The Latest Breaking News from Tim Schafer

Brütal Legend is available free in honor of Tim Curry

"The Tainted Coil shall rule forever!"

PC Gamer · Aug 27

Double Fine Productions regained freedom from Xbox, but not without a sacrifice that reminds us that this industry has become a cruel and tiring place

In the wake of Xbox's controversial restructuring, Double Fine Productions managed to avoid potential closure and become independent again, but not without laying off 23 staff members to secure its future.

Windows Central · Jul 29

'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

A total of 23 people have been put out of work.

PC Gamer · Jul 28

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 'nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks' is the priority, admits 'we don't always succeed at that'

The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at a media industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.

PC Gamer · Oct 24, 2025

“As soon as he hit the stage, everything changed.” Farewell to Ozzy Osbourne: Metal's first - and greatest - icon

How heavy metal's original madman became a global icon

Metal Hammer · Sep 24, 2025

This physics platformer about a wiggly worm that travels into space has even got Tim Schafer excited: 'It looks super cute and fun'

Wirm squirms onto Steam soon.

PC Gamer · Sep 13, 2025

Keeper is quintessential Double Fine, a strange creative concept with a truly wondrous execution: "We wanted to make something that we could probably never have gotten signed and published"

Gamescom 2025 | Keeper is quickly becoming one of my most anticipated games of the year, even with Double Fine hesitant to show too much off in advance

GamesRadar · Aug 25, 2025

'I'm working on other stuff': Double Fine chief Tim Schafer squashes hopes for Psychonauts 3 any time soon

Schafer doubled down on Double Fine's pause on sequels for now.

PC Gamer · Aug 24, 2025

Xbox's Double Fine is working on "multiple games" in addition to Keeper, says studio head Tim Schafer — but none of them are Brutal Legend 2

During Gamescom 2025, Double Fine's Tim Schafer confirmed that the studio is working on multiple games in addition to the upcoming Keeper.

Windows Central · Aug 21, 2025

Google DeepMind's new AI is nearly here, finally giving us an interactive world that runs at 720p, 24fps, and only remembers what you did for 1 minute

Impressive, I guess, but also, why?

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2025