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1AZRAEL1
4th April 2013, 06:12 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! :p

But really it is sad.

Lucasfilm Ceases Video Game Development By Closing Down LucasArts (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=76938)

And Disney have really done something crap by doing this. LucasArts had some really great games over the years, even ones that weren't Star Wars. Monkey Island series will always be up the top of my list of great games.

CBratron
4th April 2013, 06:27 PM
X-wing on my old 486dx.

Trent
4th April 2013, 07:01 PM
Shame. X-Wing vs TIE fighter and the Jedi Knight games are still awesome by today's standards.

1AZRAEL1
4th April 2013, 07:03 PM
Shame. X-Wing vs TIE fighter and the Jedi Knight games are still awesome by today's standards.

Well, X-Wing vs Tie Fighter was a bit of a let down, but their respective single games were fantastic, and wish I could run them again.

lancalot
4th April 2013, 07:08 PM
Was looking forward to starwars 1313 ... the trailer looked amazing and now they just cancel everything :mad:

VERT
4th April 2013, 07:44 PM
First they kill the clone wars and now this. As much I want to think good things will happen. Its not looking good. :mad:

i_amtrunks
4th April 2013, 08:03 PM
seems a strange choice to shut down. LucasArts was a great point a click game creator.

Wonder if in a few days time we will get a "new" studio announcement: "DisneyArts" or such?

Or maybe everyone at LucasArts will be rehired to work on the Disney clone version of Skylanders?

Sam
4th April 2013, 09:01 PM
Unbelievable...

GoktimusPrime
4th April 2013, 10:21 PM
Day of the Tentacle ftw. :)

kup
4th April 2013, 11:07 PM
As I said in FB:

As much as it saddens me, this is expected. Since Episode I when they started to almost exclusively focus on 'movie promoting' mediocre SW games, it was all down hill from there as all the talent walked and creativity plummeted.

Since Lucas Arts has been below mediocrity for at least a decade, I don't blame Disney for cutting their loses. There was a time where game quality was very important but unfurtunately, LucasArts was a casualty of the 'prequel' era as that's when stuff started to go south for them. Forced to make too many mediocre prequel promoting games that caused the talent to abandon ship.

Gutsman Heavy
5th April 2013, 12:25 AM
As I said in FB:

As much as it saddens me, this is expected. Since Episode I when they started to almost exclusively focus on 'movie promoting' mediocre SW games, it was all down hill from there as all the talent walked and creativity plummeted.

Since Lucas Arts has been below mediocrity for at least a decade, I don't blame Disney for cutting their loses. There was a time where game quality was very important but unfurtunately, LucasArts was a casualty of the 'prequel' era as that's when stuff started to go south for them. Forced to make too many mediocre prequel promoting games that caused the talent to abandon ship.

^This

I'll always love lucasarts but they really were just dead weight for the better part of the 2000's and up. And Disney have showed that they are willing to play nice with other publishers (We wouldn't have got MVC3 if not for disney allowing someone other than Activison or sega strangle the marvel license.)

Don't forget the Ducktales remake! I'll wait and see if this is an "evil" Disney or "awesome" disney move.

Iriorne
5th April 2013, 01:37 PM
TIE Fighter definitely ranks up there as one of the best games ever. A bit sad as 1313 and First Assault looked promising but hopefully some good will come out of this. Most of the best Star Wars games were licensed anyway so removing the focus from internal development may pave the way for more quality licensed games. Even better, some of the older IPs may see the light of day again too, Day of the Tentacle, more Sam and Max and Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle...

Would love to see DoubleFine pick up the Grim Fandango licence... :)