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Double Fine has announced that the Fig crowdfunding push for Psychonauts 2 has been successful. The project has now surpassed its $3.3m goal, with the total currently standing at $3,357,197. Donations have been made by some 20,717 backers. The campaign still has five days left and will remain live, with …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign raises $3.3m
Hotly anticipated sequel fully funded with five days left for crowdfunding campaign
Read More »Psychonauts 2’s Fig crowdfunding campaign already near $2m
Long-awaited sequel generates $1m in less than 24 hours
Read More »Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign brings in nearly $2m over weekend
It’s taken Double Fine just a weekend’s time to amass nearly $2m for Pyschonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign on Fig. The project hit the $1m milestone less than a day afterit was announced at The Game Awards last week, and has added over $800,000 more since. At time of writing, the …
Read More »Double Fine crowdfunding Psychonauts 2 on Fig
Studio hoping to repeat $3.3m success of Broken Age
Read More »Brad Muir leaves Double Fine to join Valve
Double Fine project lead Brad Muir has left the company to take on an unspecified role at Valve. Muir announced the news onTwitter, revealing his last day at Double Fine came last week and his first day at Valve will take place in December. It’s unclear what exactly Muir will …
Read More »Double Fine’s Brad Muir joining Valve
Lead developer of Iron Brigade and Massive Chalice joining Half-Life firm in December
Read More »Crowdfunding site Fig launched by Double Fine, Obsidian and inXile heads
Former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey has teamed up with industry veterans Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart and Tim Schafer to launch Fig – a crowdfunding platform with investment options for backers. Funded by venture capital firm Spark Capital, Fig will focus solely on video game projects. The platform aims to …
Read More »Why Double Fine, Obsidian and InXile are leaving behind Kickstarter for new crowdfunding site Fig
CEO Justin Bailey discusses curation, equity crowdfunding and staying focused on video games
Read More »Schafer expects to break even with Broken Age
Double Fine founder says games sales have surpassed total raised via Kickstarter
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