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Famous games designer Tim Schafer has finally talked about the massive outpouring of love that was showcased by fans who donated a huge amount of money to fund the next game project coming from his own studio, Double Fine Productions.
Both Schafer and Double Fine have been all over the news in the recent week after ... |
14 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The gaming industry today isn’t in the best of situations, as more and more sequels are being released while publishers are less willing to invest in new games that don’t have any sort of multiplayer or at least an online component.Lots of gamers have complained about these worrying trends, saying that ev... |
11 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Double Fine Productions, the independent game developer led by famous designer Tim Schafer, has now collected over $1.2 million (around €900,000) in funding through its campaign on website Kickstarter.
Schafer complained that big game publishers weren’t willing to invest in all-new intellectual properties... |
10 February 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Tim Schafer, the famous games designer behind classic adventure titles like Grim Fandango or Full Throttle, decided to seek out money for the next game made by his studio, Double Fine, by asking for donations on popular website Kickstarter. Fans quickly answered his call and, in less than 24 hours, more than $400,000... |
9 February 2012
07:17 GMT |
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Tim Schafer, the famous game designer behind cult classics like Grim Fandango or Full Throttle, as well as newer titles, like Costume Quest, Stacking or Iron Brigade, has revealed that, while coming up with new intellectual properties is easy, getting publishers to invest in them is extremely hard.
Lots of gamers, a... |
8 February 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Double Fine, after releasing the somewhat mixed received Brutal Legend, has concentrated its efforts on downloadable arcade titles, with the most recent one being Stacking, a rather unique title focused on Russian nesting dolls or matryoshka, as they're also known.
Double Fine made a name for itself by thi... |
11 February 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Tim Schafer, one of the most popular game designers in the industry, has just admitted in a recent interview that he would love and is ready to create Psychonauts 2, a sequel to one of the most interesting titles from back in the day.Schafer, who now leads his own company, Double Fine Productions, has worked on popul... |
15 November 2010
03:07 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has recently talked about last year's scandal between his company and Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions, over Brutal Legend, a game that started developing with Vivendi's help, which was latter acquired by Activision Blizzard, but was eventually published by EA... |
11 November 2010
15:51 GMT |
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Two of the most sacred names in the game design business, Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert, have been reunited, with the latter officially being employed by Schafer's own studio, Double Fine Productions.The two designers have worked together before, at LucasArts, and were responsible for the critically acclaimed Secr... |
28 September 2010
17:21 GMT |
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THQ has announced that it will be publishing two of the four downloadable titles Double Fine, the studio behind last year's Brütal Legend, is working on. The first of these is called Costume Quest and it is an adventure role playing game.According to 1up.com, the partnership between Double Fine and THQ incl... |
11 August 2010
05:32 GMT |
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Brutal Legend might not have done as well in retail as publisher Electronic Arts had hoped but to its credit, the company is still willing to breathe some more shelf life into the game by allowing developer Double Fine to create and put out downloadable content packs for the metal-themed videogame.After Tears of the ... |
11 December 2009
02:53 GMT |
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Brutal Legend has been released for some time now and every gamer that picked it up finished the single player element and experienced some of the strategic minded multiplayer is probably wondering whether the developers are planning to release any new content for the game or whether it's a good candidate for se... |
7 December 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Brutal Legend has been bound to receive an expansion pack for quite a while now, but details regarding it have not escaped the mouths of the officials. That has changed, as the downloadable-content pack has finally been revealed to the world. Tears of the Hextadon will become available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStatio... |
28 October 2009
11:01 GMT |
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There are certainly many video games set to arrive this fall, and, even though their numbers slightly decreased after some high-end delays, there will be plenty of titles gamers will be able to choose from and entertain themselves. One of the few new properties coming in October will be Double Fine's Brutal Leg... |
26 August 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the biggest new titles to appear this fall, right before the winter holiday season. It is also one of the few new properties to have the courage to take on high-end sequels like Uncharted 2 or Modern Warfare 2, which are also due to appear during this season and which will definitely make a lo... |
10 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most promising new titles to appear at the end of the year and is also one of the few new franchises to hit before the winter holiday season. But it was also quite close to missing its release month as Activision took its developer, Double Fine, and its new publisher, EA, to court.For thos... |
7 August 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most interesting games to appear at the end of this year and one of the very few that aren't sequels and which are based on a more unusual premise in terms of story and design. Created by famous designer Tim Schafer, it will tell the story of a heavy-metal odyssey in which symbols of ... |
6 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most interesting titles to appear this fall season, and one of the few new properties to still be scheduled during that particular busy period of the year. Set to tell the story of roadie Eddie Riggs and his epic saga through a fantasy land based on heavy metal motives, the title's ma... |
24 July 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most expected original titles to appear at the end of this year. Promising to put players into the boots of Eddie Riggs, a character voiced by famous actor and musician Jack Black, it will take them into a heavy metal-themed fantasy land, filled with interesting characters and creatures. ... |
3 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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When Brutal Legend was unveiled and detailed, a lot of rumors indicated that a Nintendo Wii version of the game was in development, alongside those aimed at the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony, but that the developers from Double Fine were not talking about it because they were concerned about... |
2 July 2009
18:21 GMT |
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The fall of this year holds the release dates for quite a lot of high-quality titles, from the likes of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to Modern Warfare 2 or Guitar Hero 5. Among them, one of the most interesting, and which isn't a sequel, is the Double Fine-developed and EA-published Brutal Legend. Set to take pla... |
29 June 2009
02:19 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most interesting new titles coming this fall, promising to take players on a heavy metal-themed ride through a fantasy world filled with icons and symbols of the popular music genre.One of the most interesting aspects of the game is that it features a lot of famous voice actors, especially... |
23 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Brutal Legend is one of the most interesting games of this fall, promising to take players on an epic journey into the fantasy world of heavy metal and rock. Featuring famous actor and musician Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, a roadie who is transported to a fantasy world where elements from the metal music genre are pred... |
19 June 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Music fans and adventure games ones have really been looking forward to Double Fine's Brutal Legend game ever since it was announced by its creator, the legendary Tim Schafer, who was the mind behind other critically acclaimed titles like Psychonauts. There has been a lot of debate over it, largely becaus... |
15 June 2009
11:11 GMT |
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In a move that will make a lot of people quite resentful to it, Activision has decided to make a complaint against Double Fine Studios and Electronic Arts over the upcoming Brutal Legend action adventure game. According to the complaint, it seems that after giving Double Fine 15 million dollars in order to complete B... |
5 June 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The gaming industry isn't very fair sometimes, as there have been quite a lot of games that gained critical acclaim but didn't really excel in terms of retail sales. Last year, gamers forgot many new, high-quality titles, preferring sequels of poorer quality instead during the holiday season. Yesterday we ... |
8 April 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Tim Schafer is one of the most influential game designers in the whole industry. He pioneered storytelling and out of the box thinking, producing some of the most acclaimed titles in the industry. But even though games like Grim Fandango or Psychonauts were well received by critics and reviewers, in terms of ret... |
7 April 2009
03:09 GMT |
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In the gaming industry, some people evolved from just game creators and shaped the whole branch of entertainment with their unique ideas and interesting concept about video games and life in general. One such man is Tim Schafer, the creator behind titles such as Psychonauts or Grim Fandango, who currently has under p... |
1 April 2009
11:21 GMT |
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