Double Fine Productions is a San Francisco game development studio founded by Tim Schafer in 2000. Known for Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Broken Age, Costume Quest and numerous experimental projects, it belonged to Xbox Game Studios from 2019 until returning to independence in 2026.
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Double Fine left Microsoft with something studios do not always keep when they exit a large corporate owner: its games. Two months later, Tim Schafer is explaining what that freedom costs and why the company wants to return to an old survival strategy — make lots of strange small things before betting everything on one enormous project.
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