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JackQ
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 Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:16 Post subject: R.I.P Lucasarts,newest games on Limbo |
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| Quote: | LucasArts closed, Star Wars 1313 and First Assault in limbo
Disney is closing LucasArts development studio, laying off a reported 150 staffers and according to a representative for the firm, development on Star Wars 1313 along with Star Wars: First Assault is in limbo.
A representative confirmed the news to Game Informer with the following statement:
“After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games.
“As a result of this change, we’ve had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles.”
While the Game Informer article doesn’t list the number of people affected by the closure, Kotaku is reporting that 150 people have been laid off and Star Wars 1313 along with Star Wars: First Assault have been cancelled.
We’ve reached out to Disney for confirmation of the cancellations, but if the statement given to Game Informer is any indication, it looks as though other development studios will now be able to license the Star Wars IP helping to achieve the “broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games.”
This could pave the way for licenses for studios such as Obsidian, which earlier this year said it had pitched an idea to Disney on the matter.
This also means, that both First Assault and Star Wars 1313 could potentially be picked up by other studios, although nothing official has been said on the matter.
Back in October 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm – and Lucaarts – for the reported sum of $4.05 billion, according to multiple sources.
A representative for Disney, which had been moving away from games development, said that “for the time being,” the deal wouldn’t affect Star Wars: 1313 development, and that development on all projects was “business as usual.”
The first LucasArts game to be released was Ballblazer in in 1984 for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum.
Other great titles from the firm included: Armed and Dangerous, Escape from Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Lego Star Wars, Maniac Mansion, Star Wars: Battlefront, Knights of the Old Republic, and many more.
The last game released by the studio was Kinect Star Wars for Xbox 360. |
http://www.vg247.com/2013/04/03/disney-shuttering-lucasarts-game-publishing-arm/
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:19 Post subject: |
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meh never liked star wars games apart from kotor ones
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demde
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:20 Post subject: |
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I liked only Jedy Academy ! The best SW game ever!!! Sad i will never see its true ancestor.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:23 Post subject: |
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| m3th0d2008 wrote: | | lolozaur wrote: | | meh never liked star wars games apart from kotor ones |
LucasArts didn't make only StarWars games. They made alot of cult classics in general and this makes it kinda sad. |
I am sad for the exact same reason. But the thing is they didn't make any classics anymore. Their "cult classics" as you call them will continue to be available, so no actual loss.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:26 Post subject: |
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hopefully ron gilbert and tim schafer can get those old licenses now
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:30 Post subject: |
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Jedi Knight 2 was and is my favorite MP game of all time.
I used to run 2 servers. !SoS! was my clan i was involved with back in the day if anyone played. I was !SoS! Bigperm .
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JackQ
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:30 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Death is likely the single best invention of Life |
hm... hes a point there,Lucasats will always have my respect,though things need refersh,it's time to close the past and move forward,goodybye Lucas,hello Telltale
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 20:32 Post subject: |
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| Paintface wrote: | | hopefully ron gilbert and tim schafer can get those old licenses now |
I would be excited if it wasn't for the fact that Disney has a horrible horrible approach to games. The games released for their own movies has been unanimously awful.
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While they haven't done anything interesting (for me) of late i am still sad.
I loved Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Sam&Max, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones... I also played some of their Star Wars games.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 22:46 Post subject: |
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Moment I heard that lucasarts was included in the disney deal I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.
real shame
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 22:48 Post subject: |
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RIP LucasArts, RIP Black Rock, RIP Propaganda, RIP Junction Point
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The whole X-Wing, B-Wing, Tie Fighter, Tie Fighter Gold, X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, X-Wing vs Tie Fighter Balance of Power, X-Wing Alliance is a fucking masterpiece, made by LucasArts 
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 23:18 Post subject: |
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LucasArts died almost 10 years ago, the current one was just a travesty anyway 
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| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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zmed
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 23:32 Post subject: |
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Keep in mind that if we go by the wording of the article, the Lucas Arts name is still very much alive, just not as a game developer, but basically as an IP holder that outsources the work. You know. A publisher kinda thing.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Apr 2013 23:48 Post subject: |
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Well it prolly will be for the better. Depending where they'll outsource it tho.
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ixigia
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Apr 2013 00:06 Post subject: |
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| Paintface wrote: | | hopefully ron gilbert and tim schafer can get those old licenses now |
He has a point  
| zmed wrote: | | Keep in mind that if we go by the wording of the article, the Lucas Arts name is still very much alive, just not as a game developer, but basically as an IP holder that outsources the work. You know. A publisher kinda thing. |
Yeah, it's not a bad news after all.  Now if only they gave that license to Obsidian to make KOTOR3... |
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Apr 2013 00:33 Post subject: ... |
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4treyu oh FUCK YOU. Even if sarcastic, reading that made me die a little bit inside
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demde
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Good they've released the source code of Academy! Hope some good mod will come out.
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