Tag Archives: double fine
Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 22:02 GMT
Schafer: Double Fine Adventure “not a museum piece”
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said the company’s new, Kickstarter-funded game will be a classic adventure – but won’t feel old-fashioned.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, Mac, PC
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Adventure, Tim Schafer
Tue, Mar 06, 2012 | 23:51 GMT
Stacking now available on PC
Double Fine’s charming puzzle adventure Stacking is now available for the PC crowd.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | 01:00 GMT
Schafer: Triple-A games are “a pain in the ass”, but fun
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said the developer will return to aking big retail releases one day, but isn’t exactly keen on the experience.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: double fine, Tim Schafer
Sat, Mar 03, 2012 | 08:32 GMT
Double Fine Happy Action Theater: Kinect-ing At Last
A cheap and cheerful downloadable title has done more to sell Mike Bowden on the future of Microsoft’s motion control than all the auto showrooms and tactical commands in the world.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Mini-games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Happy Action Theater
Fri, Mar 02, 2012 | 11:00 GMT
Double Fine Kickstarter bloopers video shows Tim Schafer as the greatest actor ever
A video featuring four minutes of bloopers from Double Fine’s pitch video for its successful Kickstarter project has appeared online, featuring an Oscar-worthy performance from studio boss Tim Schafer. Get it below the break, via Kotaku.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: double fine
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 | 22:39 GMT
The Cave is not Double Fine’s Kickstarter project
Double Fine has told Gamespot that its recent trademark filing for The Cave has nothing to do with the firm’s Kickstarter project.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, PC
Tags: double fine, Kickstarter, the cave, trademark
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 | 22:32 GMT
Double Fine files trademark for The Cave
Double Fine has filed a trademark in the US for “The Cave” which is leading the Internet to believe this could be what it’s Kickstarter project is called.
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Posted in: Adventure, Android, Mac, PC, iOS
Tags: double fine, the cave, trademark uspto
Tue, Feb 28, 2012 | 01:06 GMT
Double Fine is still pitching games to publishers
Despite the success of its Kickstarter campaign, Double Fine doesn’t think the traditional publishing world is under threat.
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Posted in: Adventure, indie
Tags: double fine, Kickstarter, Tim Schafer
Sat, Feb 25, 2012 | 15:06 GMT
Double Fine’s Kickstarter game may go “old school 2D”, rewards announced for contributing
Prior to launching the Kickstarter campaign, Double Fine’s Tim Schafer sat down for a chat with Ron Gilbert, the man who hired him long ago at LucasArts.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, Videos
Tags: double fine, Kickstarter, ron gilbert, Tim Schafer
Fri, Feb 24, 2012 | 08:20 GMT
Ron Gilbert posts art for Double Fine collaboration
Developer Ron Gilbert’s posted up some new concept art from the Double Fine game he’s been working on for the last nine months, featuring an old carnival booth ticket and a laser gun.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: double fine, ron gilbert
Mon, Feb 20, 2012 | 11:30 GMT
Double Fine Kickstarter project hits $2 million
Double Fine’s attempt to fund a point-and-click adventure through Kickstarter has now exceeded $2 million, having first started on February 8.
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Posted in: Adventure, Android, Mac, PC, iOS, indie
Tags: double fine, Kickstarter
Fri, Feb 17, 2012 | 18:24 GMT
Schafer: Console makers need a more open platform or risk losing indies
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer believes console manufacturers should pay heed to the report 2D Boy’s Ron Carmel complied last year regarding the loss of independent developers on Xbox Live.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: 2d boy, double fine, Ron Carmel, Tim Schafer
Thu, Feb 16, 2012 | 01:31 GMT
Notch: Psychonauts 2 budget “three times higher” than expected
Pat’s trousers may be safe after all; Markus “Notch” Persson has clarified his position with regards to the funding of Psychonauts 2.
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Posted in: Development, Mojang, Platformer
Tags: double fine, Markus "Notch" Persson, Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer
Thu, Feb 16, 2012 | 00:38 GMT
Double Fine Adventure to have voice acting, multiple languages
Double Fine has made its first Kickstarter update, revealing platforms, languages and other exciting plans for its untitled Adventure.
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Posted in: Adventure, indie
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Adventure, Tim Schafer
Wed, Feb 15, 2012 | 06:48 GMT
Notch can pony up $13 million for Psychonauts 2, he assures
Mojang boss Markus “Notch” Persson didn’t hesitate when Double Fine boss Tim Schafer said he’d need a lot of money for Psychonauts 2.
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Posted in: Mojang, Platformer
Tags: double fine, Markus "Notch" Persson, psychonauts, Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | 10:13 GMT
Can Psychonauts 2 exist? Maybe, but not as you hope
Is Minecraft’s Markus Persson about to descend like some benevolent fairy tale prince and rescue Psychonauts 2 from reality’s thorny tower of fiscal woe? Only in dreamland. Patrick Garratt’s trousers are on the block.
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Posted in: Adventure, PC, Platformer, indie
Tags: double fine, psychonauts, Psychonauts 2
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | 08:28 GMT
Schafer: Publishers aren’t bad, but indies must look elsewhere
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said his studio’s crowdfunding initiative wasn’t inspired by negative experiences with publishers so much as the realities of independent development.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Adventure, Tim Schafer
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 09:44 GMT
UKIE report aiming to make crowd funding legal in UK
UKIE has said it’s to publish a report next week that will outline the specifics on how crowd funding in the UK should be legal.
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Posted in: Legalities, UK
Tags: Crowd funding, double fine, ukie
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 00:22 GMT
Double Fine Adventure nets $1 million, shatters Kickstarter records
Crowd sourcing platform Kickstarter has confirmed suspicions by admitting Double Fine’s Adventure has broken more than one record in raising $1 million in less than 24 hours.
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Posted in: Adventure, Charity, Development
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Adventure, Kickstarter, Tim Schafer
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 08:05 GMT
Double Fine’s Kickstarter provides a Radiohead moment
It’s not the first studio to go down the Kickstarter route, but it’s the biggest one to do so yet. Double Fine gave the games industry its Radiohead moment today. Johnny Cullen explains.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, Opinion
Tags: double fine, In Rainbows, radiohead, Tim Schafer
Zone of the Enders HD gets Japanese release date, screens, special edition