Disney Closes Game Publisher LucasArts

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The official statement from Disney (which recently acquired LucasFilm and LucasArts) reads as follows:


"After evaluating our position in the games market, we've decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company's risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result of this change, we've had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles."

To some the news is not a surprise, as LucasArts had seemed directionless in recent years. The company's core business of games based on the Star Wars license have been largely disappointing in both quality and sales. While the company had some success with games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the Battlefront series, both of those franchises seemed to have died on the vine. The cancellation of Star Wars Battlefront III was particularly ugly, which led to nasty public finger pointing between LucasArts and the developer Free Radical. BioWare developed the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic (which was co-published with EA) had strong reviews but failed to maintain subscribers, and was eventually forced into instituting a free-to-play business model.

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PGA I hopw that they continue the Star wars series.


I don't think they are.

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WW3
C00KIEZZZ Why did they close it the star wars games were so good!


i hated them


I didn't hate them but they were pretty bad.

TywinPosted:

WW3
C00KIEZZZ Why did they close it the star wars games were so good!


i hated them


You're not the only person in the world to play the games.

OT: This was a very short lived company that they had.
I wonder how much money they put into it.

AutopilotPosted:

C00KIEZZZ Why did they close it the star wars games were so good!


i hated them

IlIuminatiPosted:

-Cristiano
PGA I hopw that they continue the Star wars series.


Star Wars vii return of yodas sole ;)




-Cristiano
PGA I hopw that they continue the Star wars series.


Star Wars vii return of yodas sole ;)


Some of them were really bad though

PGAPosted:

I hopw that they continue the Star wars series.

EulerPosted:

I hope they make more star wars games, of similar, or better, quality.. I loved the star wars games!

FinancialChadPosted:

C00KIEZZZ Why did they close it the star wars games were so good!


All production after that was very bad however.

C00KIEZZZPosted:

Why did they close it the star wars games were so good!

SnugPosted:

-Diffusers wait so theres not gunna be no more star wars force unleashed games?


by the looks of it know which is a big shame