Disney has confirmed that LucasArts is no more and internal game development will cease within the company. 150 staff have lost their jobs and according to any number of sources, both Star Wars 1313 and First Assault have now been essentially cancelled. A Disney rep told told Game Informer that: “After evaluating our position in the...
Kotaku has published the very first in-game footage of Star Wars: First Assault, the digital multiplayer FPS in development at Lucas Arts that has not yet been announced. In fact, if Kotaku’s sources are anything to go by, the game may never actually see the light of day even though it is reportedly almost finished. Embedded below...
The mysterious Star Wars: First Assault appeared last August as a series of domains, registrations and XBLA files and now it has emerged that First Assault is a multiplayer downloadable shooter that was supposed to launch this Spring. However, it has since been blocked by a number of issues and may never see the light of day. Kotaku...
Free Radical Design has spilled some tantalising details surrounding the cancelled Battlefront III title. The details come courtesy of an interview with gamesTM magazine, via nowgamer. In the interview, Free Radical’s co-founder Steve Ellis spoke about the “dark period” surrounding the development of Haze, and that,...
LucasArts has registered trademarks and domain names for something called Star Wars: First Assault.
Stunning to say the least, the firm has labelled the trailer as “gameplay”. Back in January, LucasArts was…
Shown at E3, the demo is confirmed to be actual gameplay running on a high-end PC. Rumours spread quickly, once the footage…
The video, which has been confirmed as actual gameplay, looks worthy of “next-gen” — if such a term was to be used.
The game, developed with the help of LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. and Skywalker…
Gameplay footage has emerged which shows off the ill-fated development of Battlefront 3 by Free Radical. The video, uploaded to youtube, shows …
LucasArts are now officially hiring for “emerging platforms”, aka, next-gen. Posting the listing on gamasutra, the listing asks for a graphics engineer with “required experience with current…
Microsoft have announced that Xbox Live members can save up to 50% on selected pirate themed gear if they head on over to marketplace. What’s
Lucasarts are going to drop a Force Unleashed II demo on PSN and XBLA next week.
The demo will arrive October 12th. That’s next Tuesday. Imaginary light sabers at the ready.
IGN are reporting that the PSP version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II has been cancelled. The word comes from a LucasArts rep speaking to the site. No reason was given as to why the game has been cancelled. The game will still ship for PS3, 360, PC, Wii, iPhone and DS on October 26th as originally announced.
Sorry PSP fans, LucasArts wont be bringing the Force to your handheld later this year. Bummer.
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