Death of a legend

I read with some sadness that Disney has decided to close down LucasArts, just 154 days after acquiring it.  Since launching back in the dark ages of 1982, these guys have brought us some wonderful games, like Star Wars, TIE Fighter and Monkey Island.  A personal favourite of mine was the wonderfully quirky Grim Fandango.

Grim Fandango, a LucasArts game classic

Licensing IP to other game developers

They produced a plethora of games from the Star Wars saga, plus there's the collaboration with the english software house, Traveller's Tales, on the Lego series, which has introduced a new generation of kids to the classic movie franchises.  It sounds like Disney will continue to license the LucasArts IP to other developers - all goes to show that owning the rights to valuable products is where there is always going to be a lot interest.


Sad to see that LucasArts is going but I'm sure that the talent behind the games studio will find good homes elsewhere in the industry.

So long LucasArts (Stuff)

The mouse cleans the house (Forbes)

Disney closes LucasArts within 154 days (TechCrunch)

Shutdown by Disney (SlashGear)

End of an era (ArsTechnica)