Jim Butcher announced that Evil Hat Productions had the "Dresden Files" license in December 2004 and that they were due to launch the game in Summer 2006. Evil Hat started recruiting playtesters for "The Dresden Files" in late 2007, starting external play-testing in January 2008 and playtesting continued through 2008 and 2009. The game was opened for preorders in April 2010 and released in June 2010, to coincide with Origins 2010. In January 2014, as a part of the "Fate Core" Kickstarter, Evil Hat announced lighter version of the "Dresden Files" RPG called "Dresden Files Accelerated" to be launched in late 2014.