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Less than one month after Xbox spun off Double Fine Productions as an independent studio, the developer has laid off 23 employees, a move it says was necessary to ensure "the survival of our studio." "Our transition to becoming an independent company means becoming a size that we can sustain," Doub… …
… At the event, Schafer praised Spencer and Microsoft for respecting Double Fine's creative independence. …
… The push includes all 42 of Double Fine's "regular part-time and full-time employees." The studio's move to unionize is being organized with Communications Workers of America, the largest media labor union in the US. …
… Wilson and William were ordered to pay fines $2,500 and $3,500 respectively and barred from practicing in the district for two years. Meanwhile, Ridgeway and McClinton were ordered to shell out $1,000 for their poor double-checking. …
… Four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs—will also "leave Xbox to new management," as CEO Asha Sharma put it. …
… Word on the street is that award-winning studio Compulsion Games is on the chopping block , and Bloomberg reports that Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and others are also at risk . …
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… Along with Compulsion , reports earlier this month claimed that Double Fine, Ninja Theory , and "several other studios" were at risk of closure as part of an " Xbox Reset " being shepherded by CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty; the pair said in an open letter published earlier this month that Micr… …
… "Instead of rushing to hit a previously announced deadline, we are giving our teams the runway they need to do things right," Giacomini wrote in today's update , invoking the same term—"runway"—Xbox used when it dumped Compulsion and Double Fine . …