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Disney shuts down studio, though Star Wars 1313 could live on through external partnership.

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Star Wars titles will be licensed out to third parties

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Long-standing studio sees layoffs as Disney shifts to a licensing-only model.

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Dark day indeed for Star Wars games fans and fans of LucasArts in general, as GameInformer has confirmed that Disney has closed the LucasArts game publisher.

The following is the official statement from Disney:
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. As a result of this change, we've had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles. It's no secret that LucasArts has been struggling over the years, but many were very excited about LucasArts' announcement of Star Wars 1313 at E3 2012. Even though not much had been heard about the project since then, and the studio released a, uh, horrible Kinect Star Wars game in the meantime, many still had hope for the project, and it seemed that if it was a great as what they showed at E3, the game could turn the studio around.

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Staff were involved of the shutdown this morning, according to a reliable Kotaku source. Some 150 people were laid off, and both of the studio's current projects--Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313--were cancelled.

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[UPDATE] Disney shuts down studio, though Star Wars 1313 could live on through external partnership.

[UPDATE] The GameStop-owned magazine has obtained a statement from Disney, confirming LucasArts has been closed.

"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," the statement reads.

"As a result of this change, we've had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles."

There may be hope for Star Wars 1313, as the representative that it is looking for external partners to help bring the game to market, though nothing has yet been confirmed.

"It is worth noting that we are looking for proven external partners who can help us provide video games to our fans. We still believe in the video game industry, we still will provide Star Wars games, we're just looking at different models rather than internal production#133; They're evaluating everything. There's always a possibility that it [Star Wars 1313] can still come out via licensing."

Separately, a Disney representative told GameSpot, "Disney Interactive looks forward to working with Lucasfilm on new games opportunities that leverage their incredible IP and brings it to life across gaming platforms."

The original story follows below.

LucasArts is no more. That's according to a source, who said Disney has laid off the company's entire staff and canceled all current projects.

Added: 03.04.2013 18:34 | 1 views | 0 comments

[UPDATE] Disney shuts down studio, though Star Wars 1313 could live on through external partnership.

[UPDATE] The GameStop-owned magazine has obtained a statement from Disney, confirming LucasArts has been closed.

"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," the statement reads.

"As a result of this change, we've had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles."

There may be hope for Star Wars 1313, as the representative that it is looking for external partners to help bring the game to market, though nothing has yet been confirmed.

"It is worth noting that we are looking for proven external partners who can help us provide video games to our fans. We still believe in the video game industry, we still will provide Star Wars games, we're just looking at different models rather than internal production#146; They're evaluating everything. There's always a possibility that it [Star Wars 1313] can still come out via licensing."

The original story follows below.

LucasArts is no more. That's according to a source, who said Disney has laid off the company's entire staff and canceled all current projects.

Added: 03.04.2013 18:30 | 1 views | 0 comments


A great disturbance in the Force.
Disney has announced that it is formally closing the historic LucasArts development studio, following its acquisition of LucasFilm last year. The studio's two announced games, Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault, have been cancelled.