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'No-one puts Double Fine out of business except me', says Tim Schafer on taking Double Fine independent: 'Asha's not going to shoot my dog'
"The games industry is full of terrible things, and I can't change most of them." Double Fine has ducked out of the way of Microsoft's falling axe, going independent after the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced layoffs totalling 3,200 pe…
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Double Fine announced it will become independent after Microsoft’s new Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma, announced layoffs affecting 3,200 employees earlier this year. Founder Tim Schafer said the move was necessary to keep the studio alive, noting the games industry’s broader problems. The studio’s recent releases, including 2025’s Keeper and 2026’s Kiln, have not performed strongly despite the success of Psychonauts 2. Schafer also remarked that the studio’s future will not be jeopardized by external pressures.
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