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Read More »Double Fine is also remastering Full Throttle
Double Fine is continuing its recent trend of remastering its classic titles for PlayStation. The firm is giving its title Full Throttle the remaster treatment. The title will be hitting PS4 and Vita. This follows the developer bringing Grim Fandango to those platforms earlier this year. The firm is also …
Read More »Schafer announces crowdfunding pitch for Psychonauts 2
Double Fine is looking for $3.3m to make a sequel to 2005 platformer Psychonauts. Tim Schafer announced the game at The Game Awards last night. Along with the money raised from crowdfunding platform Fig, the game will also be propped up by the studio itself and investors. In total an …
Read More »Broken Age will break even, Schafer predicts
The first major crowdfunding success for the games industry is now on course to break even. In a new video documentary, studio founder and veteran developer Tim Schafer explains that the adventure game’s development costs were actually more than the total raised via crowdfunding, according toGames Industry. My expectation with …
Read More »Schafer expects to break even with Broken Age
Double Fine founder says games sales have surpassed total raised via Kickstarter
Read More »Grim Fandango Remastered launches on mobile
The Remastered version of Tim Schafer’s classic adventure game Grim Fandango is out now for iOS and Android devices. Grim Fandango Remastered is launching on both iOS and Android, and will set mobile gamers back 7.99. This follows the title coming to PlayStation 4 and PC earlier this year, and …
Read More »Tim Schafer decries ‘extremely rough treatment’ of Molyneux
Double Fine chief says reaction to Godus shortcomings have been "way out of proportion"
Read More »Schafer: Criticism of Molyneux is ‘way out of proportion’
Monkey Island and Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer has criticised the recent treatment of Peter Molyneux online and in the press. I’d like to send our support to friend and fellow developer Peter Molyneux,” he said in a Broken Age Kickstarter update video, which you can see below. In the …
Read More »Tim Schafer new VP for SpecialEffect
Tom Watson MP, BBC's Kate Russell and industry vets Jo Twist, Richard Wilson and Andy Payne also onboard
Read More »Tim Schafer leads new VP line-up for charity Special Effect
Legendary developer Tim Schafer is among the new vice presidents of UK charity Special Effect. The Double Fine Productions CEO joins MP Tom Watson, the BBC’s Kate Russell, Mastertronic’s Andy Payne, UKIE boss Jo Twist and TIGA boss Richard Wilson in the new line-up. I am amazed and inspired by …
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