Xbox Game Pass Gets Three Classic Adventure Games

Xbox Game Pass is adding a trio of classic LucasArts adventure games: Grim Fandango Remastered, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, and Full Throttle Remastered. The titles will join Game Pass for Console, PC, and streaming on Android devices for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers on October 29th. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=25-games-that-still-deserve-a-sequel&captions=true"] Xbox’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb recently interviewed visionary developer Tim Shaffer who previously worked on all three games during his stint at LucasArts in the 1990s. Shaffer‘s Double Fine Productions was acquired by Microsoft in 2019. Although these titles were previously remastered, this is the first time they will be available on the Xbox family of consoles. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/09/29/legendary-designer-tim-schafer-on-the-challenge-of-remastering-his-classics"] Grim Fandango Remastered is often called one of the best games of all-time, winning several awards following its original 1998 launch (including Best Adventure Game from IGN PC). It stars Manny Calavera, a skeleton travel agent for the dead who must guide recently deceased souls through the afterlife. Day of the Tentacle Remastered is a sequel to 1987’s Maniac Mansion about three friends who must work together to stop a giant purple tentacle from taking over the world. Lastly, Full Throttle Remastered is a dystopian tale about Ben Throttle, the leader of a biker gang who is framed for murder and must clear he and his biker gang’s names. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/03/21/first-15-minutes-of-day-of-the-tentacle-remastered] Shaffer and his team at Double Fine are currently working on Psychonauts 2, which was delayed earlier this year to 2021. For more on these classic titles, check out our retrospective of Grim Fandango and a look back at Day of the Tentacle. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matthew Adler is a Features, News, Previews, and Reviews writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @MatthewAdler and watch him stream on Twitch.