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Disney shuts down Lucasarts.

CenoCeno pizza timeRegistered User regular
http://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/04/03/disney-closes-game-publisher-lucasarts.aspx

Star Wars 1313 and other games have been cancelled, it would seem. They are definitely shitcanning everything not-Episode VII.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    hey remember when I was complaining about how this would possibly happen

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  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    Motherfucker

  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    April Fo

    fuck

  • WhytherWhyther Registered User regular
    bummer

  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    Gotcha!

    Do not have a cow, mortal.

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    oh go fuck yourself Disney

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    wut

    Fuck you, Disney.

    Fuck you so hard.

    What's next, shutting down ILM?

  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    unsurprised and utterly ambivalent

  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2013
    Hopefully this is just step 1 of a 12-step plan that ends with George Lucas being flogged to death by his own legion of CGI creations in a new two-hour Christmas special.

    Larlar on
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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Between Tie Fighter, Star Wars Galaxies, Jedi Knight 2, and various other titles, literally thousands of hours of my teenage years when into LucasArts games


    good job good effort, Disney

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  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Yeah, whatever but who's excited about Finding Dory, huh?????

  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    godmode wrote: »
    Yeah, whatever but who's excited about Finding Dory, huh?????

    I'm uh

    Well

    Uh...

    I was sort of curious as to who this dory person was, I guess.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited April 2013
    Lucasarts is a publisher, not a developer.

    Are they taking on the publishing burden for themselves, or is everything Lucasarts was funding being canned?

    Edit:

    Wait

    Lucasarts is a developer too

    Shit

    Wyborn on
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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    well I can see people having cover-mechanics fatigue and not enjoying 1313

    but that and the Uncharted-esque sections of that demo wouldn't have deterred me at all

    has Tim Schafer gone after the Monkey Island rights ever?

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Is it okay to hate Disney now

    Sure seems like the Pixar ruining is in full swing, as is this

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  • BogeyBogey I'm back, baby! Santa Monica, CAModerator Mod Emeritus
    This definitely sucks, but wasn't really unexpected.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    Is there still hope for an X-Wing vs TIE Fighter stage in the next Kingdom Hearts game?

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Lucasarts is a publisher, not a developer.

    Are they taking on the publishing burden for themselves, or is everything Lucasarts was funding being canned?

    I am somewhat confident in asserting that LucasArts had a lot more to do with the games under their badge than, say, EA. Not EVERY game was shipped out to a developer.

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Between Tie Fighter, Star Wars Galaxies, Jedi Knight 2, and various other titles, literally thousands of hours of my teenage years when into LucasArts games


    good job good effort, Disney

    Yeeaaaaahhh...... But lately? I haven't played a good star wars game since Jedi Academy, the rest have been pretty much shit in my opinion which is just my opinion.

  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    To be fair, they havent exactly had a great track record with their games lately. Still sucks though

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    I'm finding it hard to muster any outrage here

    the last lucasarts game that I gave a shit about was battlefront 2

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Between Tie Fighter, Star Wars Galaxies, Jedi Knight 2, and various other titles, literally thousands of hours of my teenage years when into LucasArts games


    good job good effort, Disney

    Yeeaaaaahhh...... But lately? I haven't played a good star wars game since Jedi Academy, the rest have been pretty much shit in my opinion which is just my opinion.

    I would say that's not entirely their fault considering the horrible source material they were handed in the past decade.

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    hopefully we at least get a Battlefront based on Episode 7

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    edited April 2013
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Is it okay to hate Disney now

    Sure seems like the Pixar ruining is in full swing, as is this
    wut

    Nikolai on
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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    So does this mean Battlefront 3 is extra never coming out or does it have a shot now

    Also does this mean Tim Schafer can buy all his stuff back

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Eh

    I can't think of a LucasArts game I ever enjoyed, so this isn't really hitting me hard

    1313 looked cool, but, you know, so did The Force Unleashed

    Still sucks those people are out of a job though

  • THESPOOKYTHESPOOKY papa! Registered User regular
    dang so much for all those recent & good lucasarts games

    The world will truly mourn Star Wars: Generic Third Person Shooter and Star Wars: ACOG Scope

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    I am oddly unupset by this?

    I guess there hasn't been a star wars game that has caught my interest in a while

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    wait who developed republic commando

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Lucasarts is a publisher, not a developer.

    Are they taking on the publishing burden for themselves, or is everything Lucasarts was funding being canned?

    I am somewhat confident in asserting that LucasArts had a lot more to do with the games under their badge than, say, EA. Not EVERY game was shipped out to a developer.

    Well yeah I think you're right

    But Lucasarts hasn't been a really strong presence development-wise for almost a decade now

    This hurts the part of me that remembers loving their games when I was younger, but I'm not sure how big this is in terms of the amount of content we're no longer going to see

    Still sucks all these people lost their jobs though, damn

    Hope they get some help with placement

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  • DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    So does this mean Battlefront 3 is extra never coming out or does it have a shot now

    Also does this mean Tim Schafer can buy all his stuff back
    My hunch is that the answer to both those questions would be "No".

  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    On a positive note, this means Disney will be licensing Star Wars to developers who might actually make a video game.

  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    Noooo Star Wars 1313 was a game I really liked the look of!

    Dangit dangit dangit.

  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Now shut down Lucasfilm

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Nikolai wrote: »
    wait who developed republic commando

    Lucasarts. It was one of the last good games they did. Eight years ago.

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Nikolai wrote: »
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Is it okay to hate Disney now

    Sure seems like the Pixar ruining is in full swing, as is this
    wut
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    http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-finding-nemo-sequel-wont-be-about-finding-nemo,95990/

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Do you want to see what the next Star Wars game will look like?

    well

    did they make a Star Trek game when the movie came out? If so, just go find that one. It will be the same.

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    yes

    let's have less things with the name Lucas on them

  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    I guess I'm also assuming they will start working on star wars games on their own at some point, since there must be money to be made from such

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    whoa there are people who liked Republic Commando but NOT Force Unleashed? What are they smoking

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