Kiln is the next game from Double Fine Productions, revealed during the latest Xbox Developer Direct. Described as an "online multiplayer pottery-party brawler," the upcoming title marks a somewhat unexpected venture for both the Psychonauts developer and the Xbox Game Studios family as a whole.
Double Fine's most recently launched game is Keeper, a dreamlike platformer with a voiceless story, starring a walking lighthouse and its pelican-like friend. Keeper was released for the Xbox Series X/S and PC on October 17. Barely three months later, the American studio has revealed its next project.
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Announced during the 2026 Xbox Developer Direct, Kiln is billed as an "online multiplayer pottery-party brawler." The premise marks a fairly novel direction for the Psychonauts developer, even by Double Fine's experimentation-friendly standards. It is named after a type of furnace often used for drying pottery. True to its name, Kiln's gameplay loop centers on players crafting pots that become their fighters, then proceeding to control them to duke it out in 4v4 online matches.
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