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News from Thursday, February 24, 2005 |
No sequels for you Posted by Remi | Comments: 39
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Waiting for that Monkey Island sequel? How about another Maniac Mansion game? Well forget about it, at least if LucasArts president Jim Ward has anything to do with it. According to this forum post they "need to move beyond the IP that we have."
The news comes from the March issue of Game Informer Magazine:Q: LucasArts used to be known for making really unique original properties like Day of the Tentacle, then fell back primarily on Star Wars products exclusively. Are original games going to be a focus for the company?
A: We have three main goals. One is to restimulate the Star Wars IP with high quality games. Secondly, we're going to reinvigorate the Indiana Jones IP, which has basically been stagnant for years. There's no reason that Indiana Jones can't be a James Bond and have a year-in, year-out great representation of that brand. And take advantage of the fact that, in the next couple of years, there will be a new Indiana Jones movie. The third leg of this is definetely new IP. There's a heritage built into the DNA of LucasArts, and that's creativity and innovation. We need to move beyond the IP that we have. We certainly lost that. We lost that as the console console marketplace came into being; it was very strong on the PC platform. Once the company missed the adaptation of the console platforms, we've been in catch-up mode ever since. But that's going to change. So to sum up: more Star Wars, take Indiana Jones in the direction that ruined Star Wars in the first place, and - and note that this is third priority - more (generic) games like Mercenaries.
Make of this what you want. Thanks of pwrof3 for the news.
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