LucasArts President Paul Meegan has apparently responded to Haden Blackman’s departure by hiring Clint Hocking, a former designer for Ubisoft. IGN once again has the scoop and reports Mr. Hocking will work on an unannounced project.
LucasArts Hires New Designer
By Char Ell at 8:26pm on August 6th, 2010 | Comment
Haden Blackman Leaves LucasArts
By Char Ell at 9:06pm on July 30th, 2010 | Comment
As reported by IGN, writer and producer Haden Blackman has resigned his position at LucasArts. Most recently known for his work on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its upcoming sequel, Mr. Blackman’s time at LucasArts was spent working solely on the Star Wars franchise and will also likely be remembered for his work as a producer on the Star Wars Galaxies MMORPG. According to the IGN report, Mr. Blackman worked at LucasArts for 13 years and IMDB credits him with working on games as far back as 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In a statement provided to IGN, the Steward of the Secret Apprentice is quoted as saying, “While the decision to leave LucasArts did not happen overnight or come easily, I really feel that now is the best time for me to move on and explore new creative challenges and I look forward to the next phase of my career.” It remains to be seen how recently named LucasArts President Paul Meegan will react to the veteran Mr. Blackman’s departure.
Yet Another LucasArts President Departs
By Char Ell at 9:38pm on May 7th, 2010 | Comment
Kotaku brings word that LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez has resigned after 25 months on the job. Mr. Rodriguez’s tenure will likely be remembered for the return of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventure games, both old (Monkey Island) and new (Lucidity), the commercial if not critical success of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and the release of several of the publisher’s back catalog of PC games on Steam. Some may also recall that the PS 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings as well as the unannounced Star Wars Battlefront 3 were canceled during his time at the LucasArts’ helm. Kotaku also mentions that Lucasfilm board member Jerry Bowerman will handle day-to-day management of LucasArts until a replacement for Mr. Rodriguez is found.
Review: Star Wars Trench Run for iPhone
By Brett Squires at 7:37pm on April 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment
Star Wars Trench Run provides players with the opportunity to experience the excitement of one of the signature scenes from Star Wars Episode IV on their iPhone. The game begins with a short video clip from Star Wars Episode IV of Luke Skywalker and other X-Wing pilots preparing for the trench run to destroy the Death Star. Additional video and audio clips from Star Wars Episode IV are spread throughout the game and the classical musical soundtrack and sound effects are also borrowed from Star Wars Episode IV. Read more »
Combat in The Old Republic
By Jeff at 8:25pm on April 22nd, 2010 | Comment
Gametrailers has landed a temporarily exclusive video documentary which takes a look at combat in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Check it out below:
Read more at StarWarsMMO.net.
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition Announced
By Jeff at 4:15pm on April 8th, 2010 | Comment
LucasArts announced at GDC that Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge is official, and coming to PC, Mac, XBLA, and PSN. Like The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, the reimagined version of MI2 will contain all new visuals and voice work, plus some features that were not present in the first special edition but fans have since requested, such as the ability to use voiceover with the original version of the game. Read more at MixnMojo!
The Force Unleashed Patched for PC
By Jeff at 3:00pm on March 20th, 2010 | Comment
The second patch for the PC version of The Force Unleashed has been released. This is mostly a general performance increase patch with a few other updates. You can download the patch from LucasFiles.
Read more at ForceUnleashed.net.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 Coming in 2010
By Jeff at 8:52pm on December 12th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Tonight at the Spike Video Game Awards, the worldwide premier trailer was shown for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, presented by Samuel L. Jackson. The trailer showed Starkiller wielding two blue lightsabers facing off against a giant beast in a sort of stadium with voice over from Yoda and Darth Vader. The trailer will be released to the web on December 14th, when you can expect to see it here on the site. The first Force Unleashed received very mixed reviews. What are your thoughts on a sequel?
If you’ve never played Secret of Monkey Island…
By Jeff at 12:16pm on November 30th, 2009 | Comment
You now have no excuse not to. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is $2.49 on Steam, today only. $2.49! That is chump change. Especially for one of the greatest adventure games of all time. Buy it.
P.S. Hopefully this is the last post about deals for a while.
The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition on Steam [Steam Store]
