Category Archives: Lucasarts

A job listing for Spark Unlimited as well as a resume posted on LinkedIn have caused Battlefront 3 development rumors to resurface.

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“We had backup plans. In all, the design team was like three of us at that point, in total. So we were looking at doing a Lord of the Rings MMO, a Silmarillion MMO, a kind of a Gunslinger-esque Dark Tower MMO, a Game of Thrones MMO. When we were first were deciding on what kind of game we were going to build, I really wanted to do a story-based massively multiplayer game because hey, it hadn’t been done before. I thought: ‘hey, good way to innovate’ – that’s what Bioware stands for and that’s what we’re good at. We had an in-built fanbase with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In fact, when you ask our fans ‘what kind of MMO would you like us to build?’ they almost always say ‘how about Knights of the Old Republic massively multiplayer game?’” – SWTOR director James Ohlen to PC Gamer.

Fanboy prayers are answered: According to recruitment posts, LucasArts is back at work on at least two different titles. One ad calls for an art director for an action adventure title, while another seeks a gameplay engineer for a first-person shooter. The last game produced by LucasArts’ California studio was 2010′s Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.

Thanks, Talkar.

A new deal between LucasArts and Zynga brings a canonical Indiana Jones story to Facebook.

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A couple of new Lucasfilm domain registrations inked to recent activity at developer Lucasarts have been confirmed as nothing to do with a game in development.

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The first episode of Telltale’s re-imagining of the classic Monkey Island series is now available on the App Store.

Game Set Watch reports the game goes under the title of Monkey Island Tales 1, as distinct from the PC and console versions.

Both the standard iPhone release and HD iPad version go for $6.99. No release date on the remaining four episodes yet.

SOE plans to close Star Wars: Galaxies on December 15, and it wants it to close with a nice big bang. Sort of like what happened with the Death Star near Yavin 4.

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Microsoft has confirmed to OXM it has delayed Kinect Star Wars and the awesome R2D2-inspired limited-edition Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle.

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LucasArts is staffing up for an “open-world RPG,” according to a job listing from the company on its website. The listing was tweeted out by LucasArts creative director Clint Hocking, who’s currently working on an unannounced project at LA. Maybe this is it. Who knows. You can get the listing here.

During Comic-Con, a select number of people were given the opportunity to play through The Esseles, a flashpoint that SWTOR players will be able to experience early on in their character’s journey. In the flashpoint, players must group together to protect a high-ranking diplomat and fend off Imperial boarding parties. Bioware has put together a new video featuring developer commentary from director Dallas Dickinson of the flashpoint, and you can watch it below. SWTOR is slated for a holiday release.

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Lucasarts has release a few new screenshots for Kinect Star Wars. The game will be released in time for the holiday season, and you can also get it in bundle form for $449.99 via an R2D2 styled 320GB Xbox 360 which also comes with a gold C3PO controller and a white Kinect.

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Bioware has released the Comic-Con trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it asks you to “join the fight”.

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During a Star Wars: The Old Republic Comic-Con panel, game director James Ohlen, executive producer Rich Vogel, and community manager Stephen Reid, with senior content producer Dallas Dickinson chatted with attendees about character classes. personal story, exploration, and confirmed the slated release window of holiday 2011 for the MMO.

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Sorry, hardcore gamers. This probably isn’t the Star Wars game you’re looking for. Does that necessarily mean it’ll be bad? Of course not. But LucasArts and Microsoft made no bones about their aim during Kinect Star Wars’ Comic-Con panel: this one’s for “families and kids.”

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Nestled in the lovely press release regarding the Limited Edtions and pre-orders for Star Wars: The Old Republic, was news that beta test weekends will start in September. That’s good news for those of us you who have yet to be admitted into the beta club.

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Xbox and LucasArts announced at Comic-Con today that limited edition Xbox 360 console with Kinect painted like R2-D2 with C3-PO-gold controller will be up for grabs soon.

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Dramatic staff cuts at Wii port developer Red Fly may have resulted from the cancelation of an unannounced Star Wars game.

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Polish retailer Empik leaked what it claimed to be pre-order information and box art for Star Wars: The Old Republic earlier today, before subsequently pulling the offending listing.

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Lucasarts has responded to the closure of Star Wars: Galaxies, stating both it and SOE “investigated every option to keep the game open,” before deciding to shutter it completely.

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BioWare has said it will be making announcements regarding Star Wars: The Old Republic during Comic-Con next week during its panel on the game. New gameplay footage of the game will also be shown, and as previously announced, there will be a playable build of the game on hand inside the Star Wars Pavilion, booth #2913. Hopefully, once of these “announcements” will be an exact release date, but we won’t hold our breath.