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Double Fine Returns To Kickstarter Post-Xbox, Announces New Game Jam
Nintendo Life • • technology
Key Points:
- Double Fine, led by Tim Schafer, has regained its independence following Xbox's major reset and is launching a new Kickstarter-funded "Amnesia Fortnight" event focused on small game development.
- The 2026 Indie Reboot event will feature a live online Game Jam starting August 31, where backers vote on ideas that will be developed into four prototypes, with one becoming a full small game.
- 2 Player Productions will document the entire process, continuing their partnership with Double Fine to create a new documentary series about the event.
- Double Fine expressed gratitude to Xbox for seven years of collaboration and confirmed that the studio has secured the intellectual property and publishing rights to all its games, though the full transfer is still being processed.
- Tim Schafer emphasized that future game sales will directly support the independent studio, marking a significant step in Double Fine's return to self-publishing and creative control.
