lol Disney Shuts down LucasArts

[ShadowSoldier]

Heh, couldn't care less if you're gonna miss em or not bud, but for some those games are household names: while this news may mean nothing to you or the CoD queen OP, it's actually quite sad news for those of us on here who's balls have dropped....

CoD queen? TROLOLO
You think I'm not sad by this? I was really hoping for a Rogue Squadron 3. I love those games. But hey, if you want to an idiot and not be taken seriously, we can do that too.

 

[Maxternal]

Summary :

Disney proudly announced today that after paying George Lucas and his fellow shareholders a very nice retirement fund ... they proceeded to fire everybody else make up for it.

Now ANYONE can make a Star Wars Game, Movie, or other product ... you just have to pay Disney to let you do it.
(P.S. all pending Star Wars productions have been cancelled, start from scratch.)


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Now I wonder if they'd let someone pay a specially adjusted licencing fee to FINISH their pending projects for them.

 

[Rizsparky]

Hmm...the latter article was added to the second source: Lucas Rep Says Star Wars 1313 Might Be Saved.

Perhaps best to add it to the OP?

(not that I care that much...I'm surprised by the news, but lost being a fan of the franchise after episode 1).

Woah at least that's something promising!

 

[TyBlood13]

CoD queen? TROLOLO
You think I'm not sad by this? I was really hoping for a Rogue Squadron 3. I love those games. But hey, if you want to an idiot and not be taken seriously, we can do that too.

Did you mean 4?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_III:_Rebel_Strike

 

[Qtis]

Dark Forces. Give me more with an updated engine and visuals :<

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Did you mean 4?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_III:_Rebel_Strike

Whoah whoah whoah whoah, HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS GAME?!?!

Even then, a new Rogue Squadron game would be sweet in glorious HD.

 

[J-Machine]

well there goes my dreams of a "zombies ate my neighbours" reboot.

 

[TheDarkSeed]

I was more concerned about the games they were working on when I heard this. I wanted my Battlefront III

 

[Gahars]

They've devolved from LucasArts to Lucas' Sharts, so I can hardly say I'll miss them.

Here's hoping Disney finds some better talent for their upcoming Star Wars titles.

 

[PolloDiablo]

Well... now I hope they start selling those cheap old dirty IPs (like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, etc) to people that actually cares about it (AKA Ron Gilbert).

But I don't see that happening, Disney is the kind of company that hoards IPs. They like to own things and do nothing with them. They have a lot of money, and since selling something like Monkey Island doesn't represent big $$$, they will instead keep it, preventing competition to his upcoming point-and-click game Pirates of the Caribbean: the Revenge of Darth Sparrow

 

[FAST6191]

well there goes my dreams of a "zombies ate my neighbours" reboot.

Though I have long waited for a sequel, reboot or "spiritual sequel" to such a game I do have to mention
http://www.romhacking.net/?page=hac...gory=&perpage=20&title=&author=&hacksearch=Go

Two near total reworks in hack form and well worth the effort.

Also choice link
http://retro-sanctuary.com/comparisons-zombies.html

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

Let's be honest: LucasArts has been shit for at least most of the last decade. If losing a couple of mediocre upcoming games means good Star Wars games in the future, I'm all for it.

 

[jonesman99]

Just a thought, why buy a company for that amount if you are just going to eventually shut it down anyway? I know not the whole company, but wasn't that like that the main division that makes their video games?

 

[the_randomizer]

Too bad for them I got all the SCUMMVM games I wanted. It's not like Disney is going to make money off of them.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Just a thought, why buy a company for that amount if you are just going to eventually shut it down anyway? I know not the whole company, but wasn't that like that the main division that makes their video games?

Piss poor sales, piss poor games. Why keep a hemorrhaging wound open?

 

[totalnoob617]

uhh, April fools?
what like they are not going to try and cash in on episode 7,8,9, by making games for those
and i was looking forward to blowing up the new death star(played by carrie fischer)


THAT'S NO MOON!!!

and getting great power up items,
like han solo's imperial walker

 

[8BitWalugi]

>Lists games I've never even heard of
Yep totally gonna miss LucasArts

Did you ever play any classic games? I find it hard to believe you haven't heard of Monkey Island.

Go play those. Then you'll realise one big factor as to why this is a sad day for us all.

 

[DJPlace]

I loved the snes star wars games, those were cool. Otherwise Disney... I bet disney is doing this for KH3.... those suck ups...

 

[Gahars]

I loved the snes star wars games, those were cool. Otherwise Disney... I bet disney is doing this for KH3.... those suck ups...

How does that make any sense whatsoever?

 

[J-Machine]

Though I have long waited for a sequel, reboot or "spiritual sequel" to such a game I do have to mention
http://www.romhacking.net/?page=hac...gory=&perpage=20&title=&author=&hacksearch=Go

Two near total reworks in hack form and well worth the effort.

Also choice link
http://retro-sanctuary.com/comparisons-zombies.html

Do you know if these work in any of the flashcarts available? These look great.