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SxyxS on 03 April 2013

Disney is the new EA.




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DanneSandin on 03 April 2013

I knew it would turn out to be a bad thing that Disney bought Star Wars and everything that went with it...



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richardhutnik on 03 April 2013
_crazy_man_ said:
Doom

Doom for everyone

Well, at least some degree of contaction.  Jerry Bruckheimer also closed down his games studio also.  Apparently there is decreased interest to try to score big in the videogame business.



vic_viper on 03 April 2013

Good riddance. They made garbage games anyway. I love watching western studios implode or dissolved.



richardhutnik on 03 April 2013
bananaking21 said:
aprils fools much?

so they just bought the studio a few months ago to close it?

Disney bought Lucas Films, which owned the Lucas Arts games studio, to get the Star Wars IP under its fold, and everything else Lucas did.  They have now made the decision to not have Lucas Arts around as a brand for selling videogames under.



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Marucha on 03 April 2013

Maniac Mansion was a cool game, as well as lot of their old classics. Nothing they make recently though I am real interested in... My husband used to play the old CD-ROM games and still does. I think someone released a MOD to upscale one of the older games? He is a big fan of flight sims and Star Wars.



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hinch on 03 April 2013
DanneSandin said:
I knew it would turn out to be a bad thing that Disney bought Star Wars and everything that went with it...





Jaywood2010 on 03 April 2013
Ji99saw said:
JayWood2010 said:
Ji99saw said:
ECM said:
Ji99saw said:
This is why I hate Disney

Disney? Blame Lucasarts--and Lucas in general--having terrible management for, God, a decade now? They couldn't make up their minds what they were:

1. A factory for pumping out licensed games based on Lucas' propteries.

OR

2. A creator of fine, if not top-selling, non-licensed games.

OR

3. A little of both.

That identity crisis--and the resulting poor sales and bad product management--led to their closure, not Disney.


No I hate Disney because if they can't sell to kids they don't make it, and now they own one of the most popular Franchises on earth and are going to use it exclusivity to sell cheap crap to children.


I'd argue that Disney movies are fore everybody rather than just for kids, not to mention movies like Prince of Persia, Pirates of the Carribean, and John Carter.  Disney makes many adult movies and even Pixar movies are designed for both adults and kids to like because adults watch movies with there kids.

LucasArts hasn't made anything in a long time worth mentioning so this one is on them and no need to blame Disney for LucasArts mistakes.

How are these movies not geared towards kids with their  whimsical plots and characters, also side note John Carter Flopped hard don't count on seeing another one. Pixar is exclusively a children's movie studio I don't why you would bring that up. I'm not saying adults can't enjoy their films but they are definitely not made for them.




Id hardly say that was built for little kids




       

hivycox on 03 April 2013

WOW...I mean thats huge! but why??? Hoping thats really just a april fools joke...



bananaking21 on 03 April 2013
richardhutnik said:
bananaking21 said:
aprils fools much?

so they just bought the studio a few months ago to close it?

Disney bought Lucas Films, which owned the Lucas Arts games studio, to get the Star Wars IP under its fold, and everything else Lucas did.  They have now made the decision to not have Lucas Arts around as a brand for selling videogames under.


ohhh, that makes sense then. are the games confirmed to be cancelled or could they still be in development but will be released under another brand name?