RIP LucasArts
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- elahon0
"Disney laid off the entire staff of 150 people this morning and both of the company's current projects--Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313--have been cancelled."
- lvl_130
wow.
- detritus0
Oh well, all good things must come to pass, I suppose.
Strange to think of a behemoth like Disney so concerned about risk to the bottom line on a such a beloved brand that has, to my knowledge anyway, not that many catastrophic duffers in its portfolio.
The licensing model makes sense for the SW franchise... but I guess that puts the kibosh on any extension of the monkey Island series?
- Actually, thinking about it, I can't really think of a great Star Wars game they've done for .. well, since X-wing vs TieFighter.detritus
- Tie-Fighterdetritus
- I agree, the x-wing games are greatFallowDeer
- moldero0
I play Disney games with my daughter
Disney console games suck, full of in app purchases like IOS games.- Don't play them then FFS. You're part of the problem.animatedgif
- elahon0
I was really looking forward to 1313.
- Llyod0
Sorry but their games sucked
- cannonball19780
Honestly, their games were bad, and I think they knew it. I didn't even like battlefront. They were right to stick with what they know -developing IP, not game titles.
- Julesvm0
they were great in the 90s
- sam & max
- day of the tentacle
- indiana jones atlantis
- full throttle
- monkey island(s)
- grim fandangowonder what will happen to some of those properties..
- Sell them to companies who will do something with them?d_rek
- yeah, like EA, who will add DRM and DLC and then rape youmonospaced
- omg0
This is what happens when big companies become bigger.
- albums0
failure to remain relevant.
- ernexbcn0
I had great times with their games, sad to see them go away.
- instrmntl0
That's messed up. The gaming industry is already tough. If they can't afford to keep them in business (which they can), they shouldn't have purchased Lucas. Pours 40 oz for game developers.
- MrT0
It's a shame and not saying they deserve it but in all those years they didn't really come up with a truly excellent game using THAT licence...
- animatedgif0
Who cares, they haven't made anything good since Grim Fandango
- Continuity0
Disney has signed up EA:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/t…- "EA leads to DRM, DRM leads to downtime, downtime leads to suffering."
http://forums.thereg…detritus
- "EA leads to DRM, DRM leads to downtime, downtime leads to suffering."
- DRIFTMONKEY0
Please finish Battlefront 3.