Double Fine
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| The Double Fine logo, consisting of a two-headed baby. | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Tim Schafer |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
Key people | Tim Schafer, founder and game designer |
| Products | Psychonauts, Brütal Legend |
| Owner | Tim Schafer |
| Website | www.doublefine.com |
Double Fine Productions is a video game developer founded in July 2000 by Tim Schafer after his departure from LucasArts. He started Double Fine with a mixture of personnel from the Grim Fandango development team and new employees.
The name "Double Fine" comes from the Golden Gate Bridge being a "double fine zone", the company is based in San Francisco.[1]
The official Double Fine website is also host to five webcomics, which are created by members of Double Fine's art team and are collectively referred as the Double Fine Action Comics.[2]
Projects
Double Fine's first completed project was a multi-platform game titled Psychonauts. Critically praised, it is available for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. However, despite its acclaim, it did not sell well.
Double Fine's second project is Brütal Legend, an action-adventure game following roadie Eddie Riggs as he is transported to a fantasy world in which demons have enslaved humanity. The game appears to have been inspired by Nordic mythology and heavy metal music. Brütal Legend is to be published by Electronic Arts and will be released on Oct 13th 2009 (USA) for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Double Fine's website features several free minigames. The most recent of these, Host Master and the Conquest of Humor, is a pastiche of Schafer's LucasArts games, and features Schafer himself as the protagonist.
Games
- 2005 Psychonauts – Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC
- 2009 Brütal Legend – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Awards
- 2006 Game Developers Conference: Best New Studio
Psychonauts Awards
- British Academy Video Games Awards 2006: Best Screenplay
- GameSpot Best and Worst of 2005: Best Voice Acting, Best Graphics Artistic, Funniest Game, Best Game No One Played, Best Platformer
- IGN 2005 Awards: Best Platformer, Best Game No One Played
- EuroGamer: Overall Game of the Year 2005
- PSM: Buy or Die award in issue #100, #5 on Top 10 Games of 2005 list, Best Characters
- Electronic Gaming Monthly 2005 Awards: Best Game No One Played
- 6th annual Game Developers Choice Awards: Best Writing
- PC Gamer magazine 2005 Awards: Best Game You Didn't Play, Editor's Choice Award
- E3 2002 Game Critics Awards: Best Original Game
- GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards nominee (Best Game, Innovative Visual Effects, Best Narrative)