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LucasArts EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Would you pay $10 for Lucidity? LucasArts hopes so 23 Downloadable games -- no matter which platform we're discussing here -- are great and all, but it's the highly-original nature of them that stands out to me. Forget about all of those high-def re... Lucidity is a example of how LucasArts is doing new IP 8 It’s no secret that LucasArts is approaching new IP differently -- the studio has made that plain since CEO Darrel Rodriguez joined. But it’s the way they’re doing it, in a post... LucasArts talks gender in Lucidity 9 In the PC- and XBLA-bound title Lucidity, players will aid little Sofi, a female protagonist. While female videogame protagonists are more prevalent now, it doesn’t mean that players accept... Lucidity's art and music inspired each other 2 Developed with a chill in mind, Lucidity’s music is soft and non-aggressive. Project lead David Nottingham told Destructoid via e-mail that he incorporated the studio’s audio people i... LucasArts tells us about Lucidity's unique look 4 There’s something special about Lucidity’s style. A combination of paper textures and brilliant colors, the visuals of the upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC title pops and stimulates. ... Check out this lovely Lucidity gameplay video 27 Lucidity was officially announced this past week by LucasArts, and there's a video of the beautiful little game in motion to show you what it's all about. Fans of Lemmings or that old Genesis gam... LucasArts' XBLA title Lucidity finally revealed 9 In what isn't too much of a surprise, LucasArts revealed its upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade title Lucidity on GameTrailers TV last night.The game follows the adventures of a little girl named Sophie, ... LucasArts announcing an original title soon 11 Unless LucasArts tosses out a surprise media blast in the next 30-odd hours (Grim Fandango 2 reveals are always welcome), it seems like the next game the studio announces won’t be a classic... The Old Republic subscription model still up in the air 21 The Star Wars: The Old Republic subscription model -- or lack thereof -- is still being worked out. In a conversation with GI.biz at gamescom, LucasArts head honcho Darrel Rodriguez said the stud... Labor Day PSA: KOTOR available as a digital download 16 One of the few good Star Wars titles is now available for digital download. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic -- an RPG developed by LucasArts and BioWare -- can be purchased on Direct 2 Driv... SCUMM and Star Wars together at last 19 One of the greatest travesties mankind has ever committed on itself is having let adventure gaming's prime run its course without a LucasArts Star Wars adventure game using the SCUMM engine being... Amazon offering non-bundled Tales of Monkey Island downloads 2 Watch out Ranch Rush and Risk II -- there’s a few new games available on the Amazon “Game Downloads” channel. Telltale Games recently announced that all five chapters of the Tal... Nintendo DLC Update: Star Wars and puzzle stuff 9 Prepare for a thrilling week on the Nintendo downloadable front, folks. Look forward to going backward with Super Empire Strikes Back. Releasing soon on the Virtual Console, the Super NES port pu... Review: Tales of Monkey Island, Chapter 2 19 Telltale games kicked off their Tales of Monkey Island episodic series with a bang in "Launch of the Screaming Narwhal." We came away very impressed with the inaugural effort, praising ... Have a tidbit of Tales of Monkey Island's second episode 2 The new Monkey Island series from Telltale started out with a bang. Brad Nicholson and I both enjoyed it considerably. On Thursday, the next episode, The Siege of Spinner Cay, will be released.&n... Telltale would love to revisit Loom 14 Mere mention of the Lucasarts classic adventure game Loom throws me back into memories of childhood quicker than I can take a breath. At age 12, I stared at a single screenshot of the game in a P... Review: Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (iPhone) 12 Since the initial “wink, wink” line, we all knew that Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was bound for the App Store. Launching on July 22nd, we were told that this version of t... Monkey Island statue is made of greatness 10 This weekend I come to you on my knees begging for forgiveness. Why do I do this? Because I have never played a Monkey Island game. Not even part of one. Not even one mouse click to make a charac... Review: Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition 59 Let’s rewind to E3 2009. I’m inside LucasArts’ conference room. I’m a few minutes early for the Star Wars: The Old Republic presentation. They have food and drink in both ... Added idol may indicate new Day of the Tentacle release(s) 22 Get ready to be really excited Day of the Tentacle fans.Take a close look at the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition snapshot in the header image. The Tentacle idol featured in the center sh... LucasArts to announce Star Wars-related things at Comic-Con 37 LucasArts has a several secrets it hasn’t shared with the citizens of Earth, but it does plan to give fans and press the dirt soon. In an e-mail sent to San Diego Comic-Con attendees, the s... Secret of Monkey: Special Edition teased as an iPhone title 3 There’s really no sense in beating around the bush: LucasArts is bringing the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition to Apple’s App Store. Earlier this afternoon, LucasArts tweeted,... 