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LucasArts: STFU to PC Players

By Jeff at 6:52pm on July 24th, 2009 | Comment

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed that is. It appears LucasArts’ world exclusive announcement was the confirmation of DLC for The Force Unleashed, as well as announcing the “Sith Edition” of the game to be released on PC, and Mac, as well as Xbox 360 and PS3. This is good news for PC players, who have been begging for this game ever since it was at the time confirmed to not be coming to PC. I am not sure I’d classify it as a world exclusive announcement though. The Sith Edition also includes a new level based on Hoth which will include familiar faces.

Force Unleashed for PC Announced – For Real! [ForceUnleashed.net via @lucasartsgames Twitter]

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Network Roundup

By Jeff at 11:01am on July 24th, 2009 | Comment

Lots of adventure news this past week, and sounds like we can expect some Star Wars news later today. Here are the past week’s stories:

3rd Official Video Documentary – New gameplay!
More Force Unleashed DLC On The Way
Hunt for treasure!
Tales of Monkey Island contest begins; Internet tries to act funny
Podcast heaven!
Make Announcement at Comic-Con, They Will
LucasCast: Episode 10
SoMI has built a head of Steam
Monkey Island: SE on your iPhone
Dress up as a (virtual) pirate

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Monkey Island Special Edition Confirmed for iPhone [Update]

By Jeff at 10:29pm on July 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

monkey-iphone Update: The game has been confirmed by LucasArts and added to the app store. Go check it out for yourself!

After much speculation and hint-dropping by LucasArts about bringing Monkey Island to iPhone, confirmation has been found in the form of a Google advertisement that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be brought to the iPhone App Store. Apple policy prevents developers from announcing titles until they are released, and no official LucasArts announcement has been made, but this is as close to confirmation as you can get, especially after LucasArts president Darrel Rodriguez as well as the official LucasArts twitter feed gave us the old “wink wink nod nod” on whether we’d see an iPhone release. From checking the App Store on my iPod Touch, the game does not appear to have been added yet, but I think we can expect an announcement from LucasArts as soon as tomorrow or perhaps later this week at Comic-Con.

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New SW:TOR Vid Doc Brings Gameplay Footage

By Jeff at 6:38pm on July 17th, 2009 | Comment

gp1 A new video documentary has been released at the official Star Wars: The Old Republic site, showing off the gameplay footage shown behind closed doors at E3. This includes fully voiced dialog scenes as well as some Jedi vs. Sith combat. Check out the full video at our partner site StarWarsMMO.net.

The Voice of the Old Republic [SWTOR.com via StarWarsMMO.net]

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More TFU DLC To Be Unleashed?

By Jeff at 6:34pm on July 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Is there more downloadable content for The Force Unleashed on the horizon? 120 points worth of achievements have been added to the game today without any kind of announcement thus far. (more…)

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Announcements Forthcoming At Comic-Con

By Jeff at 5:03pm on July 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment

2LucasArts are hyping up their appearance at this year’s Comic-Con, saying they will be making “several world exclusive announcements” next Friday. The announcements will be made during the Star Wars Spectacular keynote. So expect a new Star Wars game to be announced!

LucasArts will also be showing off some of their upcoming games, including Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will feature a “making of” panel at the show. You may or may not be able to expect coverage from the show on this site.

LucasArts Touts “World Exclusive Announcements” At Comic-Con [Kotaku]

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Monkey Island Hits XBLA and Steam This Wednesday

By Jeff at 6:05pm on July 13th, 2009 | Comment

Never pay more than 1600MS points for a computer gameIf you hadn’t heard already, now you know. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is due to be released on Xbox Live Arcade as well as Steam this Wednesday. The game will be 800MS points on XBLA and $10 on Steam. So all you readers have no excuse not to purchase it! Remember, if this one sells well, there may be more on the way.

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Network Roundup

By Jeff at 6:16pm on July 10th, 2009 | Comment

Here is a feature I hope to do on a weekly basis. To make LucasNews the central hub for the LFNetwork, I’ll be posting up all the news from our network sites so you can keep up with anything we might not post. Here is what you may have missed from the past week: (more…)

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Mixnmojo Reviews Tales of Monkey Island

By Jeff at 2:28pm on July 7th, 2009 | Comment

tales-of-monkey-island-guybrush-590x332Our friends at Mixnmojo have also gotten their review up for Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1. They loved the game just as much as we did (or maybe more) and give a great overview of the positives and negatives. Head over to Mixnmojo to check it out!

Update: Also make sure to check out TalesofMI.net’s review!

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Tales Of Monkey Island: Launch Of The Screaming Narwhal Review

By Jeff at 12:01am on July 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments

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Tales of Monkey Island is the revival of a series that has been dormant for almost 10 years. And a worthy successor it is. The pairing of LucasArts and Telltale is one from heaven and it seems LucasArts has finally learned to give fans what they want.

The game is set after the nonexistent Monkey Island 5. Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal takes off with Guybrush seemingly coming to the close of an adventure, about to defeat LeChuck and take back Elaine. But in typical Guybrush fashion, something goes wrong which sends him on a completely new adventure: to rescue Elaine and stop LeChuck. Wait, hasn’t he done this one before? Well in this case you can’t have too much of a good thing. After the prologue, Guybrush washes up on Flotsam island to find himself with no way off. Thus starts our epic tale of piratey goodness. (more…)

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