Vivendi Confirms Double Fine Deal

by Chris Remo, Sep 08, 2006 2:13pm PDT

Related Topics – Games: PC, Vivendi, Sierra Entertainment

Publisher Vivendi Games has officially confirmed its deal with developer Double Fine Productions, first uncovered last week. The agreement will see Vivendi's Sierra Entertainment label publish the next game from the studio founded by design veteran Tim Schafer (Full Throttle, Grim Fandango). Interestingly, the press release subheadline refers to the game as a "Tim Schafer title," promoting a level of name recognition relatively uncommon in the games industry. No details were given on the game's platforms or genre(s).

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By: wendigo x Show Full Post

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Is that some kind of measure of success or something?

Sep 09, 2006 5:55pm PDT

Is that some kind of measure of success or something? : wendigo

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If the name printed on the box isn't enough for you, it looks like you can get autographed copies of Psychonauts at http://www.doublefine.com/ :)

Sep 08, 2006 10:18pm PDT

If the name printed on the box isn't enough for you, it looks like you can get autographed copies of Psyc... : aasyranth

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Did the box from Psychonauts say something like "a new game from the mind of Tim schaefer" ?

Sep 08, 2006 2:23pm PDT

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Did the box from Psychonauts say something like "a new game from the mind of Tim schaefer" ? : Sturm08
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  Yeah. As far as I know, Schafer is the only guy in the industry whose name appears on the front of the b... : Chris Remo
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    What about Sid Meier? : Orange Pylon
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      I was going to ask the same thing : MikkleThePickle
      
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      American McGee as well : goosetickler
      
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      http://khaos.mon-blog.org/images/10514/alice/alice_big.jpg : goosetickler
      
      Well it's like the first of two games he's "done" so it's like 100% for "his" games. But he didn't get hi... : Schnapple
    - I think about 2/3 of Sid's games have his name on the front of the box. Certainly nearly all of his game... : Chris Remo
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      Pretty sure he has. Even the original Pirates! was "Sid Meire's Pirates". : Ratsofatsorat
      
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      He did quite a few before Pirates though. That was the first "Sid Meier's" branded game, but even after ... : Chris Remo
      
      Yeah, I was just looking at his Wikipedia page. It seems that he co-developed those flight sims with Andy... : Ratsofatsorat
    - chris sawyer too. : pyide
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    I'm pretty sure he was only on the back of the box or the manual for Monkey 1 and 2. : jake2000
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      Actually you're right, those aren't on the front. : Chris Remo
      
      in your face remo!!! : jake2000
  - Why not Will Wright? He should get it written into his contract! : johngloid
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    It doesn't seem to have the effect they're hoping for, though. : Popedispencer
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      It doesn't hurt, and it doesn't cost any money. It can only help, I'd think. Plus, even if it doesn't se... : Chris Remo
      
      Not me. Celebrity is ridiculous and tends to obscure people's perception of the actual quality of the wor... : thechunder
      
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      As a developer, it kind of stinks when a group collaboration like a video game wears the name of only one... : gnoleb
      
      I really like the Valve way. The credits at the end of Episode 1 was an alphabetical list of EVERYONE th... : treefingers1

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Actually, I keep hearing great things about the new Vivendi these days from people. Seems like they have some really good mgmt there now.

Sep 08, 2006 3:36pm PDT

Actually, I keep hearing great things about the new Vivendi these days from people. Seems like they have ... : dmiller

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This is great news, and I saw this on MixnMojo.

As mentioned earlier, Double Fine is shacking up with Vivendi for its next game, and great news that is. Now slightly more interesting is the fact that the game, a "brand new creation", will be published under the Sierra banner.

Sep 08, 2006 2:49pm PDT

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This is great news, and I saw this on MixnMojo. As mentioned earlier, Double Fine is shacking up with ... : ripper9
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