
Double Fine Lays Off 23 Staff Just Weeks After Split From Xbox
Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2, has announced layoffs affecting 23 employees, roughly 25.6 percent of its total staff. The cuts come just three weeks after the studio was spun off from Xbox as part of Microsoft's ongoing restructuring efforts, which saw Double Fine among five studios divested from Xbox Game Studios. Founder Tim Schafer confirmed the news, saying, "Only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action," and acknowledging that "the people we are losing were all important."

