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One Hour With: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

15:01. The LucasArts logo is very cool, with the little yellow guy throwing the light saber right at you and then going for a bit of Force lightning.15:03. Ahhh, loading times, how I hate them! Give me the Force!15:10. Force training is interesting, but the throwing mechanic seems a bit complicated. I suspect most th...

29 August 2008
08:56 GMT

Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is certainly feeling threatened by the merger between Activision and Blizzard. After all, the publishing strength of Activision is a perfect match for the developing capabilities of Blizzard and its MMO muscles. Electronic Arts has hit back the best way it knows, by announcing something big that can s...

18 July 2008
10:15 GMT

Gaming Is Entering a Golden Age, Says ESA President

E3 is no longer a public trade show and lately the Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the event, is taking some flak of its own. Activision and LucasArts, together with id Software, have pulled out of the organization and a lot of the other members are declaring themselves dissatisfied with the work ...

17 July 2008
16:11 GMT

Star Wars Galaxy Is Five Years Old

Star Wars Galaxies is getting old. Which, in the MMO world, is good news, as it proves that the game has stood the test of time and still enjoys a dedicated following. LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment, the developer and the publisher of the game, are planning quite a few events to mark the anniversary.On July ...

4 July 2008
16:06 GMT

New Knights of the Old Republic Game In the Making?

As we already know, LucasArts announced that an important number of employees have been let go around June 5, including one of the vice presidents and possibly the game director for LEGO Indiana Jones. By the looks of it, the former employees are more than eager to talk about the future plans of the company - which k...

10 June 2008
19:11 GMT

LucasArts Downsizing, Shifting Teams

LucasArts is apparently laying off some of its staff, following the release of LEGO Indiana Jones, but well before the release of games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Fracture. One of the high profile departures is that of Peter Hirschmann, who was vice president of product development. No replacement has be...

9 June 2008
09:05 GMT

Change the World in Fracture

Fracture, coming from publisher LucasArts, is getting its website and community portal, and LucasArts is talking a bit about the sci-fi shooter that Day 1 Studio is developing. The year is 2161 and climate change is not a distant prospect anymore, but rather a grim reality. Its most catastrophic (and dare I say, unli...

2 June 2008
09:28 GMT

LucasArts Might Revive Adventure Games

Many people keep saying that the classic point and click adventure genre is dead. They are completely wrong, since impressive numbers of adventure games hit the store shelves yearly and every now and then great titles emerge (Jack Keane or The Experiment just to name a few of the most recent). However, since most of ...

2 June 2008
04:33 GMT

BioWare Might Do Star Wars, After All

History seems right. BioWare has created the two role playing games that managed to capture the atmosphere of Star Wars better than any game out there, the Knights of the Old Republic series. Only The Force Unleashed seems like a serious contender to take that crown away. And BioWare also signed a new licensing deal ...

28 May 2008
18:06 GMT

id Software Leaves the Entertainment Software Association

id Software is announcing that it is not renewing membership with the ESA, and the video gaming industry association is confirming the move. The company that developed such iconic videogames as Doom and Quake has not offered a statement that provides rationales for its decision, while the ESA has said that no officia...

26 May 2008
10:19 GMT

Electronic Arts Is Backing the Entertainment Software Association

The Entertainment Software Association, the trade body that reunites major game publishers in the United States with the purpose of representing them and their interest, has been dealt a few pretty major blows lately. First Activision and Vivendi Games, which will soon merge to create the single largest game publishi...

21 May 2008
18:06 GMT

LucasArts Leaves the Entertainment Software Association

LucasArts, the publisher and game developer branch of the extensive George Lucas entertainment empire, has apparently opted out of its membership with the Entertainment Software Association. Rich Taylor, vice president of communications at the ESA, stated that "we can confirm that one of our members, LucasArts, has d...

19 May 2008
14:16 GMT

Four-Player Co-op for LEGO Indiana Jones

LucasArts declares that it plans to launch LEGO Indiana Jones on all platforms on June 3rd, 2008 in the USA. Following the success of LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy, LucasArts wants players to experience the adventures of the 3 Indiana Jones movies all rolled into one big game.The atmosphere ...

20 February 2008
13:06 GMT

Darth Vader, Playable Character in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

We already told you that all the really next-gen technologies that are going to be used are nothing but magic and the whole game looks better than the hottest chick in the world, naked on the Blue Lagoon, sipping a cocktail. LucasArts knows that, but it seems that the developers want much more from the game that head...

7 February 2008
06:50 GMT

New Star Wars Technology Revealed

LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the game that will be released this summer, is already a highly anticipated title by all the Jedi wannabes in the world. But the developers don't want this game to be just "another Star Wars" game - they want it to be unique and bring a fresh look for the genre lov...

28 January 2008
05:48 GMT

New Info About a Great Adventure - So Blonde

Since the Sierra and LucasArts era, the classic point and click adventure games kind of lost their flavor and their sense of humor. And probably I am not the only one who feels the need to play some new adventure games as funny and challenging as the "old" ones. So Blonde is a title that promises to be able to bring ...

17 January 2008
03:59 GMT

LucasArts Brings Some Force over to BioWare

Just last month, Electronic Arts was announcing to have signed with Elevation Partners to get their mitts on VG Holding Corp, owners of both BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. Yesterday, LucasArts and BioWare Corp. have announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an "interactive entertainment produc...

31 October 2007
04:06 GMT

LucasArts Confirms Star Wars: Empire at War the Gold Pack - $29.99

If you're a fan of the Star Wars franchise (the video game that is), then you'll be awfully pleased to know that LucasArts has just gone public announcing that Star Wars: Empire at War has been bundled with its expansion pack, Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, in the Star Wars: Empire at War Go...

17 September 2007
05:58 GMT

Wii Lightsaber in the Next Star Wars Game

Just the other day, the man in charge at LucasArts mentioned that there might be a new Star Wars game coming, bringing some neat content for those Wii fans. It seems that they'll be able to use the Wiimote like a virtual lightsaber turning the likes of Darth Vader into ash with a single swing of the white thing...

1 June 2007
18:56 GMT

How to Blow Up Second Life

Virtual world pioneer Randy Farmer, creator of the '80s LucasArts virtual world, along with (Chip Morningstar), made this entry on their Habitat Chronicles blog, telling the story on how he blew up Second Life while it was still in its early Beta stages. The post is entitled: "Second Life History: The Jessie Mas...

28 May 2007
04:18 GMT

PS3, Xbox 360 - Reshape the Earth with Fracture

Reshape the battlefields in a futuristic epic war of global implications as LucasArts and development partner Day 1 Studios have just announced Fracture for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The war will be fought on American soil, pitting cybernetically enhanced soldiers against warriors genetically engineered themselves.Fractu...

3 May 2007
06:44 GMT




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