#8217;ll gladly settle for a different, all-new project from the studio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a long-standing tradition of ours that started in 2007,&#8221; the studio wrote in its campaign description. &#8220;It&#8217;s a two-week period in which we forget about all the things we <em>should<\/em> be working on to pitch one another our wildest game ideas, choose our favorites, and make prototypes of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several Double Fine games &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/costume-quest\">Costume Quest<\/a>, Kiln, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/iron-brigade\">Iron Brigade<\/a>, more &#8211; started out as game jam projects first. This time, backers can vote for four ideas, which will then become small, playable games after two weeks. One of those will then be chosen &#8220;to become a real (small) game, published under our new label for weird little games, Double Fine Action Labs,&#8221; the developer said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLIQJw8xyKGbY\">Double Fine&#8217;s 26 pitches<\/a> include some very inspired names. Lesbian Sled Death? Friendslap? Brouroboros? Yes, please.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it&#8217;ll finally make Brutal Legend 2\u2026 if the developer&#8217;s new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about \u00a374m).<\/p>\n<p>Double Fine slid out from under Xbox&#8217;s ownership earlier this summer, after the console maker kickstarted another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">round of layoffs affecting 3,200 jobs<\/a> over the course of the next year. Four Xbox first-party studios also changed ownership, with Double Fine managing to regain both its independence and its entire gameography (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/psychonauts\">Psychonauts<\/a>, Kiln, and Brutal Legend included).<\/p>\n<p>Now, the famed developer has returned to Kickstarter to raise money for &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/doublefine\/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot#h:What-is-Amnesia-Fortnight-\">Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot<\/a>&#8216; &#8211; a two-week game jam that&#8217;ll eventually result in a retail-ready game, plus a behind-the-scenes documentary from the 2 Player Productions crew (of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/double-fine-psychodyssey-is-a-20-hour-series-documenting-the-development-of-psychonauts-2\">PsychOdyssey<\/a> fame).<\/p>\n<p>Hidden all the way down the crowdfunding campaign is a very, very short list of stretch goals. The first is, simply, for Double Fine to reach its initial fundraising goal. The second stretch goal? The one asking for $100m? &#8220;We make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/brutal-legend\">Br\u00fctal Legend<\/a> 2. Yes, really. Beyond that, we&#8217;ll have to wait and see\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Welcome to Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot!\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zM6nMnLTjXA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zM6nMnLTjXA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Welcome to Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zM6nMnLTjXA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Double Fine&#8217;s Brutal Legend 2 stretch goal is likely the studio holding onto its signature cheeky humor because, not to burst anyone&#8217;s bubble, raising $100m on Kickstarter is almost impossible. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ankermake\/eufymake-e1-the-first-personal-3d-textured-uv-printer\/posts\/4414365\">most successful Kickstarter campaign<\/a> of all time raised $46m for a 3D printer. In the video gaming world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shenmue-3\">Shenmue 3<\/a> reigns supreme with a $6m haul.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Amnesia Fortnight 2026 has currently raised over \u00a3236,000 of its initial \u00a3295,399 funding goal. As much as I would love another Jack Black-fronted RTS-action Frankenstein, I&#8217;ll gladly settle for a different, all-new project from the studio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a long-standing tradition of ours that started in 2007,&#8221; the studio wrote in its campaign description. &#8220;It&#8217;s a two-week period in which we forget about all the things we <em>should<\/em> be working on to pitch one another our wildest game ideas, choose our favorites, and make prototypes of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several Double Fine games &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/costume-quest\">Costume Quest<\/a>, Kiln, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/iron-brigade\">Iron Brigade<\/a>, more &#8211; started out as game jam projects first. This time, backers can vote for four ideas, which will then become small, playable games after two weeks. One of those will then be chosen &#8220;to become a real (small) game, published under our new label for weird little games, Double Fine Action Labs,&#8221; the developer said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLIQJw8xyKGbY\">Double Fine&#8217;s 26 pitches<\/a> include some very inspired names. Lesbian Sled Death? Friendslap? Brouroboros? 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