Disney shuts down LucasArts

http://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749

Probably the most influential studio of my childhood. Monkey Island, Tie Fighter, Xwing, Sam and Max, Kotor, the list goes on. Star Wars 1313 also looked really promising. Definitely a sad day.

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I knew I'd hate this buyout...

Ehh...classic Lucas Arts was awesome and will always hold a special place in my heart. That said, modern Lucas Arts hasn't really given us anything super awesome in the last 3 to 5 years. I think the last great game I saw from them was Star Wars: Republic Commando. Star Wars 1313 looked really interesting but I thought the same about Force unleashed until I played it.

Honestly I think this is a good thing. The Lucas Arts game franchises are now open to a wider group of skilled developers which hopefully means a wider variety of games in the future. I'd love to see how Rocksteady or High Moon Studios would handle Star Wars 1313.

As I just texted to a friend, they won't be missed. If you even have a fond memory of one of their games that is younger than a decade they likely outsourced development on it.

Republic Commando, as taggart mentioned, was good and was developed by them but that was 8 years ago.

I honestly didn't even know they were still around.