# Double Fine’s releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/double-fines-releasing-its-next-game-thank-you-bus-driver-just-months-after-splitting-from-xbox/
- Published: 2026-09-29T01:42:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-29T08:13:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/double-fine-thank-you-bus-driver-xbox-release-date
- Topics: Americas, Cybersecurity, Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Key points

- *Thank You Bus Driver* launches on PC on 14 October.
- It is Double Fine’s first game since leaving Xbox.
- The studio says it is creating a label for quicker, smaller games.

## Summary

Double Fine will release *Thank You Bus Driver* on 14 October, its first game since becoming independent after splitting from Xbox earlier this summer. The black-and-white comedy driving sim is also the first release under Double Fine Action Labs, a new label for smaller games that the studio says can be made more quickly.

Players must get passengers to their destinations on time while enforcing rules, including by slapping them with the driver’s unusually long arms. The game will be available on Steam, GOG and Itch.io. Double Fine was among five studios spun off amid Xbox’s restructuring; the article says the wider plan includes around 3,200 job cuts by next summer, and Double Fine itself laid off a quarter of its workforce.

## Coverage

- [Eurogamer: Double Fine’s releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox](https://www.eurogamer.net/double-fine-thank-you-bus-driver-xbox-release-date)
- [PC Gamer: Double Fine's first game since being dumped by Xbox will be out in just 2 weeks](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/double-fines-first-game-since-being-dumped-by-xbox-will-be-out-in-just-2-weeks/)

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