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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 …
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Almost a year ago, LucasArts appointed former EA LA man Darrell Rodriguez as president. Yet since taking the role pverseeing the studioâ??s creative teams he has not given an interview â?? until now. As E3 starts, he spoke to Develop about LucasArtsâ?? new strategy around IP new and oldâ?¦
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