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I found out a few minutes ago that Disney, which now owns the Star Wars franchise, has given the ax to LucasArts, which makes most Star Wars games. They're best known for the Battlefront, Jedi Knight and Knights of the Old Republic series, all of which I love. About 150 game designers are out of work, and the promising-looking Star Wars 1313 game has been cancelled.
What the hell?
It's not exactly a secret that LucasArts hasn't been doing well these last few years, so I can understand if that's the reason Disney shut them down. Regardless of Disney's motive, it's sad to see this veteran game developer go. For how much of a mediocre job Lucasfilm did with the prequel trilogy, the games that LucasArts put out were usually pretty good. Disney has stated that they're restructuring the company and will likely let third-party developers make Star Wars games.
This isn't the end of Star Wars games, but I'm very skeptical that an out-of-house developer will be able to capture the essence of Star Wars as well as LucasArts did. Of course, Star Wars 1313, a gritty third-person shooter and the best-looking Star Wars game in a few years, has also been cancelled. I feel like that game was LucasArt's chance to regain profitability, but we'll never know now. Hopefully this series will jump back onto the saddle sometime soon, but until then, I'm a little depressed. Ug.
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