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I have every reason to believe that Disney has decided to go with SEGA's new 3rd party multiplatform model of cutting the budget of all Triple A multi-platform games and transform them into digital, quick,cheap F2P and PC wholesale exclusives.
Or it could be that Disney is outsourcing current retail projects.
MrSega has spoken!
That will be all..
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If you actually read the article you would see that Disney says they felt it was better to use the brand for publishing games instead of developing them. And all their current retail projects are effectively dead and cancelled.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSega
The latter of my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
"Outsourcing". So they're outsourcing future retail projects.
Just read that part.. Oh man and 1313 looked pretty good too! I really wanted that game!Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
When you think about it, when was the last time LucasArts released an actual stellar Star Wars game instead of crappy shovelware shit like "Lego Star Wars" rehashes and sequels?Quote:
Originally Posted by mrbigreddog
Tinkerbell kills 1313. Man that is just wrong, lol.
Yes, you did say outsourcing. But you said current projects, not future projects:Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSega
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Originally Posted by MrSega
LucasArts didn't make the Lego games, Traveler's Tales did. LucasArts just published them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSega
Then you could say that LucasArts hasn't published a real Star Wars game in several years.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-be-saved.aspx
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Lucas Rep Says Star Wars 1313 Might Be Saved
Game Informer recently interviewed a representative from LucasFilm, who shed some light on the events leading to the closing of LucasArts. They also revealed that some of the company's projects in development, including Star Wars 1313, might have a future after all.
The representative we spoke to said that this was not a decision made in haste, and a possible closing of LucasArts had been being evaluated since Disney acquired the publisher as part of the Disney/LucasArts deal in October, 2012:
"All of these things happened at once. Naturally, as any company that goes through a big announcement like this, you have to look through your whole portfolio and realign some things. 1313 was looking fantastic, the reception has been great. Our other unannounced titles are fine, it just got to a point where from a business standpoint we couldn't continue developing those internally and keep up with the direction that the company was going."
Website Kotaku is reporting that 150 LucasArts employees have been laid off, and that the games Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313 have been cancelled. However, the representative we spoke to said that the company is also evaluating its options regarding projects currently in development, which could be licensed out to external development and publishing partners:
"It is worth noting that we are looking for proven external partners who can help us provide video games to our fans. We still believe in the video game industry, we still will provide Star Wars games, we're just looking at different models rather than internal production... They're evaluating everything. There's always a possibility that it [Star Wars 1313] can still come out via licensing."
The representative also remarked on the general mood at the studio today, which, understandably, is not upbeat:
"It's super sad. It's a terrible day. I want to make sure everyone realizes that there still will be Star Wars games out there."
I'd say it's the end of an era, but LucasArts died with the graphic adventure game in the late 90s / early 2000s.
Still, this is a sad day, one more of the greats is effectively dead.
They published the Lego Star Wars games and Developed the Force Unleashed Games...Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSega
Seriously do you know how to do actual research?
They needed to go out with a bang like 1313 instead of "the last thing developed by Lucasarts was Kinect Star Wars" uuhhh... Kinect Star Wars would have been good IF the Kinect could actually DO what Microsoft said it could do.. Back in it's tech demo videos!!!
What it became - Kinect Star Wars
What it was suppose to be - Project Natal
Edit: Just noticed the disclaimer at the beginning "Product vision: actual features and functionality may vary."
I will miss the Monkey Island series by Tell Tale. They ruled at making these style of games. I hope Disney allows rights.
Considering LA's output these past few years, I'm not surprised...but still bummed out by the layoffs.
This definitely doesn't do any wonders for my confidence, but I'm positive it's sort of an immediate reaction from me. Licensing games has its benefits, assuming you don't half ass everything, Games workshop seems to have gotten pretty fun games by licensing 40K, and a few good warhammer fantasy's.
That being said...All your DOS/Older games Disney are belong to GOG dammit.
At least this makes me feel better
http://i.minus.com/j7PJy3w1PCpdh.png