Lucasarts is dead long live Lucasarts

yes Lucasarts is dead as we know it staff where informed this morning  of the news but it come as no surprise as disney had put on hold 1313 and first assault Disney will still use the Lucasarts name to license games so it could not be the end of 1313 and first assault but it could all so mean that other developers can now potentially pitch new star wars games.

they also issued this statement

“After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games," 

its a shame to see such an iconic studio go but all good things must come to an end but that will all ways be remembered for there amazing point and click games like the monkey island games and grim fandango.

but when you think about it it was bound to happen the most successful star wars games of the past years have been the kotor games and the battlefront and that where not made by the studio LucasArts last title to see any sort of success was  Star Wars The Force Unleashed. The sequel didn't live up to expectations. The last game published by LucasArts was Kinect Star Wars and the less about that the better.

it is a shame as 1313 looked very promising and i hope another studio takes over it as it sounds close to completion as well.