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Lucidity Micro-Review: Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep

14 Oct 2009 07:20:00 PDT

Written by matt cabral
Lucidity was developed by LucasArts and published by LucasArts for XBLA and PC on October 7th. Retails for 800 Microsoft points, or $10. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Completed Xbox 360 version of the game on normal difficulty.

Original story at Kotaku .

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Star Wars: The Old Republic now accepting beta signups

29 Sep 2009 10:15:56 PDT

Written by Karl B.
It's been almost a year since Bioware and LucasArts announced Star Wars: Th...

Original story at MMORPG blog .

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Enjoy some comic geekery with SWTOR's Threat of Peace update

26 Sep 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Written by Krystalle Voecks
With the convention craze of the summer - E3 into San Diego ComicCon and then PAX, the news for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been crazy hot and heavy. We've heard about new classes, seen new video and gameplay, and even landed some rumors that are continuing to pique interest. Meanwhile, th...

Original story at Massively .

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WRUP: Game like a pirate edition

19 Sep 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Written by Krystalle Voecks
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day ye scalawags! We couldn't resist marking the date for all the landlubbers out there, as any day involving booty and rum is right up there in our books. We'd also note that if you hurry up, you can pick up a copy of LucasArts & Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Islan...

Original story at Massively .

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MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively - PAX Edition

08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 PDT

Written by Shawn Schuster
PAX 2009 played host to the first North American public demo for Star Wars: The Old Republic and by the cheering and applause of a packed theater at Sunday's stage demo, we'd say it went exceedingly well. Luckily for us, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with LucasArts producer Jake...

Original story at WoW Insider . Related stories include: PAX 2009: Massively interviews BioWare and LucasArts on SWTOR - Massively , PAX 2009: Massively interviews BioWare and LucasArts on SWTOR part 2 - Massively

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Star Wars: The Old Republic being localized in French and German

18 Aug 2009 13:00:00 PDT

Written by James Egan
One of the unique aspects of Star Wars: The Old Republic is that it's being developed as a fully-voiced MMO through the efforts of hundreds of voice actors. According to BioWare, the script for SWTOR contains 40+ novels worth of content. This is impressive -- not to mention a bit frightening...

Original story at Massively .

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LucasArts news and blogs - November 06, 2009

06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit LucasArts news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Nintendo Updates Holiday Lineup, Reveals New Games -- by Michael McWhertor from Kotaku: Top
• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively - PAX Edition -- by Shawn Schuster from WoW.com
• PAX 2009: Massively interviews BioWare and LucasArts on SWTOR part 2 -- by Kyle Horner from Massively
• PAX 2009: Massively interviews BioWare and LucasArts on SWTOR -- by Kyle Horner from Massively
• Rumor: SOE to launch casual browser MMO for Clone Wars -- by James Egan from Massively
• Star Wars: The Old Republic to launch in October 2010? -- by Lesley Smith from Massively
• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively -- by Shawn Schuster from WoW.com
• George Lucas involved with The Old Republic -- by Kyle Horner from Massively
• Bankrupt Lair dev sued by employees - Report -- from GameSpot
• mocoNews - Industry Moves: Sega President Simon Jeffery Joins ngmoco -- from Washington Post

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MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

14 Jul 2009 09:00:00 PDT

Written by Shawn Schuster
This may not come as much of a surprise to Star Wars fans but according to BioWare's own Ray Muzyka, George Lucas is keeping an eye on Star Wars: The Old Republic. Of course, Lucas tends to keep an eye on generally everything LucasArts does, so this isn't so much a revelation as it is confirmati...

Original story at WoW Insider . Related stories include: MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively - PAX Edition - WoW.com , George Lucas involved with The Old Republic - Massively

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LucasArts explored porting 'games like Monkey Island' to iPod

17 Jun 2009 07:07:19 PDT

Florida Interesting stuff. Reliving classic LucasArts titles via an iPod isn't something we've considered. One thing is for sure, though: finding the hidden brick in Maniac Mansion would have been even more of a bummer on a smaller screen.

Original story at Destructoid .

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Game on! Here's a look at the best of E3

11 Jun 2009 17:06:19 PDT

Honorable mentions: EA Sports ' Fight Night Round 4, BioWare/LucasArts' Star Wars : The Old Republic, Microsoft Game Studios ' Forza Motorsport 3, MTV Games ' The Beatles' Rock Band, and BioWare 's Mass Effect 2.

Original story at USA Today .

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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

09 Jun 2009 09:29:16 PDT

Sorry to go off-topic but I really hope LucasArts decides to give classics adventure titles like Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle the same treatment. I also hope whoever owns the old Sierra On-line properties takes notice and puts ...

Original story at GamePro.com .

