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Double Fine "still trying" to secure Stacking and Costume Quest IPs
Tim Schafer has confirmed his studio is "still trying to get the rights" to their bite size properties Stacking and Costume Quest, which were picked up by Nordic Games during the THQ auction.
They're even after Brutal Legend from EA and Iron Brigade from Microsoft. They want to bring full IP and distribution rights "in house." Later in 2013, Double Fine's Kickstarter project releases.
They're even after Brutal Legend from EA and Iron Brigade from Microsoft. They want to bring full IP and distribution rights "in house." Later in 2013, Double Fine's Kickstarter project releases.
Double Fine 'asks for THQ bankrupcty filings', reveals source
Posted: 11.01.2013 by Technet2k
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Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions is sniffing around the THQ bankruptcy case, says a source close to the dealings. The independent studio has asked for the paperwork filed by THQ.
Warner Brothers have also requested the same documentation. Double Fine and THQ have worked together in the past, as they published Stacking and Costume Quest.
Warner Brothers have also requested the same documentation. Double Fine and THQ have worked together in the past, as they published Stacking and Costume Quest.
"Wisdom is lost" when teams disband after projects, laments Tim Schafer
Posted: 23.10.2012 by Technet2k
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The practice of downsizing teams within the games industry after a project has completed is disastrous, argues Tim Schafer. It's one of the "most frustrating things" going today.
A team comes together and "maybe they struggle and make mistakes" but they've "learned a lot" by the end, and then "they are disbanded." All the experience is just "scattered to the winds".
A team comes together and "maybe they struggle and make mistakes" but they've "learned a lot" by the end, and then "they are disbanded." All the experience is just "scattered to the winds".
Schafer talks up free-to-play virtues, laments the 'unchangeable past'
Posted: 05.09.2012 by Technet2k
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Double Fine Productions' Tim Schafer is all for the rise of free-to-play despite how it has been applied "scarily and slime-ily" in some cases. It lets games "grow over time organically" without a huge bill.
Schafer regrets not being able to have an "ongoing relationship" with fans of Brutal Legend and the like, as there were so many things he wanted to add. It was a game that suffered 'poor communication'.
Schafer regrets not being able to have an "ongoing relationship" with fans of Brutal Legend and the like, as there were so many things he wanted to add. It was a game that suffered 'poor communication'.
Tim Schafer hasn't given up on AAA games
Posted: 05.03.2012 by JonahFalcon
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The last major retail release by developer Tim Schafer was 2009's Brutal Legend, and since then, his company Double Fine's output has been smaller, digitally distributed titles like Stacking, Iron Brigade and Costume Quest, or developmental age games like Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster and Happy Action Theater. He has not, however, given up on major AAA titles.
Posted: 13.05.2013 by Technet2k
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