Double Fine has reacquired the publishing and distribution rights to both Costume Quest and Stacking, the studio announced today. It will be partnering with Nordic Games to bring PC and Mac retail releases of Costume Quest, Stacking, and Psychonauts in the first half of 2014.

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We're fast approaching Halloween, but chances are pretty good that you're an adult with stupid responsibilities and can no longer dress up in silly costumes to beg for candy. Double Fine's Costume Quest was a sweet, lighthearted RPG that let you relive the good-old-days. Now you can play it on your iOS device, so you can pretend to trick-or-treat while following around your actual children as they do it for real.

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Double Fine still wants the distribution rights for Stacking and Costume Quest, according to CEO Tim Schafer. Not only that, but he says Double Fine is actively trying to get the rights to other Double Fine games as well.

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Humble Bundle yesterday launched a new pay-what-you-want package of games that's more than acceptable, more than just fine, it's Double Fine. I'll explain the amusing pun: for as much or as little as you fancy paying, you can get Double Fine Productions' lovely games Stacking, Costume Quest, Psychonauts. If you're not stingy, Brutal Legend and Broken Age are up for grabs too.

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Tim Schafer's studio, Double Fine Productions, has been on quite the roll lately, making games like Brutal Legend and Stacking. But, none of them have appeared on PC. Why? "We have always said that if it were up to us, we’d release our games for the PC," Schafer said in a press release "Well, now... it’s finally up to us!"

Adorable Halloween-themed RPG Costume Quest will be the first PC game from the studio in over six years, since Psychonauts.

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Starting today, and running through August 1, Sony has announced that select games and DLC published by THQ will be on sale for half price. MX vs. ATV and Red Faction fans will be pleased to note a couple of full-fledged games and associated downloadable content; however, arguably more exciting is the inclusion of two excellent Double Fine titles--Stacking and Costume Quest--alongside sale-priced DLC.

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The nominees for the 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced, meaning that we now get to see what games the international panel of industry professionals felt are in the running to be acknowledged for the greatest overall achievements over the past year. (via Gamasutra)

The Xbox Live Arcade exclusive, LIMBO, leads the charge with seven nominations, followed closely by Red Dead Redemption (six nominations) and Mass Effect 2 (five nominations). All three front-runners are in the running for GDC's Game of the Year award. Pioneer, Ambassador and Lifetime Achievement Special Awards, as well as the host of this year's awards show, have yet to be revealed. Read more »

Halloween isn't the only time to play Costume Quest. A new downloadable pack for the game titled 'Grubbins on Ice' is available today on Xbox Live and Tuesday, Dec. 21, on the PlayStation Network. Intrepid costume-clad twins Wren and Reynold reprise their starring roles for this winter-themed adventure. They set out to rescue their friend Lucy who has been kidnapped by a new monster leader and whisked away to Repugia, another world where monsters rule the land.

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When Brutal Legend and Costume Quest developer Double Fine announced its new title Stacking earlier this week, many were disappointed to see that this will be the third game in a row from the indie developer to not hit PC. Here's why it won't.

While Double Fine Productions already has "much of the technology in place to produce PC versions of all these games," studio founder Tim Schafer explains in the recently-updated DF FAQ (via Eurogamer), publishers simply "don't see enough financial reward" in bringing Double fun to PC gamers. Read more »

Garnett, Brian, and Jeff confirm what's sure to be an awesome weekend (and week to come). The festivities kickoff in Whatcha Been' Playin? with Medal of Honor, Rock Band 3, Costume Quest, Fallout: New Vegas, and more. Our skipping cutscenes discussion became the most talked about subject this past week and leads off the Warning. There's also the question of how well shooters handle the sensitivities of real-world situations and whether game designs include things like crouching simply out of habit. A full slate of news wraps the show up in the Front Page with Patrice Desilets' new THQ Montreal studio, Kinect adding support for seated players, Steam posting tremedous growth stats, and more.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Karakoe Revolution Glee, Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team, Vanquish, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, Rift: Planes of Telara, Costume Quest, Red Dead Redemption, Super Meat Boy, Shogun 2: Total War, Super Scribblenauts, Forza Motorsport 3, Sonic Free Riders, Angry Birds Halloween, Hard Corps: Uprising, and Rush'N Attack Ex-Patriot. Read more »

This week's refresh of Sony's PlayStation Store has arrived, bringing with it Psychonauts developer Double Fine's Halloween RPG Costume Quest along with a demo for the anime adaptation Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage plus the usual assortment of other demos, downloadable content, trailers, themes and discounts.

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Last Friday evening at the IndieCade 2010 awards, eleven independent games received awards for excellence in a variety of categories. Along with the crop of stellar games honored, Double Fine Entertainment's founder, and beloved game developer, Tim Schafer, received the festival's very first "IndieCade Honorary Trailblazer award for Lifetime Achievement."

I caught up with Tim after the ceremony to congratulate him on the award, and he was kind enough to spend a few minutes chatting a bit about the October 20-due downloadable game, Costume Quest, what it's like to make games at Double Fine, and about transitioning from huge multi-year development projects to focus on a greater number of smaller games. Read more »

Double Fine head honcho Tim Schafer has revealed that the studio's Hallowe'en RPG Costume Quest will be released for download on box 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 20, not Halloween itself as was thought, priced at $15 (1200 Microsoft Points).

Created by Double Fine lead animator Tasha Harris, Costume Quest stars a plucky group of kids trying to repel a monster invasion of their neighbourhood on Hallowe'en night. In Double Fine's words, "Players go door-to-door collecting candy, points, cards, battle stamps and quest assignments as they prepare themselves for Combat Mode--where they transform into larger-than-life versions of their costumes."

With this year's independent gaming festival less than two weeks away, IndieCade has announced that Double Fine's Tim Schafer will be the first recipient of a newly-created "Honorary Trailblazer Award for Lifetime Achievement."

Schafer will receive the award during IndieCade's Award Show on October 8. As previously reported, Shacknews will be also be presenting an award for the most "Fun/Compelling" game at this year's show, hosted by Levar Burton. Read more »