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Lucasarts Closing Down Could Be A Good Thing (From A Certain Point Of View)
For the 150 former employees now out of a job, the decision by Disney to close Lucasarts is a sad and terrible one. I wish them all the best in their efforts to find a new employer.
Disney Shuts Down LucasArts, Cancels Star Wars 1313 And Star Wars: First Assault [Updated]
Disney has laid off the staff of LucasArts and cancelled all current projects. Staff were informed of the shutdown this morning, according to a reliable Kotaku source. Some 150 people were laid off, and both of the studio’s current projects — Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313 — were cancelled. Disney will still use the LucasArts name to license games, but the studio is no more.
The Most Beautiful Cartoon-Style Adventure Games
After LucasArts’ brilliant 1993 game Day of the Tentacle, cartoon-style point-and-click adventure games slowly became their own sub-genre. Although the genre has had its ups and downs, these games are still around: Think Gemini Rue or the new Broken Sword.
Leaked Footage Of Star Wars’ Newest Take On Battlefield And Call Of Duty [UPDATE]
Over the past few days, I’ve been talking to multiple sources about Star Wars: First Assault, the troubled multiplayer shooter that could be LucasArts’s downloadable take on Battlefield and Call of Duty.
Leaked Star Wars Game Is ‘Predecessor’ To Battlefront III, Source Says
Last October, we saw a listing for Star Wars: First Assault, an unannounced Xbox Live Arcade game developed by LucasArts. Today, Kotaku can reveal that Star Wars: First Assault is a downloadable multiplayer shooter that was originally slated for release in the next few months.




















