# Double Fine confirms it owns all its games’ IP and publishing rights after Xbox split

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/double-fine-confirms-it-owns-all-its-games-ip-and-publishing-rights-after-xbox-split/
- Published: 2026-08-22T10:33:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-23T04:18:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/double-fine-ip-publishing-rights-xbox-split
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Double Fine now owns IP and publishing rights to its Xbox-era games
- Studio confirms game sales now directly fund its operations
- Amnesia Fortnight game jam returns as a Kickstarter campaign in September

## Summary

Double Fine has confirmed it retains ownership of the intellectual property and publishing rights to all the games it made during its seven years under Microsoft's Xbox division, following the studio's split from the company earlier this year. CEO Tim Schafer clarified the situation on Kinda Funny Games, explaining that IP and publishing rights had transferred back to Double Fine, though he noted a few titles were still going through the process of reverting from Xbox.

Schafer confirmed that purchases of Double Fine's back catalogue, including Psychonauts 2, Keeper and Kiln, now directly benefit the studio financially. He also announced Double Fine will revive its Amnesia Fortnight game jam as a Kickstarter campaign, running from 31st August into September, with backers voting on which prototype becomes the studio's next full project. The move follows Xbox's wider restructuring in July, announced by CEO Asha Sharma, which affected around 3,200 roles and saw studios including Double Fine and Compulsion Games spun out independently while keeping their IP; Double Fine itself cut roughly a quarter of its 90-person team during the transition.

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