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Wired.com - Disney Buyout Could Be Death Blow for Lucas Videogames.
Star Wars 1313 may determine its own fate. Sometime in a short while from now, the following will almost certainly happen: Like Darth Vader arriving on the Death Star, Disney executives will visit LucasArts and get a full rundown of the studio’s activities. Its sharpest gaming guys will pick over 1313 and get a sense of whether it’s a project worth proceeding with, or another boondoggle.
If 1313 looks like something really special, perhaps Bob Iger will bend on his “licensing rather than publishing” strategy and it will come to fruition as planned.
If not, LucasArts may not be long for this world.
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Nov 2, 2012, 11:43 |
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| Chris Kohler never seems happier than when he's writing doom and gloom about any non-mobile part of the industry and fellating Apple at the same time but sadly, I think he's right here. LucasArts seems to have been a badly managed nightmare the last few years and every attempt Disney's made at AAA development has flopped hard so I don't see them wanting to keep LucasArts doing that beyond 1313. And unless they seem certain that can bring in big money, they might find it makes more sense to just cancel it at the point it's at or hand it off to another developer. What I saw looked neat, I hope it can get finished. I do fear seeing previously great Star Wars titles reborn as iOS microtransaction skinner boxes though. |
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