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News

Strike Down Star Wars: Battlefront III And It Becomes More Powerful

1:00PM February 7, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

How many times have we been excited then let down by rumours and cancellations of a third game in the Star Wars: Battlefront serires? More »


In Real Life

Heroic Man Makes Day Of The Tentacle Figure

6:00PM February 2, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Lucasarts, being preoccupied with making average Star Wars games based on terrible Star Wars movies and cartoons, obviously couldn’t care less about treasured old properties like Day of the Tentacle. More »


PC

Here’s What Grim Fandango HD Might Look Like

7:30AM January 17, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

I caught this over the weekend when our friends at Rock, Paper Shotgun posted it — some folks have been dilligently working on putting together an HD “Deluxe” version of the beloved Tim Schafer/Lucasarts adventure gaming classic Grim Fandango. They’ve posted a video that, sadly, isn’t in-engine, but it does give a good sense of what their finished product might look like. More »


News

Call It A Hunch, But EA, LucasArts And BioWare Probably Aren’t Making A Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

4:00PM December 1, 2011 | Owen Good

Australia’s classification board has received an application for an M-rated game entitled “Paper, Scissors, Stone,” to be published jointly by Electronic Arts, BioWare and LucasArts. As amusing as the concept is, this is most likely Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will not include Australia (nor any countries outside North America or Europe) when the game launches Dec. 20. More »


PC

So A Giant Asteroid Is Heading For Earth… Again…

3:00PM November 2, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Later this week, the asteroid YU55 will pass close to the Earth. How close? Like, between the moon and the Earth close. PC gamers may remember the last time this happened, in 1995. More »


In Real Life

Yo, It’s Day Of The Tentacle, And It’s Flashing

12:00AM October 26, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Morning, Day of the Tentacle fans! Here’s a little something readers David and Sarah Cousens (of the excellent Cool Surface) whipped up to brighten up your day. More »


Retro

The Eye-Popping Background Art Of Lucasarts Adventure Games

3:45PM October 10, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Like movies and comics, games almost force you to constantly look in the foreground, at the characters and moving parts whizzing past your face. Focus solely on what’s in front of you, though, and you’ll miss some of a game’s best bits: namely, what’s in the background. More »


PC

Star Wars: The Old Republic US And European Ships Date Announced

12:30AM September 25, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Star Wars: The Old Republic launches on December 20 in North America and December 22 in European territories, Bioware and LucasArts said this morning. More »


Retro

This Star Wars Game Was So Bad They Should Have Made More

4:30PM September 20, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Over the past 30 years there have been plenty of memorable Star Wars games, from the Super Star Wars series to X-Wing to Jedi Knight to Battlefront. They’re all classics, not just awesome adaptations of a movie franchise but awesome games in their own right. More »


PC

Finally, A Star Wars Game Where Everybody Dies

8:30PM August 31, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

In the Star Wars universe, nobody ever really wins anything. When good “wins” evil remains, and when evil remains, good goes into hiding to repeat the cycle. That won’t be the case when MMO Star Wars Galaxies ends, though. When it ends, it’ll end. More »