[News] LucasArts, as we know them, is dead.

[Bowielee]

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/lucasarts-officially-shuttered-by-disney/1100-4614/

 

[Bubble181]

Well, that's a bummer. One might have hoped they'd at least give them a couple of years to try and make something of it.
Guess we'll have to see if other people can now do better things with their IPs/licenses than what they've produced themselves the last few years.

 

[PatrThom]

--Patrick

 

[Frank]

And it was revealed that 1313 was a Boba Fett game.

 

[CynicismKills]

 

[klew]

And it was revealed that 1313 was a Boba Fett game.

I thought we knew that months ago.

 

[CynicismKills]

Someone found this in Chivalry.

 

[Yoshimickster]

And my dreams of a Full Throttle sequel went from cautiously optimistic...to certain pessimism.

 

[Just Me]

And my dreams of a Full Throttle sequel went from cautiously optimistic...to certain pessimism.

I feel with you, the only adventure game I played from start to finish.
Can't beat a Corley!

 

[Terrik]

All I ever wanted was another X-wing/Tie Fighter game.

My joystick shall forever collect dust.

 

[Bowielee]

If Disney were smart, they'd liscence out the rights to all those adventure games to Double Fine.

 

[Frank]

That's what their plan sounds like. They want to farm out IPs without the need for an inhouse team.

It's probably for the best overall.

Maybe Ron Gilbert can get a crack at Monkey Island again.

 

[Bowielee]

In the end, this may be apositive thing on the adventure game front. On the Star Wars front, who knows.

 

[Frank]

There's a lot of rumblings that despite looking fantastic, 1313 wasn't shaping up to have been playing very well. Would have probably been another shitty Star Wars action game from LA.

 

[Bowielee]

I love the fact that some people are lamenting the Force Unleashed series. The first game was OK at best, and the second one was the biggest waste of money ever.

 

[Ravenpoe]

All I ever wanted was another X-wing/Tie Fighter game.

My joystick shall forever collect dust.

You could always play HAWKEN...

except your ping would probably be terrible.

 

[ScytheRexx]

I feel with you, the only adventure game I played from start to finish.
Can't beat a Corley!

Don't mess with the Polecats!

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Don't mess with the Polecats!

You know what would look good with that nose ring?

*thunk!*

The bar![DOUBLEPOST=1365310292][/DOUBLEPOST]I kinda hope this means the rights to some properties, like Full Throttle, might be up for grabs. I'd love for Double Fine to get a hold of those games.

At the very least, those games should be properly available to get on Steam. I mean, yeah, you can pirate them and use the Scumm emulator, but to have them on Steam would be amazing.

 

[Terrik]

Double Fine won't give me a flight sim.

 

[Bowielee]

You know what would look good with that nose ring?

*thunk!*

The bar![DOUBLEPOST=1365310292][/DOUBLEPOST]I kinda hope this means the rights to some properties, like Full Throttle, might be up for grabs. I'd love for Double Fine to get a hold of those games.

At the very least, those games should be properly available to get on Steam. I mean, yeah, you can pirate them and use the Scumm emulator, but to have them on Steam would be amazing.

You need a SCUMM emulator even if you legally own the games, which I do. They don't run on modern systems without it.

 

[CynicismKills]

There's a lot of rumblings that despite looking fantastic, 1313 wasn't shaping up to have been playing very well. Would have probably been another shitty Star Wars action game from LA.

That other one, First whatever, was looking like a Black Ops II clone. It was pretty sad.

 

[Yoshimickster]

Definitely Double Fine, especially if it would mean at least ONE of Tim Schaefer's original series would get sequel.

 

[GasBandit]