Double Fine confirms it owns all its games' IP and publishing rights after Xbox split
Double Fine has confirmed it owns – or will shortly own – the intellectual property and publishing rights to every game it made during its seven years under Xbox following the studio's split from Microsoft earlier this year.
Double Fine has confirmed it owns – or will shortly own – the intellectual property and publishing rights to every game it made during its seven years under Xbox following the studio's split from Microsoft earlier this year.
The short version
- CEO Tim Schafer confirmed the news on Kinda Funny Games (thanks, IGN ), fielding a fan question about whether buying Double Fine's back catalogue - including Psychonauts 2 , Keeper, and Kiln - actually puts money in the studio's pocket.
- "I saw a question there: 'Do you guys make the money on games?'" Schafer said.
- "The transfer of the IP came back to us, and we get the publishing rights back to all our games." That said, "some of [the games]" remain with Xbox for the time being, but Schafer explained that "it just takes a while for it to all process".
What happened
"If you're curious, buying any of our games helps support the studio," he emphasised. The jam is set to run from 31st August through most of September.
Why it matters
It's the clearest confirmation yet of how Double Fine has come out the other side of Xbox's restructuring .
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