With Costume Quest making headlines as a value-packed holiday season download, it appears that Double Fine’s recent restructuring has started out successfully. Continuing the trend, the Tim Schafer-lead company has announced its next download-sized title, Stacking. Playing as the famously collapsible matryoshka dolls from Russia, gamers will play as the world’s smallest doll – Charlie […]
While nowhere near a financial success, Tim Schafer’s Psychonauts gained a cult following for its unique presentation and gleeful, sometimes black, humor. So strong is the game’s cult street cred, that fans have been clamoring for a sequel ever since the original’s 2005 release date. If Schafer has his way, such a sequel would already […]
The fallout between Brutal Legend‘s development studio Double Fine and its original Activision sparked months of off and on comments between studio heads, not to mention a legal battle for publishing rights between the two biggest names in the industry. A voice unexpectedly absent from the fray was the normally verbose Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. […]
Once upon a time, not so long ago, cult favorite developer Tim Schafer had some key words for Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, chief among them being “prick.” Schafer has since elaborated on his thoughts of the man, but Kotick himself has finally weighed in on the initial tension. Speaking to Edge (via CVG), the same […]