Disney Kills LucasArts

Chuck_Melville

I thought at first that this might be an April Fools' joke, but I'm hearing it from numerous sources.

kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749

mguy1977

so is it real or fake???

Matthew

Chuck_Melville

It appears to be legit.

Mr_Cosmic

That really bites...I thought Star Wars 1313 looked like it was going to be an awesome game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbB-veSVHE

I have played a lot of LucasArts games over the years(who can forget the Monkey Island games?!?!)...I hope everyone who was let go can quickly find new employment.

dubbat138

Was Maniac Mansion a LucasArts game? If so that is one of the few LucaArts games I have played.

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Mr_Cosmic said:

That really bites...I thought Star Wars 1313 looked like it was going to be an awesome game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbB-veSVHE

I have played a lot of LucasArts games over the years(who can forget the Monkey Island games?!?!)...I hope everyone who was let go can quickly find new employment.

There were already speculations weeks ago about the fact that 1313 was not going to ever see light of day... that division was already halting production, and not sure of what was going to happen. Shame.

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dubbat138 said:

Was Maniac Mansion a LucasArts game? If so that is one of the few LucaArts games I have played.

Yes, it was... and you should seek out Day of the Tentacle, the sequel to it. As a matter of fact, there is an easter egg in the game where you find a computer, and can play the entire Maniac Mansion game within this game.

dubbat138

I want to say I did play Day of the Tentacle at least once years ago. Maniac Mansion I had on my old Apple IIgs and then had the NES version. Such a great game. A few years ago I found that someone had recreated it for modern computers. I downloaded it and really enjoyed it. But lost it when I had to wipe my HD clean almost 2 years ago thanks to a nasty virus.

Mr_Cosmic

Anyone play Full Throttle? That was another great LucasArts game.

John_Steed

I've probably played them all. Good times. Not many good adventure games around these days though. Especially the ones with a good dose of humor.

jaydee74

That's a shame. I thought 1313 looked really cool and was interested in playing that. I still have faith that Disney knows what they are doing but I gotta say, I'm a bit nervous about their handling of the Star Wars franchise thus far.

Planeis

Tonebone said:

dubbat138 said:

Was Maniac Mansion a LucasArts game? If so that is one of the few LucaArts games I have played.

Yes, it was... and you should seek out Day of the Tentacle, the sequel to it. As a matter of fact, there is an easter egg in the game where you find a computer, and can play the entire Maniac Mansion game within this game.

Love Day of the Tentacle. LOVE IT.

Planeis

Mr_Cosmic said:

Anyone play Full Throttle? That was another great LucasArts game.

Yup, another great game. Not very difficult, but very entertaining.

batlaw

Sucks and makes no sense. I was thoroughly looking foreword to this SW game. What reason is there to just abandon it this close to completion?

RedRight88

The Motley Fool has wieghed in on this.