Classic LucasArts Remasters are coming to Xbox Game Pass

During yesterday’s Xbox Podcast with Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson, Tim Schafer announced the Classic LucasArts Remasters are coming via Xbox Game Pass.

Schafer mentioned the three titles are coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 on October 29. Among the titles: Grim Fandango Remastered, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, and Full Throttle Remastered.

According to the post on Xbox.com:

• Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is a mind-bending, time travel, cartoon puzzle adventure game in which three unlikely friends work together to prevent an evil mutated purple tentacle from taking over the world!
• Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Murder.
• One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango‘s epic story of four years in the after-life of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won countless awards and was considered one of the best games of the year upon its original launch. Grim Fandango still stands as a classic of the genre, with unforgettable characters and unique combination of film noir and Mexican folklore.

At E3 2019, Microsoft announced it had purchased Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions, which is currently working on Psychonauts 2 for a 2021 release. Double Fine acquired the rights to the three games after Disney shut down LucasArts as a game developer.

Check out the interview here.

[Source]: Xbox: Remembering The Classics: The Xbox Podcast Featuring Tim Schafer.