Disney’s LucasArts halts video game development
The Walt Disney Co.‘s recently acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. subsidiary announced on Wednesday that its video game unit will no longer develop games.
LucasArts, which was founded in 1982, is best known for a slew of “Star Wars” video games. Lucasfilm said in a statement that the company will now look to license its intellectual property rather than create video games in-house.
“After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality ‘Star Wars’ games,” Lucasfilm said in a statement.
-- Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times