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Hell Hath No Fury

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7. Holy shit -

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 03:17 PM

Apr 2013

I know a bunch of those people. Crap crap crap.

"After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games..."

Lemme guess: "licensing" = offshoring opportunities. 150 good paying Bay Area jobs just got flushed down the toilet.

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Disney shuts down Lucas Arts [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 OP

I see they're following the EA model: Fire the studio, whore the brand they built! Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #1

What they did to Bioware Aerows Apr 2013 #2

While I have enjoyed some Lucas Arts titles Puzzledtraveller Apr 2013 #3

SW: Knights of the Old Republic Aerows Apr 2013 #4

KoToR is awesome Puzzledtraveller Apr 2013 #6

They were great - it was just a long time ago el_bryanto Apr 2013 #8

*Deep breath* Hayabusa Apr 2013 #9

I can't tell you how much I loathe Disney in its modern iteration. Skidmore Apr 2013 #5

Holy shit - Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2013 #7