UPDATED: LucasArts Tease New Old Project

[Logan Westbrook]

UPDATED: LucasArts Tease New Old Project

LucasArts has teased a new project that will be 'awesome for old school fans'.

The games industry can get very 'meta' at times, and never more so than with teasers. When a developer announces that they'll be making an announcement, well, it's enough to make you go cross-eyed.

But this is exactly what LucasArts has done, via its official Twitter feed. The first tweet [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames/status/2446732733] was the teaser, while the second [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames/status/2458191789] added a few more details, saying that "It is awesome news for our old school fans."

As an old school LucasArts fan myself, I am positively tingling with excitement, especially seeing as the Xbox Live release of Monkey Island looms ever close, no pun intended.

With a rich stable of much-loved adventure games to draw on, LucasArts could make a lot of fans very, very happy by re-releasing Day of the Tentacle or Grim Fandango as DLC, but there's also Star Wars Battlefront III which was thrown into limbo following the closure of Free Radical. Slightly less old school, but it had some wicked concept art.

Whatever the actual announcement is, it's coming on Monday, so keep your eyes on Twitter [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames]!

UPDATE: Well, the cat's out of the bag, and what a cat it is! LucasArts have partnered up with Valve to release ten classic games on Steam.

On Wednesday, you'll be able to buy:

• 
  [li]Armed and Dangerous[/li]
  [li]Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis[/li]
  [li]Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure[/li]
  [li]LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure[/li]
  [li]LOOM[/li]
  [li]Star Wars Battlefront II[/li]
  [li]Star Wars Republic Commando[/li]
  [li]Star Wars Starfighter[/li]
  [li]The Dig[/li]
  [li]Thrillville: Off the Rails[/li]

What makes this even sweeter is that this is the 'first round' of releases, with more to come in the future.

In the press release announcing the deal, Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts said:

"This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts' classic games. It also gives more people a chance to play our games by making them available long after they've disappeared from store shelves. We hope our fans are as excited as we are about our plans and we can't wait to share what's coming next. This is just the beginning."

Grim Fandango via Steam? I can't wait!

Source: Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5307741/lucasarts-announcing-new-old-game-on-monday]


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[Green Tentacle]

Honestly, I think its going to be a New X-wing or Tie Fighter game from them. But I am excited if is going to be a new adventure game. Then again, look what fucking happend to Sam and Max: Freelance Police and Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Monkey Island looms ever close

Oh, I see what you did there! Why can't I think of puns like that..

so keep your eyes on Twitter [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames]!

But won't you guys announce it anyway so I get to be lazy?

 

[TheLastCylon]

Please, please be something to do with Grim Fandango.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

so keep your eyes on Twitter [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames]!

But won't you guys announce it anyway so I get to be lazy?

I suppose you could, but then you wouldn't get to say "I saw this first" and post a link to a forum thread would you?

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

so keep your eyes on Twitter [http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames]!

But won't you guys announce it anyway so I get to be lazy?

I suppose you could, but then you wouldn't get to say "I saw this first" and post a link to a forum thread would you?

But knowing my luck, I'd see it 5 hours after everyone else and get told to use the Search Button.

 

[funksobeefy]

Oh my god! A true 3 installment to the Knights series? Think about it! A new "old" project, it makes so much sense!

Look at the freaking picture!

 

[Loafers]

Please, please be something to do with Grim Fandango.

The only thing I could even think would be re-releasing it at a cheaper price. Making a new one would just end with LucasArts failing to deliver a similar (or better) experience.

 

[PhoenixFlame]

Oh my god! A true 3 installment to the Knights series? Think about it! A new "old" project, it makes so much sense!

Look at the freaking picture!

A new old project says way more about it being a new addition to the Jedi Knight series..

That would be interesting, although Jedi Knight: Outcast was the best of the series, the lightsabering wasn't quite as intuitive as what Bioware did with it, really. A lot of waving around and mashing buttons til guys were dead and less finesse. Though multiplayer was a bit interesting for a while.

 

[randommaster]

Here's hoping for a new Grim Fandango.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Oh my god! A true 3 installment to the Knights series? Think about it! A new "old" project, it makes so much sense!

Look at the freaking picture!

My God...is it really? Oh PLEASE let it be an announcement for KOTOR 3. That would be SUPREMELY awesome.

 

[dochmbi]

Jedi Knight 4 please.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i'd love to see a new tie/x-wing game, not sure what it will be but that would be a good old school game for them to release

 

[samsonguy920]

The time is ripe for a new X-Wing game. I'm missing my star wars flight simulator jones big time. Plus it would work equally well on both PC and the consoles, making everyone happy. Just so long as they stay away from the prequels. I'd more like to see the EU-After Saga ships be brought to life, E-Wings and all that.
If memory serves, we were more or less promised KOTOR 3 would be released before the Old Republic MMO, probably to serve as a tie-in, since the timeline of Old Republic comes shortly after the events of KOTOR.

Edit: From the first time I saw Sith Kenobi, I knew Vader and the Emperor wouldn't have stood a chance against him. Kenobi rules.

 

[Tiamat666]

I'd freak if they release a new X-Wing or TIE Figher game.

I hope it's not another "FPS". The original Jedi Knight is an excellent game, but IMHO the other Lucas Arts FPS where rather crappy.

 

[Woem]

I definitely wouldn't mind X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter 2.

Although it could quite possible be a new Indiana Jones as a tie-in with the Crystal Skull movie. Seeing that there are more Indie movies coming up...

 

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