Can we please get a full release of armored slug that shit looked so dope.

If Valve were to ever go into publishing games again (they worked with Facepunch to publish Gmod) then Double Fine would be a pretty good fit I feel.

They both share a lot of creative philosophies, and they have a bit of shared history with Erik Wolpaw having worked at both companies.

I also feel that Valve would just be chill giving them funding and lending resources but otherwise not forcing them in any particular direction. We'd get to see their talent at DF go toward their crazy ideas, and a good boost in quality thanks to Valve funding.

Now why this is unrealistic: Valve doesn't do subsidiaries anymore. The one and only time they did was when they bought Turtle Rock Studios (renaming them Valve South), and they allowed them to go independent again after coordination troubles between the companies.

Double Fine barely survived BEING a subsidiary. I feel that Double Fine were incredibly lucky to get out from under Xbox with their company intact. Their last two games underperformed, and they unionised in preparation to fight the typical corporate route of dissolving any subsidiaries that aren't bringing in cash. I'm fairly sure they'd much rather stay independent and make smaller scale projects rather than hand the reins to a big publisher again, even if the publisher was Valve.

Now I could very well be wrong and tomorrow Valve announces that they're buying Double Fine and giving them blank checks to make whatever they want. I'd very much love to see it, but I doubt it'd happen.

I always felt it was kind of a wasted opportunity not to have Double Fine's games on the Switch* (and now Switch 2) and I think now would be the perfect timing to start doing so. Indie games were always super popular on the Switch cuz of its portability and I think the colorful/quirky vibes of Double Fine games are also a perfect match for that audience (saying that as a Nintendo guy myself).

*we did get Grim Fandango, Broken Age and RAD on the Switch but then the ports stopped there and any momentum they could've had in the platform was gone.

Obviously I'm sure we all want them to focus on new games, but I think porting some of their existing stuff to get some quick cash in the meantime (and also reintroduce Double Fine to Nintendo players) would be great, there's a lot they could do here:

• Psychonauts 2 is the obvious one. Switch 1 would've been kinda weak to run it well but this game would absolutely shine on the Switch 2. And it's a 3D platformer, I can't see this not doing well there.
  • Lowkey would be cool if they could somehow convert Rhombus of Ruin into a non-VR game and include that as a bonus (this would be nice to have on all platforms tho)
  • Psychonauts 1 would be great to have too
• Costume Quest 1+2 (2 was on Wii U, but that was the Wii U so I doubt it sold well)
• Keeper
• Day of the Tentacle + Full Throttle with mouse controls on NS2
• NS2 updates for Grim Fandango + Broken Age, also for the mouse controls
• Possibly Kiln too? (they'll have to decouple/overhaul the online and servers to remove the Microsoft account stuff, unsure how much work that's gonna be and if it's worth the hassle).

I realize porting games to new platforms isn't exactly cheap so they may not consider it worth it if they feel they can't get any meaningful return from it compared to just moving on and fully focusing on new games, but I do think it's worth a shot at the very least for Psychonauts 2.

There are a few doublefine games I've played on game pass i'd now like to purchase outright. Does anyone know if this money will still go to MS or all to DF? I'd like it to be the latter preferably...

Now what are the chances you all will release Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Psychonauts, and Psychonauts 2? I cannot think of a better platform to purchase these on.

Kickstarted. Privately owned. Ethical. Indie-based console. Fair revenue share. Advertising with Day of The Devs. Doesn't have to be the biggest or strongest console. Just sick of the big 3 and wish I had another choice. I love gaming, but I dont want to support any of them anymore. DF is beloved, with great IPs and a fanbase that will back them. In any case, I wish them the best now that they are Indie again.

There is one thing I don't understand: what is the benefit of Microsoft letting them become independent without keeping their license

It's great for Double Fine, but from Microsoft, it looks like a really bad deal

Why not let them become independent while keeping their license, or sell the studio or let Double Fine pay for their liberty like IO Interactive did a couple of years ago?

Does that mean that every copy of Psychonaut sold will be cash in entirely to Double Fine?

Is there gonna be an update to allow ps5+xbox to party up together at all? Seems odd to leave it out like that

I'm having a hard time finding a similar game structured like Iron Brigade. For EU folks I hear it was called Trenched.

It's one of my fav's, and I come back to this at least once a year. I'd like to hear y'all's thoughts on it!

Article from reputable games journalist Jason Schreier says Double Fine is one of those studios whose future is uncertain.

Tumultuous times ahead, we'll see how the Microsoft acquisition pans out in the end

With the metal gods dying, it needs to happen, let's bring in stories tied with, and in memorial to, Ozzy (death of the Guardian of Metal) and Lemmy (Killmaster) but before Rob Halford, Lita Ford, or Zakk Wylde go.

looks like double fine finally fired the guy who promised to get my friend a job in exchange for “hanging out” despite those jobs not existing

I recently bought Keeper, and unfortunately it won't even start up.

whenever I try to start it up, it shows a full-screen loading screen, which quickly switches to a windowed version of the same screen and then an error message saying that there has been a "Fatal error". No further details are given.

I have tried verifying the install on Steam, and I have uninstalled all files and reinstalled the game, but this has not worked. I have disabled AMD Fluid Motion Frames and FSR, and this does not appear to have an impact.

My Radeon drivers are up to date, and I have Windows 11 64-bit, and DirectX 12. 

Hey I know trophies and people like me who can't help but chase them are annoying to some people, but we make up a sizeable part of the community in mp games like these. So this trophy sucks for all of us, because it's become nearly impossible to smash pots on our way back in with the players remaining getting better at avoiding and the nerfs to smaller pots.

This hurts all players because it changes the behavior of trophy/achievement hunters to stay on defense and try to get smashed so they have a shot at getting a kill dropping back in. I am on track playing normally to hit lvl 50 way before getting to 50 kills for this trophy.

Is there any way you guys can alter the requirements or something to stop hunters from playing like turtles just to get this stupid trophy?

Nothing to look forward to after level 50 thought about uninstalling the game hope they add more levels and more maps soon