lucasarts
Retro

Grim Death Never Looked So Lovely

Over at the International House of Mojo, they’ve put together a terrific retrospective on the equally terrific adventure game Grim Fandango.

February 13, 2012
News

Is Lucasarts Working On A Project That Will ‘Revolutionise The Industry’?

Kotaku AU

According to a new job ad popping up on the Lucasfilm website, Lucasarts is currently building a “new way of connected online gaming that is going to revolutionize the industry.” Now I’m used to hearing hyperbole in my press releases, but in my job ads? This is new!

February 7, 2012
News

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

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

February 2, 2012
In Real Life

Heroic Man Makes Day Of The Tentacle Figure

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.

January 17, 2012
PC

Here’s What Grim Fandango HD Might Look Like

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.

December 1, 2011
News

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

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.

November 2, 2011
PC

So A Giant Asteroid Is Heading For Earth… Again…

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.

October 26, 2011
In Real Life

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

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.

October 10, 2011
Retro

The Eye-Popping Background Art Of Lucasarts Adventure Games

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.

September 25, 2011
PC

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

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

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