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LucasArts Announcing New Old Game For Old IP Monday

10:49PM July 5, 2009 | Brian Crecente

LucasArts Games promsies to unveil a new and exciting game based on an existing franchise on Monday.

“Amazing news coming Monday! Super excited! You have no idea how tough it is not to start yelling about it! But it’s secret! Until Monday!”

The game, they say, will be “awesome news for old school fans.”

While it’s possible, with the upcoming rerelease of The Secret of Monkey Island, that this could be another reimagining of one of LucasArts classic adventure games, my money is on something more modern.

When Free Radical gave up the ghost last year, concept art for some pretty spectacular Star Wars Battlefront III ideas shook loose. My money, and hopes are on a new developer being named for the Star Wars shooter, one that can bring dark Obi to life.

Kotaku AU Note: OK, Brian, let’s have a wager on this. You say Battlefront… I say Dark Forces. And, readers, what do you say?

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Comments

  • Ryno

    July 6, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Rogue Squadron? even though i bought HAWX i quickly tired of it.

    but a new Rogue Squadron, co-op combat in ships from the many star wars eras, levels where you could actually do the death star run.

    battlefront 2 had a good flight system for a game trying to do a bunch of other stuff at the same time, objective based combat borrowed from some of Jedi academy’s best user mods. take that, polish it really hard, and you have a awesome game even by itself.

  • Steve

    July 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    Whilst unlikely, I’d love to see a remake of the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series with new swanky graphics :)

  • Raistlan

    July 6, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Please be either Rebellion or Tie Fighter

  • afh1430

    July 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    im still holding out hope for knights of the old republic 3 … i wont say the mmo is bad i just know that i wont get the great single player story in thier

  • Kerber

    July 6, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    Battlefront 1 and 2 were the best selling star wars games of all time. Wouldn’t they be daft not to release BF3?
    That’s what I’m waiting for.

  • Steve Francis

    July 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    Either a proper KOTOR sequel (not an MMO), a sequel to Republic Commando, or new versions of classic point-and-click games like Day of the Tentacle or Full Throttle (which may or may not work depending on Tim Shafer’s [I sure I've spelt that wrong] level of involvement)

    Although, new versions of TIE Fighter or X-Wing would be awesome for those of us who never played the original versions of these games {loathed as I am to admit that…)

  • Jordan

    July 6, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    All LucasArts have said is that there will be news regarding an existing IP that should appeal to veteran fans, not necessarily a whole new exciting game or actual big announcement.

    Though I’d like one. Let’s not let the Twitter hype blow out of proportion

  • j5

    July 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    I want this to be Full Throttle. Not even a remake, just re-release the original and I’ll be happy.

  • Pimpalicous

    July 6, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    How can people forget about republic commando? That game was sick

  • Klas

    July 6, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    If it’s going to make old fans really happy, there’s only two possibilities:

    – Dark Forces/Jedi Knight
    – X-wing vs Tie Fighter/X-wing alliance

  • TehRabies

    July 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    BAM! A new X-Wing/Tie-Fighter game would be awesome beyond belief, but a new Republic Commando game would make me almost as happy.

    Battlefront does nothing for me at all…with or without Darksideobi and his hobo-chic.

  • SkyMan

    July 6, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    C’mon new X-Wing/TIE Fighter/X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter/X-Wing Alliance

  • awesomeguy

    July 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    I’m hoping is BF3
    WITH dark kenobi. He’s a hunk of a hobo

  • IanC

    July 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Reboot of X-Wing vs Tie Fighter with episodic content, please please pleaasssssssssse!

  • Samuel Butler

    July 6, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    Why do I get the feeling it’s not even a Star Wars game?

    If it is though, I really hope for a Dark Forces/Jedi Knight game.

  • Adam D

    July 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    x-wing rerelease on xbox live arcade with b-wing, y-wing etc as dlc

  • Blenny

    July 6, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    Yeah, I’m tipping it’s not a Star Wars game, but beyond that I don’t know.

  • Matt Clark

    July 6, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Force Unleashed 2? Rogue Leader 4? I don’t think it’ll be Dark Forces at least, Kyle Katarn is getting a bit too old… Maybe they’ll do a Star Trek and send Han Solo back in time?

  • Travis

    July 6, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    If it was X-wing vs. Tie Fighter, I might die from excitement. Or any 2D adventure game :)

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