'Lucidity' is a LucasArts thing, to be released on XBLA 12 Amidst all this classic adventure title brouhaha, LucasArts has apparently been busy creating a fresh downloadable IP for Xbox LIVE Arcade. According to a Joystiq “inside source,” the... RetRose Tinted: LOOM 19 I've been playing a lot of adventure games lately and it has made me yearn for some of the classics of my youth, particularly with the impending release of The Secret of Monkey Island SE. So it w... LucasArts classics (probably) coming to the App Store 11 A few weeks ago Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition producer Craig Derrick told Destructoid about his first project at LucasArts. When he joined, the studio was looking to port classic adven... Next week on XBLA, Steam: The Secret of Monkey Island SE 30 LucasArts has announced that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be hit both Xbox LIVE Arcade and Steam for PC next week, on July 15. The enhanced remake of the original PC title, S... LucasArts partners with Steam for retro adventure revival 41 If you're a fan of LucasArts' classic PC adventure games, you've probably already rapid-fire F5'd your way into the light on this one, but if not, here's what all the fuss was about yesterday. Lu... LucasArts teases 'Awesome news for old school fans' Monday 52 Breaking news: there will be news tomorrow. We bring you this news update to inform you of the news that news is on the way. Tomorrow. Says the LucasArts team via its Twitter:"Amazing news c... New Tales of Monkey Island trailer 11 We're all very excited for Tales of Monkey Island, the episodic return of one of LucasArts' most cherished and venerable point-and-click adventure games. Here's a brand new trailer, unleashed upo... Monkey Island: Special Edition may hit another platform 13 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is slated to hit Xbox LIVE and PC (via digital download) this summer. But don’t hold us to that: it seems that one lucky platform is getting LucasAr... Telltale says Tales of Monkey Island may come to XBLA 12 Feeling left out because the new Tales of Monkey Island is coming to Wii and PC, but not to your friendly local XBLA? Fear not. It's not a matter of if, but when. Telltale's design director, Dave... Watch LucasArts play Monkey Island over the Internet today 10 LucasArts are putting on a show this afternoon for people who want a sneak peek at Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. At 3PM Pacific, people from the publisher slash developer will be play... Producer tells us why LucasArts updated Monkey Island 9 We talked a lot about Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition today, but one thing we haven’t touched is LucasArts motivation for creating it now. According to Secret of Monkey Island: Spe... LucasArts not planning to update more Monkey Island games 13 LucasArts doesn’t plan to continue updating games in the Monkey Island franchise; but critical and financial success could sow the seeds for a continuation.We recently spoke with Secret of ... LucasArts explored porting 'games like Monkey Island' to iPod 3 LucasArts explored porting “games like Monkey Island” to the iPod. Weak software sales numbers and a company repositioning prevented the titles from being developed. Speaking with us... Monkey Island writer talks Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island writer Ron Gilbert is no longer required to stay quiet about the two-headed revival of the ancient LucasArts franchise. Gilbert recently updated his blog with a few thoughts about S... Preview: Tales of Monkey Island 8 The LucasArts brand of adventure games were always my favorites growing up. Among the very best the company had to offer in the heyday of the genre was Monkey Island. The series created a world w... Whip confirmed in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings 13 It’s a shame we still don’t know much about LucasArts’ upcoming Wii title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Instead of lamenting we’ll just show you the screenshots (a... E3 09: Ron Gilbert contributing to Tales of Monkey Island 13 When I met with Telltale Games to take a first look at their upcoming series of Monkey Island episodic games, I was pleasantly surprised to have the opportunity to meet Dave Grossman, writer/prog... E3 09: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Republic Heroes impressions 2 While at the LucasArts booth, I took a moment to catch a demonstration for Star Wars: The Clone Wars Republic Heroes. It’s a family friendly brawler based on the animated television show an... E3 09: Spiffy is back in Secret of Monkey Island: SE 19 I love it when a good rumor comes true. Earlier today I watched a demonstration for LucasArts Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. It’s a beautiful remake -- completely 3D -- of the Lu... E3 09: Star Wars: The Old Republic live demo impressions 34 A few minutes ago I got the opportunity to see a live demo (hands off, unfortunately) of BioWare and LucasArts’ MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The focus of the first part of the two-part... E3 09: Telltale Games announces Tales of Monkey Island 40 Back in May there was a hot little rumor floating on the lips of adventure game fans: Monkey Island could be coming back. This morning, it was confirmed that the rumor is true, and not only one b... Rumortoid: New Secret of Monkey Island coming to Xbox 360? 