Psychonauts Recieves Mac Version, Major Patch and iOS Companion Today September 29, 2011

Released in 2005, Psychonauts was considered to be one of the most beloved games of the last generation of gaming.  It was quirky and exciting, with a great sense of humor enjoyed by players and reviewers alike.  Initially released on the PC, Xbox and Playstation 2, it did not get the initial sales such a highly rated game deserved, but for the past five years reviewers across the internet (including myself) look back at the game as one of the staples of the last gaming generation.

If you want to hear more about my thoughts about the game, you can feel free to check out my Top 5 Psychonauts Cutscenes Video.

Today, a major patch was released for Psychonauts, the first in years.  Why the patch?  Well, ownership of the game has reverted back to its creator, Tim Schaffer, who was responsible for games like Grim Fandango and more recently Brutal Legend, and money from the sales of the game are now going directly to him.

Also, today marks the release of the game for the Mac platform, which you Mac users can purchase through either the Mac App Store or STEAM.  With the Mac Pscyhonauts release has come a bevy of new features that have come across the platform for the Psychonatus PC Steam users as well, including Steam Cloud Saves, minor tweaks to the Meat Circus difficulty, and most importantly, achievements!  PC owners of this game through Steam will have their games automatically patched with the new features, Mac users will get them upon install.

Finally, a Psychonauts companion program, dubbed the Vault Viewer, has been released free of charge for the iPhone and iPad, and it contains all of the images from the in game mental vaults, as well as developer commentary!

Now, there have been some pretty great reviews of this game over the years, but for those of you who haven’t played it, I would like to defer you to one of my personally favorite reviews of the game, done by Lindsey “Z” Briggs, who is better known as Little Miss Gamer.  Joined by Lee from Still Gaming (who seemed to be recovering from his condition where he was stuck in only two dimensions), this was one of the final reviews she did, and she went out with a bang.  Check it out!