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Leave It To Double Fine To Make The First Single-Player Friendslop Game
Friendslop is everywhere these days. Take one glance at the most recent Steam Next Fest and you’ll be inundated with not only mountains of obnoxious AI slop, but countless games where you and a group of friends can get up to wacky hijinks with cartoonish avatars, over the top physics, and hilarious...
Report: Microsoft Is Running Out Of Time To Save Xbox Studio Arkane
A November 13th deadline looms. Back in July, Xbox announced that it was cutting 3,200 jobs and parting ways with four studios in Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Double Fine and Undead Labs. However, it was also mentioned at the time that Arkane Studios was reviewing "potential strategic options"...
'We're Victims of Xbox's Change in Strategy': Dishonored Dev Has Weeks to Save Itself
Blames Microsoft for "incoherent" decision making. While the future of former Xbox first-party devs like Double Fine and Undead Labs has already been determined, it’s been a while since we heard word from Arkane Lyon, the studio behind the acclaimed Dishonored games. Now an article by Le Monde...
Get Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and 9 More Double Fine Games for Just $8 in New Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle has dropped an exciting new game bundle focused on Double Fine, and it's stacked with 11 great games to add to your Steam library. For as low as $8, you'll get beloved titles like Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and Broken Age to boot up on your PC, which is an incredible deal when you...
Get Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and 9 More Double Fine Games for Just $8 in New Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle's new Double Fine bundle features 11 games from the publisher - including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and more - that you can add to your Steam library for just $8.
Game Pass Is Losing a Legendary Point-and-Click Masterpiece This Halloween
Day of the Tentacle Remastered is Double Fine's reworked version of a '90s LucasArts classic
New Double Fine Game Launches to Strong 94% Reviews, But There's a Catch
The latest title from Double Fine Productions, titled Thank You Bus Driver, has a 94% positive rating on Steam despite having a very low peak player count that has not reached triple-digit figures as of this writing. The new Double Fine game is the first release for the San Francisco studio...
New Double Fine Game Launches to Strong 94% Reviews, But There's a Catch
The latest game release from newly-independent Double Fine is off to a strong start in player reviews, though it comes with a major caveat.
Double Fine Humble Bundle announced, including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Kiln and more
The newly-independent Double Fine Productions has partnered with Humble to offer a new bundle, featuring the likes of Psychonauts; Costume Quest; Brutal Legend and more. Double Fine Humble Bundle announced, including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Kiln and more first appeared on KitGuru.
Get some great Double Fine and Serenity Forge games across two new bundles
Ready to fill up on some more games? The Double Fine Publisher Humble Bundle and Serenity Forge Emotional Impact Humble Bundle have some great stuff included. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/get-some-great-double-fine-and-serenity-forge-games-across-two-new-bundles/
Get some great Double Fine and Serenity Forge games across two new bundles
Ready to fill up on some more games? The Double Fine Publisher Humble Bundle and Serenity Forge Emotional Impact Humble Bundle have some great stuff included. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Highly Rated Star Wars And Double Fine Games Leaving Game Pass
A highly rated Star Wars game and multiple Double Fine classics are leaving Xbox Game Pass this month.
11-Item Double Fine Bundle (PCDD): Psychonauts, Brutal Legend & More $8
Humble Bundle [humblebundle.com] has *11-Item Double Fine Bundle* (PC Games) for *$8*. Note: Steam account/application required to redeem code/play game (free to join [steampowered.com]). ...
The pleasures of Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver are not in the destination, nor the journey, but in slapping my disobedient passengers
Showing some gratitude is the least these scribbly wretches can do. The passengers in Thank You Bus Driver – Double Fine’s new comedy public transport sim – are almost invariably rowdy, entitled hypocrites, happy to sully my single-decker by picking their toes and bellowing down their phones, while...
Report: Double Fine's union drive collapsed due to miscommunication and culture clash
It appears the question of union eligibility crashed headlong into Double Fine Productions' decades-old company culture.
Inside The Failed Fight To Unionize One Of Gaming’s Most Idealized Studios
Double Fine employees petitioned for a union in May. It created a rift in the studio that still hasn't healed
Our Interview With Tim Schafer About Unionization At Psychonauts Studio Double Fine
We spoke to Double Fine's CEO for nearly an hour about what happened last May, and where the studio goes from here
Ninja Theory undergoes layoffs amid potential closure
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced plans to split off several of its studios, including Undead Labs, Double Fine, Compulsion Games and Ninja Theory. While most of the studios on that list have managed to find new homes, two deals for Ninja Theory fell through. As a result, the studio is now...
Thank You Bus Driver Brings Double Fine Chaos on October 14
Thank You Bus Driver launches October 14 on Steam, GOG, and itch.io, bringing Double Fine’s chaotic black-and-white bus game to PC. The post Thank You Bus Driver Brings Double Fine Chaos on October 14 appeared first on The Escapist.
Double Fine's first game since being dumped by Xbox will be out in just 2 weeks
It's been less than three months since Xbox kicked Double Fine Productions to the curb as part of the great "streamlining" that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is so excited to see. And just two weeks from today, the studio will release the first game of its post-Xbox existence: It's not what I...
Double Fine's first game since being dumped by Xbox will be out in just 2 weeks
I don't know what I expected, but Thank You Bus Driver sure isn't it. It does look like fun, though.
Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox
Double Fine's wasted no time at all as an independent game studio (again) after splitting from former owner Xbox earlier this summer. The storied developer is releasing its whacky driving sim, Thank You Bus Driver, in roughly two weeks time. Read more
Microsoft CEO says Xbox is simply 'streamlining' after cutting over 5,750 jobs in three years
The company has also divested or shuttered a number of key studios such as Double Fine, Compulsion, Tango Gameworks, and more in recent years.
Former Xbox Studio Sets Release Date in Stone for New Crazy Taxi-Like Game
Double Fine Productions has set an October 14 release date for Thank You Bus Driver, a chaotic new PC game that mixes Crazy Taxi-esque reckless driving with policing unruly passengers. Officially the first Double Fine title since the company left Xbox Game Studios in summer 2026, Thank You Bus...
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