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Ron Gilbert’s new adventure, Thimbleweed Park, aims to recapture the charm of old school point and click adventures using ‘improv game design’.
Read More »CastAR appoints former LucasArts boss as CEO
Darrell Rodriguez heads up augmented reality firm, Disney’s Steve Parkis joins as COO
Read More »LucasArts, Eidos and Secret Level artist Clarence Johnson passes away
Colleagues and friends remember former Star Wars: Starfighter, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct and Ghostbusters: The Video Game developer as ‘the guy you wanted to have around’
Read More »Double Fine and Telltale audio expert Jory Prum passes away
Man behind Broken Age and The Walking Dead sounds involved in motorcycle accident
Read More »ILM unveils Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine VR experiment
Let’s face it – if anything is going to sell virtual reality, it’s the chance to prance about with a lightsabre. Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts have apparently inadvertently unveiled an experimental VR title called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine. A trailer briefly appeared on the ILM website before …
Read More »Cancelled Star Wars game saw the sons of Skywalker and Solo face off
It has been revealed that a planned original Star Wars trilogy sequel game would have featured a storyline not entirely dissimilar to that seen in Episode VII: The Force Awakens. A few years ago a book examining the history of LucasArts lifted the lid on a number of logos for …
Read More »Star Wars 1313 could yet see the light of day
Disney has suggested that it could yet greenlight cancelled title Star Wars 1313 for development. Speaking to SlashFilm, LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy was discussing the pile of materials it has relating to canned Star Wars TV series Star Wars: Underworld. Asked if it had all been binned, she replied: No. …
Read More »LucasArts vet Blackman to lead new 2K studio Hangar 13
2K Games has opened a new AAA-focused studio based out of California, to be led by former Lucas Arts director and producer Haden Blackman. Dubbed Hangar 13, the new extension of 2K will look to create the most memorable triple-A experiences of this generation” – according to 2K president Christoph …
Read More »Reactive Studios hires Telltale, LucasArts veteran
Dave Grossman will take up the role of chief creative officer at mobile studio
Read More »LucasArts re-releases confirmed for GOG.com, including Star Wars: X-Wing and Tie Fighter
Classic space sims Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: Tie Fighter are among many new LucasArts classics confirmed for a re-release on GOG.com. Both will be released in Special Edition form (complete with increased resolutions) and both are designed to work with modern Windows PCs. No more DOS prompts! It’s …
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