With Microsoft's acquisition of quirky indie studio Double Fine Productions, announced during the company's E3 2019 presentation, Microsoft now has 15 studios under its Xbox Game Studios umbrella. While president Tim Schafer has confirmed the purchase will have no effect on how the California-based studio conducts its business, the company did take to Twitter to satirize the news.
Schafer, in a 30-second video posted to the official Double Fine Twitter account, basically said Microsoft rolled up with "a bunch of money" and made the team an offer they couldn't refuse. The video features all the slow-mo head movement and melodrama that would make any soap opera jealous.
As you may have heard from the @Xbox E3 briefing moments ago, Double Fine is joining Xbox Game Studios! How did this come about? let’s ask @timoflegend … pic.twitter.com/n6EACVo7OZ
— Double Fine (@DoubleFine) June 9, 2019
The studio's next game, Rad, a post-apocalyptic action game published by Bandai Namco, is set to release on August 20 for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Psychonauts 2--set to arrive sometime in 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One--will mark the studio's first game published under the Xbox Game Studios moniker.
