https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tim-schafer-calls-double-fine-leaving-xbox-a-creative-awakening-asha-s-not-going-to-shoot-my-dogContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tim-schafer-calls-double-fine-leaving-xbox-a-creative-awakening-asha-s-not-going-to-shoot-my-doghttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tim-schafer-calls-double-fine-leaving-xbox-a-creative-awakening-asha-s-not-going-to-shoot-my-dog#u59545Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:12:07 +0000Double Fine has left Xbox, a transition Tim Schafer characterizes as a "creative awakening." Schafer asserts that Xbox no longer requires studios producing niche titles for Game Pass and claims that no one will put Double Fine out of business except for him. While the studio avoided the broader layoffs affecting other Xbox teams, Schafer maintains that Double Fine never intentionally developed games they believed would lose money.Why it mattersDouble Fine was previously part of the Xbox ecosystem. This separation occurs amid a period of significant restructuring and studio closures w