Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313 will never see the light of day. And no one will resume development, contrary to what Disney seems to claim to try to save the furniture.
That's about all I take away from Disney's announcement that the studio is shutting down. LucasArts.
It didn't take long for Disney to remind us that we are not joking with an investment of more than $ 4 billion by separating from the Lucasfilms subsidiary dedicated to the development of video games, the results of which have no doubt been judged. insufficient and 150 employees.
The LucasArts label will survive and future Star Wars licensed games will be developed by other studios.
Let's be realistic, the era of critical and popular successes like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, or Grim Fandango (which, by the way, weren't Star Wars games...) is over. And most of those who are saddened by this announcement today are doing so out of nostalgia. That's also true for me, but I struggle to avoid automatically falling into the "things were better before " trap whenever the topic of Disney/Lucasfilm/Star Wars comes up.
I have a feeling that it is better to look to the future and keep an open mind enough not to live the next 5 or 10 years in a state of permanent disappointment due to nostalgia and conservatism.
More information at GameInformer with two interesting articles:
