LucasArts’ mixed legacy: A breeding ground for great games and designers that relied too much on Star Wars

The old Star Wars game business apparently wasn't enough to carry the longtime studio into the new age of games.

Aliens: Colonial Marines isn’t the Aliens sequel you wanted (review)

Developer Gearbox has focused too much on providing fan service than including any original or creative ideas of its own.

George Lucas to cash out his Disney stock for $2B

If walking the path of a Jedi requires you to give up all wealth and material possessions, then Star Wars creator George Lucas has reached the halfway point in his journey.

Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts

What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?

Possible box art appears for the unconfirmed Star Wars: First Assault Xbox Live Arcade game

LucasArts hasn't acknowledged it, but the evidence is starting to pile up for a new Star Wars game.

World of Warcraft patched as Blizzard Entertainment tries to reverse declining subscriptions

Blizzard Entertainment  released a huge patch on Tuesday for its hit game World of Warcraft, as part of an effort to turn around a significant drop in subscribers. As we reported earlier this month, player numbers dropped from 11.1 million …