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Re: LucasFilm sold to Disney
Wow Disney is buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion, adding the legendary Star Wars franchise to the entertainment giant's stable of characters. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Founder George Lucas. Based on Disney's closing price on Oct. 26, the deal is valued at roughly $4.1 billion. Disney will pay half the deal value in cash and… -
Lucasfilm will combine video games and movies to axe post-production process
Lucasfilm will combine video games and movies to axe post-production process http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2295956/lucasfilm-will-combine-video-games-and-movies-to-axe-post-production-process -
"Lucasfilm settles antitrust case over wage suppression of top animators"
My mom just emailed me this article; and I thought you guys would find it interesting too. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/1221/Lucasfilm-settles-antitrust-case-over-wage-suppression-of-top-animators here's the gist of it: -
Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
I meant compared to the animated version which was iconic and resonated with a larger audience across the world. If you are comparing revenue, the animated version had a budget of $40 million with box office of $235 million. Adjusted for inflation, that would come to, 80 million budget and 503 million box office. Its way… -
Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
With Kay and her pet being obvious riffs on the original characters (Hannah Solo and Nibble-bacca? :P) I wouldn't be surprised if it was a way for lucasfilm/ubisoft to have their cake and eat it too. I suspect that disney/lucasfilm would be extremely protective of licensing the Harrison Ford/Han Solo ip (or any of the… -
Re: Hats Off: Lucasarts is gone
That sucks. I knew a few folks that worked there over the years and the stories they would tell about the (mis)management of some of the games were incredible. But George allowed it to happen since he printed his own money and made revenue elsewhere. LucasArts could fail all it wanted, start projects and randomly cancel… -
Re: Interesting Research Thread
What Will A Next-Decade Publisher Do? http://www.whatgamesare.com/2011/01/what-will-a-next-decade-publisher-do-what-games-will-be.html The Games Industry's Age Problem http://www.whatgamesare.com/2011/02/the-games-industrys-age-problem-trends.html What Games Are: Have We Hit “Peak Mobile”?… -
STAR WARS: Jedi Challenges | Strategic Combat by Blind Squirrel Games - Art Drop
Developing the Strategic Combat game for Star Wars: Jedi Challenges Blind Squirrel Games in collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm developed the Strategic Combat game for Star Wars: Jedi Challenges. It was an honor for our studio to work on this high profile game. We are proud to show some of the assets we’ve done for… -
FMX Stuttgart 2009 (Pixar, Disney Animation, Epic, Ubisoft, Media Molecule,...)
anyone going there? Its like the GDC except it's in Germany (Stuttgart to be exactly) and has a stronger focus on the visal side. Lots of movie/ FX and game companies will be present. To sum up which big companies will be there and tell their secrets of development or run recruitment panels: Ubisoft Digital Arts Epic Games… -
Re: Rebellion Studios sues Ironclad over name " Rebellion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_%28robot%29#Trademark_use The word droid is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd.
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