The interesting thing about that petition is that it was started by Bill Tiller, who worked on The Dig, Curse of Monkey Island, and created A Vampyre Story and Pirates of Vooju Island.
Id sign one to give him the rights to Curse of Monkey Island.
Bill's clearly put this petition together without putting much thought into it (there are spelling mistakes everywhere in the introduction). Also, if I'm honest, the Spielberg thing is more than a little bit bizarre and out of left field.
Spielberg; humanity's last hope
I'm not having a go at Bill (I'm a fan of his work), it's just that I suspect this petition was created within moments of hearing the news, with no preparation or forethought. He should have taken a deep breath and thought about what the best cause of action to take was.
Besides, it's not like Disney can't license or sell off the IPs to other developers.
Bill's clearly put this petition together without putting much thought into it (there are spelling mistakes everywhere in the introduction). Also, if I'm honest, the Spielberg thing is more than a little bit bizarre and out of left field.
Spielberg; humanity's last hope
I'm not having a go at Bill (I'm a fan of his work), it's just that I suspect this petition was created within moments of hearing the news, with no preparation or forethought. He should have taken a deep breath and thought about what the best cause of action to take was.
Besides, it's not like Disney can't license or sell off the IPs to other developers.
That was my thought as well.. but I still signed it.. Not that I think Spielberg would be any better than Disney.. I am just hoping that Disney will look at game franchises beyond just Star Wars... let them know people still want these games.
Bill sometimes reads or is directed to these forums, so I'm just going to take a moment to make a thoughtful, well-reasoned statement in regards to his hopes that Spielberg acquires Monkey Island or such instead of Ron Gilbert.
Mixnmojo isn't going anywhere. If anything, recent events give the site even more to snark about. The future of LEC adventure game IP doesn't look particularly promising, but then what else is new? I mean what, really, changes with regard to those properties compared to yesterday?
Consider also that companies like Telltale and Double Fine are thriving as never before and Bill Tiller's A Vampyre Story Kickstarter is probably weeks from launching at this point. And you can't definitively rule out something happening one day with one of those cherished licenses.
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
Was sad to see Lucasarts finally close, but not surprised. The company (like with TTG) that I loved has long since gone away. It died when it moved on from adventure games / Larry Holland X-Wing/Tie Fighter games.
Good news on the source for Jedi Outcast / Jedi Academy being released, def a small silver lining out of it all. Maybe there is yet hope that Disney will license the Full Throttle IP to Double Fine.
Bad news: No more of LucasArts' franchises which are actually good.
I'd say in the end, it comes out even.
Oh, I'm sure there'll be more of the former, just from different developers.
As I've said in another thread, I really want Telltale to buy the rights to at least some of the IPs, and I think history has shown that Disney might bite.
The one thing I'm confused about this whole mess is whether LucasArts was completely shut down. All the articles pointed out that they closed down LucasArts as a developer, but does anyone know if it still exists as a brick-and-mortar publisher (or if it now exists as just a label)? It didn't sound like they laid off everybody, although I could be wrong (since they've had so many layoffs over the years, it's hard to tell whether 150 people was its entire staff).
The one thing I'm confused about this whole mess is whether LucasArts was completely shut down. All the articles pointed out that they closed down LucasArts as a developer, but does anyone know if it still exists as a brick-and-mortar publisher (or if it now exists as just a label)? It didn't sound like they laid off everybody, although I could be wrong (since they've had so many layoffs over the years, it's hard to tell whether 150 people was its entire staff).
As I understood it, LucasArts continues to exist as an entity, for the purpose of Licensing Lucasfilm properties (quite possibly Star Wars exclusively) out to other developers. I believe an article described their remaining staff as being "less than ten" employees. I wouldn't expect them to do any publishing, that will probably fall on the companies they license the properties out to.
It was, in the form of a lightsaber earring. 'twas awesome.
Nice!
Also, Mark Hamill talked a bit about Episode 7, mainly saying that at a meeting he encouraged finding the balance between CGI and practical effects. I love that man.
On the down side, name ONE thing EA hasn't managed to screw up in recent memory. On the plus side, hopefully the publishing deal includes the LucasArts licenses and already made games, and we see them on GOG soon.
If the classic stuff they own from the companies they sucked dry are exclusive to GOG, I don't see why these wouldn't be.
Doesn't matter though, apparently the deal only includes the rights to new games. The old stuff is still stuck with Disney in a vortex of "never going to happen in a million years because Disney".
Wait, if they're signing an exclusive deal with a single company, why is LucasArts remaining open with a skeleton crew as a licensing entity? Seriously, why did they .... whatever.
Also, for a brief moment I was like, "Oh, at least a Mass-Effect-like Star Wars game could be kind of cool," but then the developer that makes Mass Effect is the one company that has already been making Star Wars games
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Id sign one to give him the rights to Curse of Monkey Island.
Bad news: No more of LucasArts' franchises which are actually good.
I'd say in the end, it comes out even.
Bill's clearly put this petition together without putting much thought into it (there are spelling mistakes everywhere in the introduction). Also, if I'm honest, the Spielberg thing is more than a little bit bizarre and out of left field.
Spielberg; humanity's last hope
I'm not having a go at Bill (I'm a fan of his work), it's just that I suspect this petition was created within moments of hearing the news, with no preparation or forethought. He should have taken a deep breath and thought about what the best cause of action to take was.
Besides, it's not like Disney can't license or sell off the IPs to other developers.
That was my thought as well.. but I still signed it.. Not that I think Spielberg would be any better than Disney.. I am just hoping that Disney will look at game franchises beyond just Star Wars... let them know people still want these games.
Strangely, until now I never knew it but... me too!
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You're staff for Mixnmojo?
Raven's released the Source Code for Jedi Outcast & Jedi Academy.
Haha, oh man.
That's a good one.
He said on facebook he hopes to launch that this weekend
Good news on the source for Jedi Outcast / Jedi Academy being released, def a small silver lining out of it all. Maybe there is yet hope that Disney will license the Full Throttle IP to Double Fine.
Most appropriate use of that imag ever.
Oh, I'm sure there'll be more of the former, just from different developers.
As I've said in another thread, I really want Telltale to buy the rights to at least some of the IPs, and I think history has shown that Disney might bite.
Does anything make you think *Telltale* would bite?!
D'ya... d'ya see what I did there? With the Solo thing? God I'm good.
I would say they're going to kill the brand, but it's already been dead since right after Timothy Zahn got done writing books for Star Wars.
And hopefully anything written by Kevin J Anderson.
Also:
I'm glad I'm not the only person who sees this.
As I understood it, LucasArts continues to exist as an entity, for the purpose of Licensing Lucasfilm properties (quite possibly Star Wars exclusively) out to other developers. I believe an article described their remaining staff as being "less than ten" employees. I wouldn't expect them to do any publishing, that will probably fall on the companies they license the properties out to.
May the Fourth be with you.
Nice!
Also, Mark Hamill talked a bit about Episode 7, mainly saying that at a meeting he encouraged finding the balance between CGI and practical effects. I love that man.
...Electronic Arts.
We're doomed...
If the classic stuff they own from the companies they sucked dry are exclusive to GOG, I don't see why these wouldn't be.
Doesn't matter though, apparently the deal only includes the rights to new games. The old stuff is still stuck with Disney in a vortex of "never going to happen in a million years because Disney".
Also, EA is a choice that will endear them to gamers, what with them being the most beloved company in America or something
Also, for a brief moment I was like, "Oh, at least a Mass-Effect-like Star Wars game could be kind of cool," but then the developer that makes Mass Effect is the one company that has already been making Star Wars games