LucasArts Announces New Title, Star Wars: 1313

'Star Wars 1313' was changed to feature Bobba Fett before being canceled

More details about the ill-fated Star Wars 1313 game hit Thursday following the game's cancellation and closure of LucasArts. The latest reports indicate that George Lucas himself changed the focus of the game to Bobba Fett...

examiner.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

Disney Kills Star Wars 1313, Lays Off LucasArts Staff

wired.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Disney Is Shutting Down LucasArts, Making Enemies (Me)

In heartbreaking news, Disney is shutting down video game developer/publisher LucasArts after its acquisition of it and LucasFilm last year. The company was known for some of the best graphic adventure games the world has even seen, including: Maniac Mansion, Loom, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, the entire series of Indiana Jones...

geekologie.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Report: Disney Lays Off 'Star Wars' Workers

Just five months after buying Lucasfilm and becoming the new home of "Star Wars," Disney is already downsizing the operation. The Walt Disney Company has reportedly shut down LucasArts, a game publishing subsidiary within LucasFilms, and laid off "some 150 workers," according to Kotaku News. The decision to shut down the company also means the termination of the studio's...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

‘Mass Effect 4’ and ‘Dragon Age 3’ publisher gets gaming rights to ‘Star Wars' (Photos)

After Disney recently acquired Lucasfilm, the “Star Wars” franchise has been shaken up. Disney has since shuttered the LucasArts game division, cancelling the development of the first M-Rated “Star Wars” title in the...

examiner.com (12 days ago)

LucasArts: closed by Disney, but killed by Star Wars?

It's a sad day for the games industry as another veteran closes. The big question is whether the Star Wars brand was a shining treasure or an albatross around the studio's neckAnd so LucasArts is no more. On Wednesday, new owner Disney announced that it would be closing the studio, placing considerable doubt over the future of current projects Star Wars 1313 and First...

guardian.co.uk (1 month and 13 days ago)

The Mouse Cleans House: Disney Shuts Down LucasArts

Ask any fan of Star Wars: There’s a new Moff in town. Although Disney acquired LucasArts on October 30, 2012, Disney has made some sweeping changes gradually, such as cancelling the long-running Cartoon Network television show, The Clone Wars, as well as the upcoming live-action comedy Detours in mid March. Now, after over five months, Disney executed Order 66 on their...

forbes.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Disney shuts LucasArts' 'Star Wars' video game franchise

Disney abruptly shut down its LucasArts' 'Star Wars' video game franchise just five months after the entertainment giant bought Lucasfilm and its video game subsidiary for $4.06 billion.

mercurynews.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

LucasArts' Star Wars video game franchise shut down

Disney abruptly shut down its LucasArts' Star Wars video game franchise just five months after the entertainment giant bought Lucasfilm and its video game subsidiary for $4.06 billion.

mercurynews.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Walt Disney to shut Lego Star Wars videogame studio LucasArts

Walt Disney plans to shut the 30-year-old LucasArts videogame studio it inherited with the acquisition of George Lucas' film company last year, and focus on licensing its Star Wars brand externally.

telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 14 days ago)