It wasn't like Lucasarts was in the best of conditions before the Disney buyout - the announcement of 1313 was such a surprise after all the layoffs and talks of cutting back on internal development.
ILM and Lucas already have in-sourcing studios in Singapore. Plus we did some outsourcing of studios involved in Disney. I don't expect that high-level work, deep-specialization work and R&D will move any time soon. What's moving currently is asset outsourcing - same as in games where building blocks (models, levels,…
Here are a few ideas that Disney could run with... If anyone from Disney runs across this post, these are freebies. 1. Hire Kenneth Branagh to direct a Star Wars spin-off movie about a young up-and-coming officer in the Imperial fleet. (around the same time that the original trilogy was taking place) The film's story would…
What's with people and their obsessions with 1313? If I wanted to play Uncharted with Mass Effect, I would do just that. It's great that it's not getting canceled, because why would it? However, the obsession with "OH NOES! EVEN IF DISNEY HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF GAMES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PUT IN THE HANDS OF TERRIBLE…
Wow, this has sent me spinning through quite a range of emotions. But I've finally settled into "cautiously optimistic". Honestly, it will probably be a good thing to get the series out of Lucas' hands, even though I'm no big fan of Disney.
Give it some time. I love how quickly people respond to news like this on the internet. Some very positive, some very negative. Personally, I have faith that Disney won't make the franchise any worse than Lucas already has. As for theme park stuff, they have a section of their parks already dedicated to Star Wars and…
At first I thought it was a joke, then I read the FoxNews article. It was FoxNews, So then I read a more credible source seems legit. Holy ¢r@p!! is Lucas dying? I ... I'm speechless. I've always wanted to work at two places ILM and Pixar now both are owned by Disney.
I'm not being sarcastic in the least and I'm not just talking about Marvel and Lucas Films. I'm talking about their entire catalog of works. They are all appropriated works either from the public domain, licenses, or out-right purchases of the rights. They haven't created anything wholly original since "Steamboat Willy" (a…
This thought is foremost on my mind and I'm quite shocked that nobody else has expressed any concern over the unforeseen consequences of Disney having such a large monopoly on our culture. After all, they are the reason we have effectively perpetual copyright terms with nothing new entering the public domain. It's a dark…