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steve58

April 03, 2013, 01:47:23 PM
http://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749

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Disney has laid off the staff of LucasArts and cancelled all current projects.

Bummer...I enjoyed many a game from them  :(
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Arctic Blast

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April 03, 2013, 01:55:20 PM
It's sad from a 'games from the past' point of view, but Lucasarts hasn't really done much in the last...what...15 years?

Martok

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April 03, 2013, 02:03:57 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on April 03, 2013, 01:55:20 PM
It's sad from a 'games from the past' point of view, but Lucasarts hasn't really done much in the last...what...15 years?
Probably not quite that long -- KOTOR was a notable success -- but otherwise I concur with your statement. 

It's sad news, but they've not put out anything truly decent in years. 

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W8taminute

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April 03, 2013, 02:12:10 PM Last Edit: April 03, 2013, 02:14:31 PM by W8taminute
Let's remember what they did put out though.  The following is a list of my absolute favorites from LucasArts:


  • Star Wars Rebellion (Supremacy for those on the other side of the Warp Pond)
  • Star Wars X-Wing
  • Star Wars Tie Fighter
  • Star Wars Empires at War and Forces of Corruption
  • Super Star Wars (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Empire Strikes Back (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Return of The Jedi (SNES)


Remember how awesomely awesome this was when it first came out?

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Bison

#4
April 03, 2013, 02:13:55 PM
Zombies Ate My Neighbors.  Still the greatest zombie/monster game ever.

TheCommandTent

#5
April 03, 2013, 02:19:53 PM
Unfortunate news.  I had some found memories of Star Wars X-Wing
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steve58

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April 03, 2013, 02:35:15 PM Last Edit: April 03, 2013, 02:40:17 PM by steve58
Quote from: W8taminute on April 03, 2013, 02:12:10 PM
Let's remember what they did put out though.  The following is a list of my absolute favorites from LucasArts:


  • Star Wars Rebellion (Supremacy for those on the other side of the Warp Pond)
  • Star Wars X-Wing
  • Star Wars Tie Fighter
  • Star Wars Empires at War and Forces of Corruption
  • Super Star Wars (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Empire Strikes Back (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Return of The Jedi (SNES)


Here are some of my favorites:

Battlehawks 1942
Loom
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

I lost a lot of hours to BH 1942 and Their Finest Hour  :)

Here's a link to a list of all their games by platform: http://www.lucasarts.com/games/platform.html
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endfire79

#7
April 03, 2013, 04:01:48 PM
-X Wing, TIE fighter
- Maniac Mansion & Day of the Tentacle,
- Monkey Island series
- Indiana Jones & Fate of Atlantis
- Full Throttle  (this was a great and overlooked game)
- Dark Forces, Jedi Knight

I'd put all of  these on my Windows XP VM asap.

Truly some of the most rewarding series I've ever owned.
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mirth

#8
April 03, 2013, 04:08:20 PM
Sad, but not surprising. LucasArts had been on the decline for some time. They did some fantastic games over the years though.
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Greybriar

#9
April 04, 2013, 04:30:18 AM
I am stunned. I wasn't even aware that Disney had acquired LucasArts in October 2012 until I saw this thread and started reading up on it.

R.I.P. another one of the great publishers of PC games (Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Sam & Max, etc., etc.).  :(
Regardless of how good a PC game may be it will always have its detractors and no matter how bad a PC game may be it will always have its fans.

mirth

#10
April 04, 2013, 04:55:04 AM
It's interesting to see how LucasArts evolved from not doing any Star Wars games in the early days, to doing almost exclusively Star Wars at the end. It's easy now to forget that they did some great flight and naval sims.
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W8taminute

#11
April 04, 2013, 08:41:45 AM
Quote from: steve58 on April 03, 2013, 02:35:15 PM
Quote from: W8taminute on April 03, 2013, 02:12:10 PM
Let's remember what they did put out though.  The following is a list of my absolute favorites from LucasArts:


  • Star Wars Rebellion (Supremacy for those on the other side of the Warp Pond)
  • Star Wars X-Wing
  • Star Wars Tie Fighter
  • Star Wars Empires at War and Forces of Corruption
  • Super Star Wars (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Empire Strikes Back (SNES)
  • Super Star Wars Return of The Jedi (SNES)


Here are some of my favorites:

Battlehawks 1942
Loom
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

I lost a lot of hours to BH 1942 and Their Finest Hour  :)

Here's a link to a list of all their games by platform: http://www.lucasarts.com/games/platform.html

OMG how could I have forgotten about SWOTL and Their Finest Hour?  I lost a lot of time playing those games.   I remember the sense of loss whenever one of your named pilots was shot down.  Great games!
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GDS_Starfury

#12
April 04, 2013, 08:52:07 AM
Strike Fleet!  Harpoon before Harpoon existed.
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eyebiter

#13
April 04, 2013, 09:29:02 AM
The Sam and Max series managed to flourish after escaping from Lucas Arts.  Could happen with other ex-Lucas Arts properties via Kickstarter.

Centurion40

#14
April 04, 2013, 10:09:41 AM
I LOVED Sam and Max, along with Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.  Man, all those friggen little floppies!!

At least the LucasArts brand remains.
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