By Jeff at 6:38pm on July 17th, 2009 | Comment
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]
By Jeff at 6:34pm on July 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
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. Read more »
By Jeff at 5:03pm on July 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
LucasArts 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]
By leXX at 1:34am on July 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Having played only a few adventure games in my life, I wondered what all the fuss about the LucasArts adventure games was. Being a member of LucasForums, you constantly read how the Monkey Island games are not to be missed, and they appear in many a top ten list of games. When I heard The Secret of Monkey Island was being released as a special edition, I was glad, not only because I thought it would be great for the long time fans of the series, but because now I would finally play it. Read more »
By Jeff at 6:05pm on July 13th, 2009 | Comment
If 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.
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: Read more »
By GonkH8er at 5:15pm on July 10th, 2009 | Comment
Another suggestive message via the @LucasArts twitter feed today, implying that we’ll see The Secret of Monkey Island : Special Edition as an iPhone release shortly.
“@lucasartsgames – For our Monkey fans – an iPhone sized wallpaper. No reason. Wink wink nod nod.”
The lovely LucasArts rep who has been updating the twitter feed has also been giving out codes for free steam games, so keep your eyes on that! You have to be quick though. Someone generally works out the missing letter within 2 minutes!
By GonkH8er at 3:45pm on July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
As promised 2 days ago via the @lucasartsgames twitter feed, the first 10 of the LucasArts “Classics” collection has been released on Steam, ranging from old-school adventure games such as Loom, through to newer releases like Star Wars: Battlefront 2.
The games are very reasonably priced, ranging from $4.99 to $19.99, so if you never had a chance to play some of the original LucasArts adventure games or even the newer releases that slipped you by, this is your chance.
Here’s an excerpt from the press release which surfaced earlier this week. Read more »
By Jeff at 2:28pm on July 7th, 2009 | Comment
Our 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!
By Jeff at 12:01am on July 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments
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. Read more »
