Gamertell

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:… Continue Reading »

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… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Star Wars: Force Unleashed PS3, Xbox 360 screen shots

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… Continue Reading »

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… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures - DS screenshots

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… Continue Reading »

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… Continue Reading »

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… Continue Reading »

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… Continue Reading »

Tim Shafer, the mastermind behind creative platformer Psychonauts and several classic LucasArts adventure titles, has been announced as a keynote speaker for this year’s GC developer’s conference (GCDC) in Leipzig, Germany. Shafer, the president of Double Fine Productions, will be speaking about creativity in games, a subject he’s arguably the… Continue Reading »

Last Friday (July 27, 2007) at ComiCon, LucasArts unveiled a new action adventure title based on the Indiana Jones franchise – Lego Indiana Jones. The classic Indy films will be getting the Lego block treatment that worked so well for Star Wars in this Travelers Tales developed title, due Summer… Continue Reading »