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News - Double Fine Brings Classic LucasArts Titles To Xbox Game Pass Later This Month - xSicKxBot - 10-19-2020 Double Fine Brings Classic LucasArts Titles To Xbox Game Pass Later This Month <p>Quirky developer Double Fine Productions has announced that its classic LucasArts adventure games--<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/maniac-mansion-day-of-the-tentacle/">Day of the Tentacle</a>, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/full-throttle/">Full Throttle</a>, and <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/grim-fandango/">Grim Fandango</a>--hit Xbox Game Pass on October 29. This is the first time these games launch on Xbox consoles.</p><p>The studio took to Twitter to deliver the news. All three adventure games will be available to all Xbox Game Pass members. Double Fine confirmed in <a href="https://twitter.com/DoubleFine/status/1317191567183171584?s=20">a follow-up tweet</a> that each game will be playable on Android devices, Windows 10 PCs, and Xbox consoles (likely meaning the Xbox One and the forthcoming <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-x-price-release-date-games-backwards-compatibility-and-everything-else/1100-6466640/">Xbox Series X</a>/<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-s-price-specs-and-everything-we-know/1100-6481974/">S</a>).</p><p>Each adventure game originally launched in the '90s, developed and published by LucasArts, a game studio also responsible for Star Wars games like <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/star-wars-x-wing/">Star Wars: X-Wing</a> and <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/star-wars-tie-fighter/">Star Wars: TIE Fighter</a>. After <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/disney-shutters-publisher-lucasarts/">ceasing operation as a developer in April 2013</a> following <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/disney-buys-lucasarts-alongside-lucasfilm/">an acquisition by Disney in October 2012</a>, Double Fine picked up the games.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/double-fine-brings-classic-lucasarts-titles-to-xbox-game-pass-later-this-month/1100-6483422/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a> https://www.gamespot.com/articles/double-fine-brings-classic-lucasarts-titles-to-xbox-game-pass-later-this-month/1100-6483422/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f |