The Star Wars licence is now firmly back in the mainstream following Disney's acquisition and a new movie trilogy, and the games haven't been bad lately either. With the franchise in good shape, it seems the powers that be are preparing for the future, and that includes a new label for all software going forward. Lucasfilm Games has today been introduced, and will preface any Star Wars games from now on.
The announcement was made today on the official Star Wars website. Through new social channels, Lucasfilm Games will be a new destination for updates on future titles. The announcement also comes with a Star Wars-flavoured sizzle reel, embedded above, because why not?
Funnily enough, LucasArts was originally known as Lucasfilm Games, so this is a nod to the past as much as it is a rebranding for the future. Cool. What do you think of this? Are you excited for upcoming Star Wars games? Use the force in the comments section below.
[source starwars.com, via twitter.com]
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If it means EA still has the exclusive license then meh
If I were a betting man, I'd put money on Battlefront III being announced for PS5 this year.
If I were a betting man.
@Wormold The Mandalorian was more than okay and ten times better than the whole sequel trilogy, that now they really have to erase from canon if they ever want more money from the franchise
So lucasarts 2.0?
me desperately wanting another game set in the Grim Fandango universe
Me: So you are telling me there's a chance?
@PegasusActual93 I’ve been saying this for over a year now but we desperately need a few lucasarts collections. Like a adventure collection with the tim schafer point n click games and others. A star wars collection with KOTOR, the jedi knight games etc. A indiana jones collection.
More Jedi Fallen Order and Battlefront please.
Something a bit more 'blue collar' as well, more grounded perhaps. Haven't seen The Mandalorian but bounty hunters could be a good place to start.
@Col_McCafferty A hitman style game with a bounty hunter. That would be tremendous.
@RogerRoger Man, I'd love a Mandalorian game. The whole series is practically set up as a bunch of side quests anyway
@Col_McCafferty There have been two Star Wars games cancelled in recent memory (the pre-Disney 1313 and Amy Hennig's Ragtag) which would've ended up being what you describe. Since both were slaughtered for commercial middle-management reasons, I think Disney and EA would have to eat a lot of humble pie if they tried to go in that direction anytime soon... but hey, third time lucky, right?
@Octane If you don't mind playing older games, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is available on PS4 as a PS2 Classic. It's as close as you can get to a Mando game right now, but be sure before you buy, because it hasn't aged as well as rose-tinted nostalgia would have you believe.
Pls be a sign your not renewing with EA. They need to do like Marvel has and let games be developed outside EA. Its not like there tying all there games together or really doing the license justice anyways (outside of Fallen Order).
Fallen Order was so bad. I have little to no hope for Star Wars games going forward. Surely this is just a branding effort and nothing that will fix the contractual obligations to EA.
Put away those lightsabers and lets insult sword fight.
Drop EA and I will look at these games seriously.
The EA contract supposedly ends in 2023, and I take this as a sign Disney intends to license out on a game-by-game basis like they do with Marvel. Branding like this would be entirely unnecessary if all Star Wars titles were going to remain under one publisher as they are now. There is no way Lucasfilm Games is being revived just so LEGO Star Wars can have the same splash screen as EA's games...
Best Star Wars game of all time? Knights of the Old Republic.
@RogerRoger I believe Battlefield 6 is meant to be DICE's next game, so I wouldn't bet on it. Even if I was a betting man
So why not just revive LucasArts 😂
Anyways, is it too much asked to have Kyle Katarn return to canon.
@ThroughTheIris56 Well, in my hasty scrabble for a politician's defence, I did say "announced" and not "released" up there!
You're right, though, Battlefield would seem to be next.
The only good thing disney done for star wars is the force awakens movie, mandalorian tv series, and jedi fallen order game.
I miss more diverse star wars games like before, there's rpg like bioware kotor, first person shooter like 2005 lucasarts republic commando, and star wars jedi knight series. There's even pod racing game.
@RogerRoger Aha, you're not wrong.
@wiiware At least it ended The Clone Wars perfectly. And there's a bunch of new series announced, I reckon at least half of them will be good.
@ThroughTheIris56 I haven't watch the clone wars series, I heard good things about it. I've got free disney plus from my telcom so maybe I'll watch it
@wiiware I highly recommend it. There are quite a few filler episodes, but it does a great job of fleshing out characters and showing different aspects of the war.
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