Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO officially unveiled
Following months of whispers and speculation, LucasArts has finally announced that BioWare is hard at work on a Windows PC-exclusive, massively multiplayer online sequel to its beloved Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing series.
Star Wars: The Old Republic will, according to a press release issued yesterday (October 21, 2008), once again takes place thousands (3500 to be precise) of years before the events of the popular movie trilogy but 300 years after the events of the original Knights of the Old Republic.
Players will able to choose from…
New DLC coming to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Still making you way through Star Wars: The Force Unleashed? Or have you thrust it aside in favor of something shiny and new? Well, LucasArts has revealed some sweet-sounding downloadable content for their force-powered action title, including a new level and new characters to pummel bad guys with.
1Up is reporting that the new stage will take place at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and was one of about eight stages cut from the game. The level will reportedly be a place where “The Apprentice” will go to learn more about his father, and will be somewhere between the Raxis Prime and Cloud City levels in size. New characters include old trilogy favorites and newer characters alike, including Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ki-Adi-Mund, and Kit Fisto.
Gamertell Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for DS
Title: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Price: $34.99
System(s): DS (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP)
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher (Developer): LucasArts
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for fantasy violence.
Pros: Unique touchscreen control scheme, decent graphics and the usual amazing Star Wars score and settings. Two multiplayer modes.
Cons: Locked camera and direction control issues.
Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 84/100; B; * * * out of five.
LucasArts decided to conquer the task of creating a Nintendo DS version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by not creating a simple port but, instead, a slightly different take utilizing the Nintendo DS’s unique touchscreen, using he same core story and adding some missions, a few new opponents and a multiplayer mode. The result is a decent game with an interesting controls scheme although it is not nearly as engrossing or addictively enjoyable as the big brother version
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Gamertell Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the PS3
Title: Star Wars: Force Unleashed
Price: $59.99
System(s): PS3 (PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS)
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher (Developer): LucasArts (Havok)
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for violence.
Pros: Enjoyable gameplay, fun-to-use Force effects, worthy opponents and beautiful environments.
Cons: Some (albeit it short) menu load times and occasional frame rate drag.
Overall Score: Two thumbs up; 96/100; A; * * * * 1/2 out of five.
Simply put, this is the lightsaber-wielding, lightning-from-the-fingertips game fans have been itching for. It’s fun to play, fun to look at and packed full with signature Star Wars goodness.
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Upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars games to be Wii, DS exclusives
LucasArts recently announced two Star Wars: The Clone Wars titles that will be exclusively available for the Nintendo Wii and DS this holiday season just in time for the upcoming CG-animated feature, brand-new movie and weekly television series.
LucasArts and Krome Studios plans to immerse players into the world of Clone Wars with familiar characters from the animated series mixed with 3D CGI technology to create a whole new interactive world.
The first game to be released…
Gamertell Review: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for DS
Title: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Price: $29.99
System(s): DS (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation2, PC, Wii, PSP)
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Publisher (Developer): LucasArts (TT Games)
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for carton violence.
Pros: Good sense of humor, decent action, fairly easy to pick up and play, cute graphics and fun-to-play characters. Nice unlockables including touchscreen minigames.
Cons: Jumping can be a bit inaccurate and camera is sometimes wonky or puts playable character out of view.
Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 87/100; B+; * * * 1/2 out of 5
There’s plenty of hidden stuff and lots of unlockables, both feeding the addictive nature of completionist gamers and giving everyone else a reason to go back and replay levels as incongruous characters. It’s silly, it’s fun and it’s not going to be banned by anyone. Get it, play it and share it with your family and friends.
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Dear LucasArts: Please release a DS version of Maniac Mansion
Dear LucasArts,
I’m writing to you as a fan of your classic adventure games. I feel your recent games are getting a bit repetitive. How many Star Wars games does one need to own?
Which brings me to my point: There should, nay, there must be a re-release of Maniac Mansion.
Maniac Mansion was a brilliant adventure game that was…
More Lucasarts alums join Telltale Games
Telltale Games, a haven for former Lucasarts talents, has just acquired two more with the hiring of longtime Lucasarts alums Mike Stemmle, Justin Chin and Brett Totsi.
For those following Sam & Max‘s history these past few years, Stemmle’s name should be more than just slightly familiar. He directed Sam & Max Hit the Road the 1993 adventure game which started most people’s infatuation for the dog and rabbity thing duo, as well as the ill-fated sequel, Sam & Max: Freelance Police, which was…
EA, Lucasarts deny new KOTOR game in the works.
Back on Wednesday (February 13, 2008), Shacknews put up an Electronic Arts analyst report, revealing that Bioware could be making a new installment of the popular Knights of the Old Republic RPG series.
According to a report by Eurogamer on Friday (February 22, 2008), though, it looks like we were all merely getting our hopes up. Apparently, the…
Jim Ward leaves Lucasarts
On Friday (February 1, 2008) it was made official that Jim Ward, the president of Lucasarts, would be leaving the company over what he claimed were “personal reasons.“ Margaret Grohne, PR director of Lucasarts, told Kotaku that he never alluded to exactly what he meant by that.
Instead, he left a congratulatory statement with the site about the work Lucasarts did during his tenure…
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