Double Fine -Studio-developer, famous for bright plot games: Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Broken Age and so on. In 2014, the company opened a publishing unit Double Fine Pressents, aimed at cooperation with indie teams. An unusual puzzle was fluttered from under its wing, for example, an unusual puzzle GNOG And a drawn adventure Knights and Bikes, which we wrote about recently. Alas, in the foreseeable future Double Fine Pressents can close.
On E3 2019 it was https://slotsnogamstop.co.uk/gates-of-olympus/ announced that Double Fine will become part Microsoft, Namely a game family Xbox Game Studios. At the recent Pax West event, the Destructoid journalist talked with the founder Double Fine Tim Shafer (TIM SCHAFER) and, in particular, asked if the team would continue to publish games.
“So far we do not know how it will develop Double Fine Pressents, – answered Sheifer. – It makes no sense to engage in publication if we cannot do something-for example, if there are restrictions on platforms. From the point of view of business, I do not know if it makes sense to have a publisher inside [another publisher]. This is a difficult topic ".
However, even if Double Fine Pressents will cease to exist, the team Sheifer will not stop helping independent studios. So, the company can still arrange events like Day of the Devs-the annual festival in San Francisco, whose visitors are allowed to try out that have not yet released indie entertainment.
“If we talk about the reason for the appearance Double Fine Pressents, then in many ways it was that now there are so many games and a separate game is very difficult to attract a lot of attention on your own, – said Sheifer. – We concluded a lot of deals, we know how they pass, how the platform holders work, how the press works-all that an independent novice developer may not know. We thought we would help them [with the help Double Fine Pressents], and at the same time, as it were, we choose our favorite projects and make them more noticeable. Regardless of whether we will continue to engage in publication personally, we are still able to help indie author, even being in the composition Microsoft".