31 Do you like Monkey Island? Of course you bloody do! If adventure games are your jam, then pay heed to this juicy slice of gossip that hints at a possible return of Secret of Monkey Island, with h... Play as Han Solo in the new Indiana Jones Wii game 23 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (coming June 9th) has a new trailer at StarWars.com. And you don't even have to watch it after seeing the title of the video: Exclusive Han Solo footage from ... Rumortoid: Fandango or Monkey Island to be revived at E3? 59 LucasArts might have something deliciously retro to show at Electronic Entertainment Expo this year. Something, perhaps, Grog flavored. A source recently revealed to us that LucasArts is planning... New Star Wars game features light sabers and other things 9 You know what was awesome? When Star Wars was a wonderful series of three movies that everyone looked back upon fondly. Remember that time before it became a crass, money grubbing machine and tur... Bad reviews made Force Unleashed devs unhappy 60 Nobody likes to get a bad review, not least the team who worked on last year's Star Wars hopeful, The Force Unleashed. It's clear that the team worked incredibly hard on making the game look impr... Rumortoid: Co-op action Clone Wars game coming to 360, PS3 25 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners jealous about the Star Wars Clone Wars love other consoles have gotten may soon be able to rest easy. Sources familiar with the project have indicated that Austr... Day of the Tentacle shoes: coolest fashion on earth? 20 If you're grabbing the monitor and screaming right now, you are no doubt just as big of a Day of the Tentacle fan as I am. Can't say I blame you, either -- these handpainted chucks might be the c... Grim Fandango action figures are to die for 22 I am not a huge action figure collector, but if I ever see something that tickles my fancy I will usually snatch it up and display it in my office. Like, right now I am looking at a rather sassy ... KOTOR MMO has 'potential' to fleece you of all your cash 21 With news of a Knights of the Old Republic MMO out in the open, Star Wars fans must surely already be bomb-proofing their wallets for the inevitable cash drain that lurks on the horizon. Naturall... Rogue Leaders pre-orders begin [Update] 7 Chronicle Books is now accepting pre-orders for Rob Smith’s Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts. You may remember Smith from his job as editor-in-chief of the PlayStation: The Official Ma... Star Wars: The Force Unleashed gets new costume DLC. You are all excited 22 Seriously? Are enough people still playing this, and liking it enough to want to buy DLC costumes?Well, I guess when you're barely doing any work for the potential revenue, there's no harm in giv... Highly relevant to my interests: Grim Fandango puzzle document 15 Unearthed by Double Fine Founder and game developer Tim Schafer in what he describes as a fit of "cake-induced nostalgia", what you are gazing upon is a copy of the Grim Fandango puzzle... LucasArts and BioWare will announce joint project on October 21st 25 Well, it's not like this is a big secret, but at least now we have an official date to rely on: October 21st will bring a press reveal at the LucasArts offices of the joint project between them a... Demo Jimpressions: Fracture 23 While The Force Unleashed has been taking headlines and column inches during development, LucasArts' other project, Fracture, has been a bit more reserved. Just in case you didn't know or failed ... Fracture demo for Xbox 360, PS3 coming next week 18 Upon first hearing about Day 1 Studios' third-person shooter Fracture, I thought the "terrain deformation" mechanic was entirely too gimmicky.The videogame market has become so saturate... Hey San Francisco, go to The Force Unleashed launch party on September 15 12 Live in or near San Francisco and looking for something to do next Monday while waiting to pick up your copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed? LucasArts will be hosting a The Force Unleashe... Force Unleashed dev explains why Star Wars games are less than stellar 27 I don't think I'll ever fully understand the arcane geometry of public relations. I will never truly grasp the Orwellian mechanics of crafting the elegant, eloquent bullsh*t that comes out of som... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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