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This year at E3, two of the hottest titles on show will be Star Wars-based. A Kinect game that finally marries motion controllers with Jedi skills and lightsaber battles, and the MMO The Old Republic. However neither of them are developed or published by the ‘house of Star Wars’ itself …
Read More »LucasArts eyes return to form
LucasArts boss Paul Meegan has told MCV he feels people look at the firm ‘and wonder why it hasn’t done better’. In his first interview since becoming president of the firm a year ago, Meegan says he wants to reverse that perception with a focus on decent Star Wars games. …
Read More »EA pumping $80m in SWTOR?
The total amount of money EA has so far ploughed into BioWare’s still delayed Star Wars: The Old Republic could be near to $100m, according to estimates from a leading US analyst. As part of EA’s deal with rights holder LucasArts, as well as paying a loyalty EA has to …
Read More »LucasArts signs major Unreal Engine deal
New outlook for the Force Unleashed company after internal tech work
Read More »Ex-EA and LucasArts staff form new studio
November Software to develop 3D social games for web and mobile platforms
Read More »Disney design director ‘quits for LucasArts’
Star Wars company hires experienced industry exec, reports claim, following turbulent year
Read More »LEGO Star Wars III delayed
LucasArts has delayed the release of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, according to GamersHell. The game had originally been scheduled for release on February 18th, but will now hit UK shelves on March 25th. No reason has been given for the delay, though Eurogamer speculates that it could …
Read More »New layoffs at LucasArts
Up to fifty workers hit by cuts, sources claim
Read More »Layoffs at LucasArts and Budcat
It was by all accounts a Black Tuesday for games development yesterday as job cuts were confirmed at two studios and one of the industry’s most respected developers faced up to a very uncertain future. Though the numbers are yet to be reported, LucasArts has confirmed a minor adjustment in …
Read More »EA assumes greater Old Republic control
Publisher EA has announced that it has updated the terms of its global publishing agreement with LucasArts that will see it assume extra responsibilities toward the title. The company will now handle additional publishing, marketing and distribution responsibilities that LucasArts was previously handling. It claims the move has been made …
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