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Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Announced and Screens

28 May 2009 02:48:23 PDT

UK LucasArts has announced the development of Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, an expanded new take on the classic Star Wars Battlefront gameplay for PSP and DS. For the first time ever in the Star Wars Battlefront series, players will be able to ...

Original story at Gamers Hell . Related stories include: Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron for DS, PSP coming this Fall - Game Guru , Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Coming to DS, PSP - DailyGame and ... IGN , G4 TV , cio.de

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Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Review (Xbox 360)

26 May 2009 20:31:12 PDT

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Review (Xbox 360) We have developer Telltale Games to thank for that, a group of developers culled from the ranks of the old LucasArts adventure game-development house—folks ... and more »

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Games Time Forgot: Deja Vu

20 May 2009 13:05:47 PDT

Florida It's also believed that Deja Vu may have directly inspired LucasArts in creating Maniac Mansion.Ah, point and click days, how I miss you! Feeling intrigued, wondering if it's worth it to back in time and give this one a shot? Follow me past the jump, ...

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Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes announced

11 May 2009 19:59:50 PDT

The Clone Wars franchise has struck a chord with viewers and gamers around the world with its action-packed storyline and memorable heroes," said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. "With its Jedi and Clone Trooper gameplay and all-new ...

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Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Comes to the Rescue This ...

11 May 2009 10:50:23 PDT

CA Fans of the popular Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ TV series can continue the battle for galactic peace this September in an all-new videogame from LucasArts and Krome Studios. Based on the Cartoon Network series and collaborating directly with Lucasfilm ...

Original story at IGN . Related stories include: Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Announced and Screens ... - Gamers Hell , Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Announced - TeamXbox and ... Joystiq , NintendoDS Advanced , Softpedia , Play.tm , fr.truveo.com , gamekyo , theparanoidgamer (WordPress)

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Revealed

17 Jan 2009 01:47:20 PST

After years of secrecy, LucasArts opens the book on its ambitious second MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic. www.gamespot.com

Original story at GameSpot .

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Review: Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts, by Rob Smith

14 Dec 2008 00:25:25 PST

TN - Dec 14, 2008 Over the years, things would change at LucasArts, writes Rob Smith, current editor of PlayStation: The Official Magazine" and former editor of PC Gamer and ...

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Opinion: Star Wars: The Old Republic – What We Know So Far [News]

22 Oct 2008 07:00:00 PDT

Written by AJ Glasser
As for what will happen to it, no one seemed ready to say. Clearly, BioWare used it as a learning experience for crafting the KOTOR MMO – which means I might get to play a Sith Twi’lek stripper if I play my cards right. But I have to ask myself if LucasArts really needs (or wants) to run two Star Wars...

Original story at Kotaku .

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The Force Unleashed On Everything Mobile [Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]

29 Sep 2008 10:40:00 PDT

Written by Mike Fahey
The release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed mobile game coincides with the worldwide debut of the LucasArts videogame which is now available on the Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo WiiT and Nintendo DST, PLAYSTATION®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 comput...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game Announced

02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Written by Brian Crecente
Champions of the Force [Star Wars Galaxies] In addition to the upcoming release of the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game, LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment are celebrating the fifth anniversary of Star Wars Galaxies with several in-game events.

Original story at Kotaku .

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Today in Joystiq: June 19, 2008

19 Jun 2008 16:59:00 PDT

Written by Ross Miller
GameTap Thursday: MDK, Cosmic Osmo and Descent II NCAA Football 2009 demo hits Xbox Live LucasArts confirms Star Wars: The Clone Wars games for DS, Wii LucasArts reconfirms E3 attendance, not announcing new titles PSN Thursday: The MGS4 Database, Fatal Inertia EX

Original story at Joystiq .

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Ten Years Ago: LucasArts' Monkey Island Duo

23 Nov 2007 17:00:14 PST

Written by simonc
The industry increasingly sees spin-off merchandising, cartoon series, and so on from the most popular and character-led games. So where's the Guybrush fluffy toy and animation series? Or did the Maniac Mansion TV series put LucasArts off that angle?

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: Playing point-and-click (LucasArts etc.) adventure classics under ScummVM

04 Jul 2007 01:06:40 PDT

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of Kyran...

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Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron PSP exclusive announced by LucasArts

11 May 2007 12:18:39 PDT

Written by supadupagama
In development exclusively for the PSP, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron continues the immensely successful Star Wars Battlefront series, which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide since its introduction in 2004.

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Ip Freely: LucasArts Reveals Fracture

02 May 2007 23:40:57 PDT

Exciting new intellectual properties serve a vital role to the growth of LucasArts," said Jim Ward, president of LucasArts. "Fracture represents the next step in this company initiative, complete with the intriguing story and compelling characters audiences expect of a LucasArts re...

Original story at Kotaku .

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