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Disney Kills Lucasarts
Started by Jman1236, Apr 03 2013 11:35 AM
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 11:35 AM
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 12:01 PM
Typical Disney... Disney used to have a software division themselves IIRC.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 12:15 PM
As an enormous Star Wars fan, if this had been announced ten or even five years ago, I would have been absolutely devastated. But now?
Aside from remaking the first two Monkey Island games, they haven't done a single worthwhile thing since 2005, and the majority of the great titles they were involved in during the sixth generation were developed by other studios like BioWare, Pandemic, and Raven Software. Heck, the only great sixth gen game I can think of that LucasArts actually developed is Republic Commando (I'm not counting Galactic Battlegrounds; much as I love it, the game is a glorified Age of Empires 2 mod).
Both as a publisher and internal developer, LucasArts has been a decaying husk for years. If Disney is actually willing to work with strong third parties on AAA licensed games, this shift should prove greatly beneficial to consumers.
Aside from remaking the first two Monkey Island games, they haven't done a single worthwhile thing since 2005, and the majority of the great titles they were involved in during the sixth generation were developed by other studios like BioWare, Pandemic, and Raven Software. Heck, the only great sixth gen game I can think of that LucasArts actually developed is Republic Commando (I'm not counting Galactic Battlegrounds; much as I love it, the game is a glorified Age of Empires 2 mod).
Both as a publisher and internal developer, LucasArts has been a decaying husk for years. If Disney is actually willing to work with strong third parties on AAA licensed games, this shift should prove greatly beneficial to consumers.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 02:12 PM
Sad as this is it's not surprising.
Some say that he knows 2 facts about ducks, and both of them are wrong. And that 61 years ago he accidentally introduced Her Majesty The Queen to a Greek racialist. All we know is, I'm going to the tower now to have my head cut off, and he is called The Stig.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 02:29 PM
Well that rather sucks. Thanks a lot Disney. I was looking forwards to StarWars 1313.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 04:11 PM
"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,"
I'm not a Star Wars fan or really into LucasArts media, but that was pretty shitty what Disney did. Laid off 150 ppl and making LucasArts a licensing model? And for what, so there supposedly won't be any risks to the company?... 
wow. And those fools...oops, hold on, let me rephrase that...(speaking in Antoine's accent) those fu-els (returns to normal voice) think that's gonna achieve greater success in Star Wars games? Well if that's the case then why they throwing out that Star Wars 1313 that was presumed to be a great game? 
Hmm, if you ask me, somethin ain't stirrin the Koolaid right
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 09:30 PM
........Why?
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Posted 06 April 2013 - 08:08 AM
MONEY, of course.
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