Double Fine has had an important side hustle ever since 2014. Primarily a development studio, Double Fine started a publishing arm five years ago. The concept is mutually beneficial: Indie developers get their name attached to Double Fine’s, a surefire way to cut through the thicket of indies all fighting for attention; Double Fine gets a cut of the revenues as the publisher.
It might not be around much longer, though. Microsoft’s acquisition of Double Fine threatens to make the Double Fine Presents label redundant and sort of unnecessary. We talked with Double Fine founder Tim Schafer at PAX West, and he admitted that no one’s really sure what will happen to the studio’s publishing business.
Source: Destructoid Tim Schafer says Double Fine Presents may shut down, but it’ll live on in spirit