Tag archive: LucasArts

Earlier today, LucasArts and Bioware announced the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic on December 20, 2011 for North America and December 22, 2011 for all launch territories in Europe. BioWare co-founders Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka released this information at the 2011 Eurogamer Expo in London, England during a keynote address to many Star Wars fanatics. The game has been undergoing extensive beta testing from a small group of fans.… Read More

Can you feel that? The disturbance in the Force? It's like millions of voices that have been crying out in terror about the upcoming holiday season's video games were suddenly silenced. Too Forced? (heh) There's good news and bad news for Xbox 360-playing fans of Star Wars. The release of the upcoming Kinect Star Wars Kinect game has been pushed out into 2012, Microsoft has confirmed to OXM. Bad news for those who were looking… Read More

There's a new job posting up on the Lucasfilm careers website for a gameplay engineer position at LucasArts which mentions that “experience with open-world RPGs is a plus” and requires applicants to have at least one console title under their belts. It's far from confirmation of such a game being in development, and it could just the company filling in a role for Star Wars: The Old Republic, though the core of that… Read More

Eight years ago today, Star Wars Galaxies launched. The idea was to take this then-new(-ish) concept of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game apply it to George Lucas' much-loved, highly detailed galaxy far, far away. The game never managed to achieve World of Warcraft numbers — if it had, we'd probably be singing a different tune today — but it was embraced by fans not just for the Star Wars appeal but also… Read More

We're calling this a hands-on, but the defining feature of Kinect Star Wars is that your hands never touch a thing. The game is playable without any controller at all thanks to some creative design work by LucasArts and Microsoft Game Studios. While I was initially quite skeptical how a full 3D action game could be played without any controller, playing has made me more of a believer. Kinect Star Wars has the potential to be the first… Read More

The Force is weak in this– No, you know what? I had a ton of Star Wars puns that I planned to drop into this review, but it is just too depressing. There is simply no easy way to put it, and it pains me to say this, but Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is just not a good game. I love Star Wars, and I always will despite George Lucas’ best efforts to punish my wallet for being a fan, and yet I cannot get behind Lucasarts on The Force… Read More

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is due out in less than two weeks, and to be sure you are paying attention, LucasArts has released two very cool TV spots to get your attention. Even if you hate Star Wars, you have to admit that these trailers are pretty cool. The sequel to the best-selling game hits stores on October 26, just two weeks before Call of Duty: Black Ops is released, one week after Fallout: New Vegas arrives, and just a month… Read More

Even if the game ends up being terrible, you have to hand it to LucasArts — they know how to cut a trailer. Hopefully that won't be an issue, because what we have seen looks fairly awesome.  The newest look at the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II shows off a bit of gameplay mixed with the storyline, and if it can fix the minor flaws that plagued the first one, this could be the surprise hit of the year.  And yes, it might… Read More

The original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was a love letter to fans of the series, translated by a big company. The story was fantastic, better than the prequels, and dark enough to make Irvin Kershner proud. You play Darth Vader’s secret apprentice sent out to wipe the galaxy of the Jedi. Along the way you begin to develop as a person and you eventually rebel from Vader. Along the way you intertwine through the history of the Star Wars… Read More

Yesterday simply could not have slipped by without at least some Star Wars news, after all it was May the Fourth (be with you…get it?). Yesterday LucasArts celebrated the day by announcing that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II will be shipping on October 26th for all three consoles and the PSP. Details of the game are still under wraps, and little is known of the storyline, save what there is in the trailer, which features the main character… Read More

LucasArts and video game developer Day 1 Studios have announced a new high profile title for next generation systems including the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Fracture will combine "next-generation gameplay, an intriguing storyline and compelling characters" to create what may be another major hit for LucasArts. Fracture, as described in a press release, is set in "the year 2161, where ecological and seismological disasters… Read More

US publisher / developer LucasArts has confirmed that it has made 29 staff at its San Rafael offices in California redundant, bringing the head count at the company, which has cancelled several projects in recent months, under the 400 mark. Employees were apparently informed of the layoffs at a meeting at the end of last week, and a spokesperson for LucasArts told US website GameSpot that the cutbacks were designed to “bring… Read More