Updated: Screw Ron and Tim; LucasArts is making stuff too, you know!

27 May, 2012, 17:32 | Posted by: Jason | Source: EGM

Based on an invitation they extended to EGM, LucasArts will have at least one new game to show off at E3 this year. So what will it be? The perennially greenlit-and-then-cancelled Battlefront III? The aerial combat game implied by some job listings some time ago? Might we finally begin seeing some sort of video game shaped consequences of the "We hired Clint Hocking" and "We've licensed the Unreal 3 engine" announcements from like, well over a year ago?

I dunno, but even money says whatever it is will be unworthy of my time Star Wars-related. Not that it's the only thing you have to look forward to from LEC; as we told you a few weeks back, they're planning on issuing a re-release of the first two Knights of the Old Republic games sometime this year. And thank goodness, right? God knows there aren't oodles of less readily available games from their prestigious catalog that people would care to see back in circulation over a hidden gem like KOTOR.

Thanks to Threepwood4life for the heads up. Poor sap thinks people still read the forums!

JP Update: Gamezone is reporting that a 'first look' of this new Star Wars franchise will screen on GTTV on May 31, with gameplay footage to be shown on June 6th.

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Comment by: Sopabuena | Posted 27 May, 2012, 14:45 | Quote
Sorry really screwed my last post:

SPIKE E3 video

Craig Derrick's tweets
Comment by: Sopabuena | Posted 27 May, 2012, 14:42 | Quote
Oh, it is a Star Wars game. New franchise, actually: http://www.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DusDyrCKOLEY%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&feature=youtu.be&v=usDyrCKOLEY&gl=US

Also Craig Derrick has been tweeting some vague stuff about it: https://twitter.com/craigderrick/status/206529385816268802
Comment by: Shmargin | Posted 26 May, 2012, 01:10 | Quote
I bet 20 Mojo Dollars that their next game is based on Star Wars in some way.
Comment by: clone2727 | Posted 25 May, 2012, 10:22 | Quote
Wow. "At least one game." Kind of seems pathetic after thinking about what they used to do...
Comment by: Melancholick | Posted 24 May, 2012, 18:52 | Quote
Kinect Star Wars 2: Jar-Jar's Bombad Bustamove Party.
Comment by: Jason | Posted 24 May, 2012, 14:20 | Quote
D'oh! Well, at least I got some added snark in there. Amended.
Comment by: Jennifer | Posted 24 May, 2012, 14:18 | Quote
It would be great if some in-house LucasArts games got announced at E3, since it is their 30th anniversary this year.

Oh, and something we forgot to tell you a few weeks back: LEC is planning on issuing a re-release of the first two Knights of the Old Republic games sometime this year.

*cough*

http://mixnmojo.com/news/Star-Wars-Rumors-New-Game-and-Re-releases

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