Tag Archives: Tim Schafer
Wed, Feb 15, 2012 | 00:26 GMT
Notch can pony up $13 million for Psychonauts 2
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 | 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 | 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
Thu, Feb 09, 2012 | 12:53 GMT
Double Fine Kickstarter project beats $400,000 in eight hours
Tim Schafer’s Double Fine has achieved $400,000 Kickstarter funding for a secret new game, amassing the total from eager gamers in just a few hours.
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Posted in: Adventure, Charity, indie
Tags: 2 Player Productions, crowdsourcing, double fine, Kickstarter, Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer
Tue, Feb 07, 2012 | 16:02 GMT
Notch to Schafer: “Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen”
Following comments that a sequel had been pitched “several times” to no avail this morning, Mojang boss Markus Persson has publicly offered on Twitter Double Fine head Tim Schafer to fund Psychonauts 2.
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Posted in: Action, Mojang
Tags: double fine, Markus Persson, notch, Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer
Tue, Feb 07, 2012 | 09:03 GMT
Schafer: I’ve pitched Psychonauts 2 “several times”
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has actually said he’s pitched a Psychonauts sequel “several times”.
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Posted in: Majesco, Platformer
Tags: double fine, Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer
Tue, Jan 31, 2012 | 10:31 GMT
Schafer on Happy Action Theater and Kinect’s future
Tim Schafer has made a Kinect game playable by two year-olds. Simple? Not. Patrick Garratt speaks to the Double Fine boss on the difficulty in reducing sophistication and whether or not Kinect can ever appeal to the core.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Tim Schafer
Fri, Jan 20, 2012 | 18:01 GMT
GDC 2012: Double Fine, Gravity Rush, Rocksteady talks added to schedule
GDC organizers have announced three more panels for the main conference, with visual arts tracks from Rocksteady and Sony, and a production track session from Double Fine.
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Posted in: GDC 2012
Tags: Amnesia Fortnight, Arkham City, batman, Brad Muir, double fine, Gravity Rush, lee petty, Nathan Martz, rocksteady, Tim Schafer
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 23:17 BST
Double Fine Happy Action Theater announced
Tim Schafer’s first project since Brütal Legend is an all-ages Kinect title called Double Fine Happy Action Theater.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Mini-games
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Tim Schafer
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 | 23:32 BST
New Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster short
Double Fine studio lead Tim Schafer and the Cookie Monster star in this new short for upcoming Kinect title, Once Upon A Monster.
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Posted in: Adventure, Kinect, Mini-games, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: double fine, Double Fine Studios, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, Tim Schafer
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 | 14:29 BST
Schafer credits Amnesia Fortnights sessions with saving Double Fine
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer has said he came up with the idea of Amnesia Fortnights, his firm’s brainstorming effort, thanks to film director Wong Kar-Wai and his own particular version used during the making of his epic film, Ashes of Time.
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Posted in: Development, PSN, Xbox Live
Tags: Amnesia Fortnights, double fine, Tim Schafer
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 20:09 BST
Video shows Schafer pitching Once Upon a Monster to Sesame Street exec
Warner has released a new video, posted below, which shows behind-the-scenes footage of Tim Schafer pitching his idea for Once Upon a Monster to a Sesame Street bigwig. The game is slated for release this fall on Kinect.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Kinect, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: once upon a monster, Sesame Street, Tim Schafer
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 | 17:57 BST
The Monkey Island Special Edition Collection hitting Europe on September 9
Lucasarts has announced The Monkey Island Special Edition Collection for Europe, which will land at retail on September 9.
Wed, May 25, 2011 | 22:22 BST
Trenched gets release date, opening cut-scene
Double Fine tower defense actioner Trenched will release on June 22 on Xbox Live Arcade, a new video for the game has confirmed. The clip, tweeted by Double Fine boss Tim Schafer just now, shows off the opening cut-scene of the game, where you have to fight off Monovision using mech-like robots. You can get that below, and watch the latest dev diary for it here.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: double fine, Tim Schafer, Trenched
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 21:27 BST
Tim Schafer video details a very interesting career
Gamespot has posted a video which is all about Tim Schafer and his “History of Videogames Adventure”. If only our lives were this interesting, ya know? The video has all sorts of interesting goodies pertaining to Tim’s long storied career in the games industry, so, prepare yourself by going to grab a beverage, and then come back and settle in for the almost 22-minute long feature posted below the break. Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: Development, Videos
Tags: double fine, Tim Schafer
Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 05:12 GMT
Double Fine’s Trenched announced, first teaser
Tim Schafer slayed ‘em at the Game Developer’s Choice Awards, but he saved the best for last: a teaser trailer announcing Double Fine’s new game, Trenched.
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Posted in: Action, GDC 2011, Galleries, Microsoft, Screens, Strategy, Videos, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, indie
Tags: double fine, Microsoft Game Studios, Tim Schafer, Trenched
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 | 12:20 GMT
Double Fine explains how it came up with Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
Tim Schafer has said that Double Fine got the idea for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster thanks to project lead Nathan Martz’s idea for an game with “cute, furry little monsters, making music and having fun.”
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Posted in: Adventure, Kinect, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: doubel fine, natahn martz, once upon a monster, Sesame Street, Tim Schafer
Sat, Feb 19, 2011 | 18:33 GMT
The Weekly Wrap: February 13-19 – Dead Island, Bungie’s new game, Take-Two buyout rumors, more
Ice-T said something about games this week. That’s literally all that happened. No it isn’t.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, Take-Two, Warner Bros., Weekly Wrap
Tags: bungie, dead island, Jonathan Blow, Tim Schafer
Sat, Feb 12, 2011 | 18:38 GMT
Schafer: Games should “be an expression of the people,” and company that make them
Tim Schafer has said catering to a developer’s individual vision produces more creative games which in the end are more memorable as well.
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Posted in: Development, PSN, Platform holders, Xbox Live
Tags: Costume Quest, double fine, lee petty, stacking, Tim Schafer
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