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By Margaret Eby / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The gaming will no longer work on designs in house for its 'Star Wars' games. The announcement endangers the prospects of upcoming 'Star Wars' projects.
'Star Wars 3013' is one of the LucasArts productions thrown into limbo after Disney announced they would shut down the gaming studio.
Disney isn't wasting time cleaning house after their acquisition of Lucasfilm.
The entertainment company announced Wednesday that they are shifting away from making video games internally, focusing instead on licensing content for their 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' franchises to third-party developers.
The move essentially shutters LucasArts, a wing of the company that previously employed 150 people.
In a statement to Game Informer, the company attributed the move to cost saving, noting that they were "minimizing risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality 'Star Wars' games."
LucasArts, a wing of Lucasfilm, was part of the $4 billion deal George Lucas brokered with Disney.
The full extent of the upcoming layoffs is unclear, as is the fate of many of the video game projects that were in the LucasArts pipeline.
The hotly anticipated "Star Wars 3013" is one of the games currently in limbo. Though a source told Jason Schreier at Kotaku that "3013" and "Star Wars: First Assault" are "effectively dead forever," another representative for LucasArts suggested to Game Informer that third-party licenser might be able to push the projects forward.
Founded in 1982, LucasArts was the force behind games such as "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "Maniac Mansion," as well as many "Star Wars" titles, including 2008's "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed."
In December, George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Co. for $4 billion in cash and stock.
The gaming will no longer work on designs in house for its 'Star Wars' games. The announcement endangers the prospects of upcoming 'Star Wars' projects.
'Star Wars 3013' is one of the LucasArts productions thrown into limbo after Disney announced they would shut down the gaming studio.
Disney isn't wasting time cleaning house after their acquisition of Lucasfilm.
The entertainment company announced Wednesday that they are shifting away from making video games internally, focusing instead on licensing content for their 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' franchises to third-party developers.
The move essentially shutters LucasArts, a wing of the company that previously employed 150 people.
In a statement to Game Informer, the company attributed the move to cost saving, noting that they were "minimizing risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality 'Star Wars' games."
LucasArts, a wing of Lucasfilm, was part of the $4 billion deal George Lucas brokered with Disney.
The full extent of the upcoming layoffs is unclear, as is the fate of many of the video game projects that were in the LucasArts pipeline.
The hotly anticipated "Star Wars 3013" is one of the games currently in limbo. Though a source told Jason Schreier at Kotaku that "3013" and "Star Wars: First Assault" are "effectively dead forever," another representative for LucasArts suggested to Game Informer that third-party licenser might be able to push the projects forward.
Founded in 1982, LucasArts was the force behind games such as "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "Maniac Mansion," as well as many "Star Wars" titles, including 2008's "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed."
In December, George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Co. for $4 billion in cash and stock.
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