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Electronic Arts obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars games

Craig Lloyd — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:50:07 +0000

In a piece of news that informs on the future of Star Wars video games after Disney shut down LucasArts last month, Disney and Electronic Arts have signed a multi-year agreement that will see the game publisher obtain exclusive rights to the Star Wars video game franchise, allowing them to make Star Wars video games

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Raven Software releases source code for Jedi Academy and Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:38 +0000

When we learned that Disney was purchasing the Star Wars Empire from George Lucas, it was rather bittersweet. Lucas hasn’t had the best track record with adding new films to the Star Wars franchise. We knew that new films will be coming in the Star Wars universe from Disney, but most fans we feared that

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LucasArts shut down by Disney

Chris Burns — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:39:44 +0000

The Star Wars video game company LucasArts has been closed down and is in the process of being broken apart by Disney. As Disney owns LucasFilm and the rights to all media therein, the video game subsidiary LucasArts is (or was) part of what they purchased. With this breakup of the company, Disney will be

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Star Wars films 2-3 times a year starting in 2015

Chris Burns — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:42:29 +0000

This week the upcoming president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, has made it clear to employess that she intended them to release 2-3 Star Wars films a year starting in 2015 with Episode VII. After the announcement was made by George Lucas himself that Lucasfilm and the rights to the Star Wars industry had been sold

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Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play option available now

Brittany Hillen — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:51:04 +0000

Electronic Arts and LucasArts have announced the launch of Free-to-Play for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The option gives gamers access to the complete storylines for all eight classes up to level 50, as well as a host of other features. Free-to-play complements the already-available subscription option, “providing players with maximum flexibility in how they

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Disney will focus on Star Wars mobile and social games

Craig Lloyd — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:05:28 +0000

Yesterday’s surprising acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. and LucasArts by the Walt Disney Company was huge news, but now that the dust has settled, it’s time to find out what the future holds for Disney, as well as the Star Wars franchise dealing with both movies and video games. One big aspect that Disney mentioned, is

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Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion

Craig Lloyd — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:58:49 +0000

In what may be considered as the acquisition of all acquisitions, the Walt Disney Company has bought Lucasfilm Ltd. for just over $4 billion. The production company is responsible for all six Star Wars movies, as well as the Indiana Jones series, The Land Before Time, and American Graffiti. The deal is a stock and

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Star Wars 1313 is LucasArts next big visual powerhouse

Chris Burns — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:49:06 +0000

This time around, it’s personal, Star Wars fans – with no less than input from LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Animation Ltd., and Skywalker Sound, “1313″ is set to be a video game of epic preportions. This game is set to be revealed next week in earnest at E3 while today LucasArts lets us

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