According to Hutchinson, their decision to leave Rockstar Leeds was amicable and driven by the desire to work on smaller projects, principally indie games for iOS.

[2][3] Hutchinson initially ran Double Eleven from his loft in his hometown, Durham, and occasionally received support from his younger sister, Kimberley Turner, outside of her day job.

[4] In 2010, Double Eleven began working on an undisclosed title with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, revealed at E3 2011 to be LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Vita.

On 20 June 2019, it was announced that Double Eleven had partnered with Paradox Interactive to become the new lead developer of Prison Architect, previously Introversion Software, for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.

Double Eleven subsequently announced their involvement in Mojang's Minecraft Dungeons and that they will be publishing Facepunch Studios' Rust on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

[16] On 7 August 2023, Double Eleven was announced as the lead developer on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch ports of the original Red Dead Redemption in collaboration with publisher Rockstar Games.