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Former president of LucasArts Jim Ward is running for US congress to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. As reported by Kotaku, Ward is running as a republican and is looking to unseat two-term Democrat Harry Mitchell. Ward last hit the headlines in February last year, when he quit LucasArts for …
Read More »Classic LucasArts titles lined up for Wii
A variety of retro LucasArts games will be heading to the Wii’s Virtual Console, starting with the Super Star Wars trilogy. Super Star Wars, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi will all be heading to the Nintendo download service for 800 …
Read More »Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition revealed
LucasArts has announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 this Christmas. The new SKU will feature the full version of the game and three new levels that explore alternate storylines of the original Star Wars trilogy: two from DLC and …
Read More »LucasArts dates Monkey Island
Devoted followers of LucasArts’ classic point-and-click series Monkey Island now have a new date to mark in their diaries – July 15th will see the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. The re-make of the 1990 title boasts updated hi-def graphics, a re-mastered …
Read More »LucasArts to relaunch dormant games on Steam
Ten old titles set to be available on Valveâ??s online platform
Read More »Lucas targets Clone Wars sales triumph
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes will hit shelves on September 18th, MCV can confirm. The new game follows last year’s Clone Wars titles for Wii and DS, but this time LucasArts is expecting big things, releasing the game across all platforms to appeal to the widest possible …
Read More »LucasArts and Telltale set to resurrect Monkey Island
E3'09: LucasArts working on a remastered original, Telltale to take the series forward with five new episodes
Read More »Rodriguez: Clone Wars is ‘a gigantic project’
Darrell Rodriguez, the president of LucasArts, has spoken to MCV’s sister publication Develop about the scale of the company’s plans for its Clone Wars brand. "It’s a phenominal brand and we are proud to be part of it," said Rodriguez. "It is a gigantic project for the entire Lucas family …
Read More »LucasArts president confirms classic IP revamp
Speaking exclusively with MCV’s sister publication Develop, LucasArts CEO Darrell Rodriguez has set forth the company’s new push for exploiting its back catalogue of IP – confirming the rumoured Monkey Island remake, now titled The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, along the way. We’ve put an IP pipeline in …
Read More »LucasArts: ‘Well-known IP can stand up in hard times’
E3 '09: Studio president Rodriguez says that now 'is better than ever' to relaunch old IP
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