At Xbox's E3 2019 press conference, head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty announced that Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions will be joining the Xbox family as part of Xbox Game Studios.

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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

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This news was accompanied by a brand new trailer for Double Fine's Psychonauts 2 , which will be playable with Xbox Game Pass at launch.In a video addressing Double Fine's fans, founder Tim Schafer and the team presented a video that explained that this will not impact any backers of Psychonauts 2 and won't change any of its existing commitments. However, going forward Double Fine will be focusing on Xbox Game Pass and PC, while still creating the games it has been known and loved for since the company formed in 2000.Rad, another Double Fine game, will also stay its course and will still be developed with the help of Bandai Namco and will be released this summer.Double Fine joins an every growing family of studios who are part of Xbox Game Studios, including 343 Industries, The Coalition, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, inXile Entertainment, Minecraft (Mojang), Ninja Theory, Obsidian Entertainment, Playground Games, Rare, Turn 10 Studios, Undead Labs and Microsoft's Global Publishing group.For more on IGN's E3 coverage, stay tuned to IGN's E3 2019 hub . Be sure to also check out the list of confirmed E3 2019 games , the list of games that won't be at E3 2019 , and all the best deals on Xbox consoles, controller and games.

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