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Established in 1990, LucasArts Entertainment Company became home to LucasFilm Games, and with it, it inherited almost a decade of gaming history. LucasArts also played host to several other Lucas outfits, including Industrial Light and Magic, however a restructure in 1993 saw these other non-videogame operations moved into the newly created Lucas Digital, resulting in LucasFilm Games finally being re-branded as LucasArts.
It was soon clear that the changes were literally skin deep, as LucasArts continued its predecessor's high quality mix of titles based on Lucas' film properties, such as 3D space shooter, X-Wing, and original IP like point-and-click adventurers Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit the Road. This continued with classics such as Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth title in the Monkey island series, and Gamecube launch title, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
Currently based in San Rafael, California, LucasArts remains one of five companies in the Lucas group, including Lucasfilm, Lucas Digital, Lucas Licensing and Lucas Learning.
LucasArts's first work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1990 title, "Nightshift" (Amiga).
The company has been involved titles released on the PC, 3DS/2DS, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS/DSi, PS2, Power Mac, PSP, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, N64, Sega Megadrive, SNES, Amiga, ST, NEC PC Engine, Sega Master System, C64, Spectrum 48K, Sinclair Spectrum 128K and Amstrad CPC. Of these, "Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" (Xbox 360), "LEGO Star Wars" (PS2), "Star Wars: Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II" (GameCube), "LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga" (Wii), "Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike" (GameCube) has been a best selling title.
The company's most recent involvement was on the 2013 release "Star Wars 1313" (Xbox 360).
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08 Jul 2011
02 Oct 2008
Developer Red Fly was working on the game for eight months
09 Apr 2014
Star Wars 1313 among others is canned as underperforming developer is closed
04 Apr 2013
House of Mouse wants to focus on movie tie-ins, apparently.
01 Mar 2013
Studio co-founder Steve Ellis responds.
04 Dec 2012
Developer perpetuates "video game violence" argument.
08 Aug 2012
Red Dead Redemption called out for not having replay value.
02 Aug 2012
Announcement Thursday, gameplay footage next week.
28 May 2012
A million voices cry out in pain... again...
07 Feb 2012
SWTOR hype is going crazy
20 Dec 2011
More things for SOE and The Old Republic
12 Jul 2011
And LucasArts piles in as well
06 Jun 2011
Nothing new in the charts
03 May 2011
As Wii fitness games chops Crysis 2 off the top
11 Apr 2011
Beats FIFA 11 to the throne of footy games.
08 Nov 2010
No more channelling the force for Mr. Starkiller
18 Aug 2010
Basically, not very much happened at all - Call of Duty still Number 1
07 Dec 2009
LucasArts demonstrates delicacy of an elephant tied to a dinosaur
07 Jul 2009
LOOM, The Dig, Battlefront II lead the charge
07 Jul 2009
LucasArts announcement due soon - Harrison Ford confirmed for new film
06 Jul 2009
And the return of Spiffy the Dog.
18 Jun 2009
Live webchat with producer and military advisor
02 Oct 2008
Nintendo proves its self-improvement title has stamina
15 Jul 2008
How can virtual plastic bricks bring so much pleasure?
30 May 2007
Heading to PS3, 360, Wii and DS sometime soon
25 May 2007
The skinny on the, err, skinny E3 right here
23 Apr 2007
Next next-gen Star Wars outing detailed, with tech demos and everything!
15 Feb 2007
Take a journey to the Dark Side, but not on your Wii
12 Feb 2007
Build,manage and ride the theme park of your dreams while fighting a globalising mega-company...
01 Nov 2006
Record market share for Microsoft's next-gen console.
12 Sep 2006
The ultimate triumvirate of childhood obsessions in a box.
09 Aug 2006
Wii-specific versions of Indiana Jones and Star Wars on horizon?
24 Jul 2006
Ride just about anything you saw in the original trilogy, made out of Lego
23 Jun 2006
More impressions on yet another show highlight.
12 May 2006
Senior marketing exec applies AA philosophy.
10 Mar 2006
Ubisoft takes next Star Wars film spin-off to PSP, DS and GBA
29 Oct 2004
Major restructuring of Star Wars publishers.
16 Aug 2004
A Star Wars film being made into a game! Blimey!
28 Jul 2004
LucasArts rewards veteran MMORPGers.
29 Jun 2004
Five days in, and wall of silence remains.
15 Oct 2003
Acclaimed Xbox RPG sequel in the pipeline.
13 Oct 2003
More global franchises amass on E3's online menu.
16 May 2003
Microsoft has finally put the cap on its plans for the launch of the Xbox in the UK.
28 Feb 2002
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has revealed the nominees for the fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.
11 Feb 2002
This game just gets better and better!
02 Nov 2001
If youve ever enjoyed playing a shoot-em-up in your game playing career, Rogue Squadron 2 is a must-have title.
26 Oct 2001
This game is really looking great. Now it's complete check out what's in store!
23 Oct 2001
Star Wars killer app to launch with Cube in States and Europe
12 Oct 2001
Best looking StarWars game to date revealed
08 May 2001