Tag Archives: Video games

Lucasarts Shuttered, Employees Laid Off

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Brian

Kotaku is reporting that Disney has officially shut down Lucasarts and laid off all employees. Given the lingering hard feelings over Lucasfilm Animation and the cancellation of The Clone Wars, it’s easy to get upset at Disney. I would caution against … Continue reading →

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Video Game Flashback: X-Wing’s Impossible Mission

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Brian

There was a point in time where I played a lot of video games. I mean, growing up in the Seattle area, you had one of two options after school. Deal with the relentless rain (and this was before Gore … Continue reading →

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‘Star Wars: First Assault’ Gets Trademarked

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Brian

Well this is interesting. In addition to Star Wars: 1313, Lucasarts may have another title in the works in Star Wars: First Assault. Last week, Lucasfilm (the parent company of LucasArts) secretly registered several “Star Wars: First Assault” domain names … Continue reading →

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The Old Republic Goes Free-To-Play, Attempts Stem Falling Subscriber Numbers

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Brian

Earlier this year, The Old Republic went free-to-play until level fifteen. Yesterday, it was announced that the game would be modified further by offering a restricted free-to-play model to level 50 and an unrestricted subscription model. The dinstinction from BioWare’s … Continue reading →

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Mark Hamill, John Rhys-Davies, and Malcolm MacDowell Were in a Video Game no one Remembers

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Brian

Back in the 90s, there was a stupidly popular trend in video gaming: live-action, full-motion cutscenes. Often times developers would hastily put together a green-screen room, hire a bunch of actors from an area film school (or from the accounting … Continue reading →

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WoW on Sale

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Emily

From now until Monday, you can get the entirety of WoW (including expansions) for only $30. That’s right, the original WoW, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm for only $30. Is this yet another ploy on Blizzard’s … Continue reading →

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Knights of the Old Republic PC Bundle May Be Incoming

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Brian

According to G4, Lucasarts may be getting set to release a Knights of the Old Republic PC bundle containing both games. LucasArts appears to be getting ready to release a two-pack PC bundle for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, … Continue reading →

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