RIP LucasArts....

If and when they release a game, I have read good reviews, I have seen videos of game play which look promising, I will then consider being interested...

EA deal finally end?

(seems not...)

Looks like they are just out to establish a social media marketing for all their star wars related stuff pumped out of disney.

Personally I consider star wars the lesser interesting IP in the LucasArts portfolio.

At first I was like: "Ooh, Knights of the Eternal Throne!? New RPG?"

Then, I realized it was an expansion to some shit MMO, and my dreams were shattered.

TorTorden wrote on Jan 11, 2021, 22:44:
Looks like they are just out to establish a social media marketing for all their star wars related stuff pumped out of disney.

Personally I consider star wars the lesser interesting IP in the LucasArts portfolio.

I'm sure that's why they're going with this name, instead, they don't want the association with all that other stuff LA was known for back in the day. At least they're not giving you false hope!

I just want to see more publishers taking a whack at "core" Star Wars games. There are so many genres I'd like to see brought back or explored for the first time, which those EA knobs have neglected because the profit to effort ratio wouldn't be at least as high as their fucking mobile game.

TorTorden wrote on Jan 11, 2021, 22:44:
Looks like they are just out to establish a social media marketing for all their star wars related stuff pumped out of disney.

Personally I consider star wars the lesser interesting IP in the LucasArts portfolio.

Totes agree, but this is LucasFilm, not LucasArts. LucasArts made some seriously wicked good and interesting properties - Outlaws, still the best Western game ever. I was wondering what LF ever made besides Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Not much, as it turns out but still a few good and interesting titles - Mishima, Labyrinth, Howard the Duck, Willow, Tucker, and The Land Before Time. They're more or less always been a two-trick pony. And in this case I seriously doubt there will be any Indiana Jones games.

LucasArts was founded initially as Lucasfilm Games in May 1983 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company. Disney has since revitalized the Lucasfilm Games brand as the licenser of all Lucasfilm-related properties. I hope Disney uses this as an opportunity to give Star Wars projects to the best-suited studio, or better yet, have studios compete for Star wars projects.

Kxmode wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 01:17:
LucasArts was founded initially as Lucasfilm Games in May 1983 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company. Disney has since revitalized the Lucasfilm Games brand as the licenser of all Lucasfilm-related properties. I hope Disney uses this as an opportunity to give Star Wars projects to the best-suited studio, or better yet, have studios compete for Star wars projects.

I hope so too.

Kxmode wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 01:17:
LucasArts was founded initially as Lucasfilm Games in May 1983 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company. Disney has since revitalized the Lucasfilm Games brand as the licenser of all Lucasfilm-related properties. I hope Disney uses this as an opportunity to give Star Wars projects to the best-suited studio, or better yet, have studios compete for Star wars projects.

I expect this to be purely branding in an attempt at cashing in on nostalgia with no actual changes behind the curtain. Just an additional logo when you load up the games and some executives getting an additional title (along with a bonus).

Now that the movie's are not the big money makers and the theme parks are hurting cause of Covid, , is Disney having second thoughts about getting mostly out of gaming?

Love how they call it "a new era"

when most of the games shown have been out for a few years now, some of them have already lived their life cycle and been put on life support (ie: battlefront 2)

Cool, even a new Indiana Jones game according to https://www.starwars.com/news/indiana-jones-game

roguebanshee wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 05:54:

Kxmode wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 01:17:
LucasArts was founded initially as Lucasfilm Games in May 1983 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company. Disney has since revitalized the Lucasfilm Games brand as the licenser of all Lucasfilm-related properties. I hope Disney uses this as an opportunity to give Star Wars projects to the best-suited studio, or better yet, have studios compete for Star wars projects.

I expect this to be purely branding in an attempt at cashing in on nostalgia with no actual changes behind the curtain. Just an additional logo when you load up the games and some executives getting an additional title (along with a bonus).

With Ubisoft getting an open-world Star Wars game, and Bethesda getting an Indiana Jones games, that doesn't appear to be the case.