Disney Buys Lucasfilm (and other stories)
...and, by extension, LucasArts (since that's what we all really care about, I know).
http://www.benzinga.com/news/12/10/3039512/disney-to-buy-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-in-cash-and-stock
I know, with the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones being snatched up, the LA catalogue probably isn't a big priority but I wonder what this could mean for the future of some of our favorite adventure games?
Could a Monkey Island theme park ride be in our future? Hmm.
http://www.benzinga.com/news/12/10/3039512/disney-to-buy-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-in-cash-and-stock
I know, with the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones being snatched up, the LA catalogue probably isn't a big priority but I wonder what this could mean for the future of some of our favorite adventure games?
Could a Monkey Island theme park ride be in our future? Hmm.
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Seriously, what does this MEAN? George Lucas to retire?
And Vaina, I had to check my calendar several times to make sure it wasn't April 1st.
Well, the deal includes Lucasarts so... nope. No reason to suspect that Lucasarts will change their strategy of "keep a tight death grip on their classic games, adventure or Star Wars".
I wouldn't be so sure. They bought Lucasfilm and then immediately announced they were going to make a new official Star Wars film. It doesn't sound like they bought the company to NOT use the properties it owns.
Are they the same new Star Wars films he's been denying he ever planned for the last ten years?
Well, changes at the top of Lucasarts usually herald the cancellation of all adventure game projects, so by my calculations, we're now into less-than-no-chance of TOMI2 and re-releases of the back catalogue.
(Hmm... still, now they've got a chance to do a follow-up to that TV special where the Muppets visit Disneyland.... "Indiana Jones and the Magic Kingdom")
Translation - Monkey Island not worth squat.
"Who will direct it?"
"Who will score it?"
"Can Intrada release the final complete versions for the scores to SW1-6 and Indy 1-4, Young Indy and so on?"
Was
"Will this mean the end of LucasArts licenses for Telltale. Will we never get the chance to be Sam & Max again or Guybrush"
Steve Purcell owns Sam & Max so they're safe.
Though he does do work for Pixar now, I think. Hmm, possibilities...
We've already got one. It's the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
You sure about that?
A ride that would be greatly improved if it included a three headed monkey.
Honestly, I'm kinda done with adding things to Pirates.
What I could really get behind would be a Grim Fandango ride. Sure, we've got the Haunted Mansion, but the Haunted Mansion doesn't have the Bone Wagon.
Disney have had a good go at making games, and their licensing isn't too bad.
They care more about them than Marvel and Lucasarts do anyway.
Who knows, maybe they will look very closely into the shambling corpse that is Lucasarts, and decide to either try to revive or put it out of its misery.
(At least those IPs can then be outsourced to companies that actually WANT to make games... -_-)
I would watch that so much. Seriously, that game was perfect movie material.
DISNEY ARE RELEASING TWO FILMS THAT WILL DIRECTLY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.
My only fear is that The Clone Wars might suffer the fate that Spectacular Spider-man got.
Starting with Ubisoft.
Naw, just kidding.
Why not let them still compete against each other? You know, like in one big combat, yes, a sort of mortal combat.
That doesn't really look all that great. I'm missing something here.
Because we all know that PotC V and VI are al-wait, are they still being made?