Double Fineemerged from a number of employees leaving LucasArts at the turn of the Millenium. The studio was founded to pursue adventure games rather than action games that LucasArts was developing. As a result, the previous projects which the team produced at LucasArts were moved over and the company has produced, developed, andremastered titles such asDay of the Tentacle, which have been critically acclaimed. The company has now been acquired by Xbox and as a result, players are getting some fantastic games.
Many fans of the studio have been looking forward to seeingPsychonauts 2gameplay at Xbox’s 20/20 event in Julyand Double Fine may supply Xbox with some quality games even if the titles do not have the highest-profile. The games that are currently set to become available for the Xbox are all point and click adventures from the 90s and many players will look forward to revisiting the remasters.
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The titles that are scheduled for to be released this year on the Xbox areFull Throttle Remastered,Grim Fandango Remastered, andDay of the Tentacle Remastered. All of these titles were released to critical acclaim and it will be interesting to see if these titles join thevariety of games available on the Xbox Game Pass. At the moment, all that has been revealed from a discussion with the head of Double Fine, Tim Schafer, is that the games will arrive at some point this year. Many players will be keen to find out more information about when the titles will arrive on Xbox and at what price point. If the titles are not freely available, many players would likely be happy to purchase the games.
Many players will be excited to get their hands on these remastered titles which combined with more recent games have managed to gainDouble Fine a BAFTA award amongst other accolades. With the companies track record of delivering acclaimed games, many will wonder what this partnership will lead to in the future and if the company can continue to deliver quality titles like it has for the last twenty years.
Double Fineis a talented developer and this is demonstrated by the quality of the remastered titles that are coming to Xbox. For fans of point-and-click games, this partnership will build excitement and for Xbox fans who are unfamiliar, they will be able to try seminal titles in the genre through these titles.
