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Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:36 pm
by Dajo Yalthik
Disney shut down LucasArts today, and cancelled Star Wars: 1313 and another in-development game.
http://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:41 pm
by Roahu
Just read it myself and came to post. Unfortunate for those who worked for LucasArts however it may actually benefit games to license them to larger developers.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:55 pm
by Sebastin Creed
Square Enix.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:28 pm
by Illrian Damaris
Two words...
I'm pissed.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:41 pm
by Arukh Bakh'tor
Illrian Damaris wrote:
I'm pissed.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:23 pm
by Zuri Lyn
Gaaah, 1313 really did look good.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:34 pm
by Motoko
Illrian Damaris wrote:Two words...
I'm pissed.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:42 pm
by Azrael
Considering Lucasarts track-record over the past few years this wasn't much of a surprise.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:14 pm
by Sared Kilvan
Azra nailed it. Lucasarts has had a declining track record over the years. Only re-releases.
There's good news though!
Kotaku Article
Jedi Outcast Source Code
Jedi Academy Source Code
Read the Lucasarts article this morning and thought of you guys. Saw the code release announcement coming from a friend and knew you would want to know!
Enjoy!
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:17 pm
by Arukh Bakh'tor
So essentially RPMod may be a little more easy to update now, correct?
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:34 pm
by Sared Kilvan
A lot could happen! Soh will have to look at the code, but it's there for everyone! Download the binaries, get yourself a good way to look at code (like
Bloodshed), and get to digging! Picking apart a game that you're already familiar with is a great way to learn about programming and how the code interacts with what you see in-game!
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:50 pm
by Illrian Damaris
Yeah, I mean I know they've been declining, but with the two games they were working on I was really looking forward to it, and now I won't get to, more than likely.
However the source codes does sound nice!
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:52 pm
by Esth Me'sku
Question! Will the game we play, JKA, shut down? Any risk at all?
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:53 pm
by Dajo Yalthik
Sared.
Hi, it's Arik, by the way.
Anyway. Sared.
I freaking love you right now.
EDIT FOR ESTH: Probably not, the servers are all run by Mammoth (I believe? Are we still using them?) Or, they're totally privately hosted. Worse comes to worst, one of us has to set up a dedicated server ourselves, and we might probably have to advertise for membership. But LucasArts has no control over the servers whatsoever.
Re: Let us take a moment to mourn.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:34 am
by Oberon
The master servers are run by ravensoft, not LucasArts, right?
Ravensoft is still in full swing.