[V_Ben]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/08/0...t-steps-down-2

LucasArts has just announced that President Paul Meegan has decided to step down from his position at the company. Mich Chau, President and Chief Operating Officer for Lucasfilm had the following to say: Paul has been a valuable member of the Lucasfilm leadership team and we wish him the best in his future endeavors. We remain committed to our current projects and will be re-evaluating LucasArts’ leadership needs to ensure that we make the right decisions to keep the studio focused.

Oh wow, I wonder what the next guy will think of their classic franchises? And his successor the following god damn week too.

[Dog Problems]

Hopefully the next guy has enough sense to sign up with GOG and to do more with their adventure franchises.

[JehutyRunner]

Apt considering Ben's tweet. :-)

[Secret Fawful]

Good, now get another President in who will do something with Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion again.

[Federico_612]

BATTLEFRONT 3 GO GO GO

[Sinatar]

Thank god, Meegan was a tool.

[Derrick01]

Maybe this new person will wake up and put Kotor 2 on steam.

[Hindle]

Hopefully the new guy will greenlight a KOTOR reboot.

[Omikaru]

So, Jim Ward lasted about 4 years -- which was met with a sigh of relief to us adventure game fans, considering he said Monkey Island wouldn't be back until 2015 -- and then Darrell Rodriguez lasted 2 years (and managed to do some good things in that time), and now Paul Meegan is gone after 2 years.

What the hell is going on over there? And considering the rotation of Presidents coming and going from that company, who in their right mind would take that brief now?

Either way, I wonder what projects get the axe this time. Hopefully whoever takes control has a fondness for adventure games again. Whilst I'm not expecting new ones or anything like the Monkey Island Special Editions, it would be nice for them to leverage their properties and actually re-release them on services like GOG and Steam, instead of pretending they don't even exist, which seems to have been Meegan's approach.

[Rhomega Beta]

Maybe this new person will wake up and put Kotor 2 on steam.

Along with Full Throttle and Grim Fandango.

[V_Ben]

I bet the new president keeps 1313, but also does a couple more HD remakes of old adventure games. Maybe somebody who knows the history of Lucasarts! That would be nice.

[epmode]

To the new guy: HURRY, GET LUCASARTS ADVENTURE GAMES AND THE X-WING SERIES ON GOG BEFORE THEY COME FOR YOU TOO

[Dog Problems]

More HD remakes would definitely be nice but I'd be content with them finally getting on GOG.

[Bedlam]

Good, now get another President in who will do something with Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion again.

They should really use these franchises and make them into a gritty shooter or something.

[jimi_dini]

Good, now get another President in who will do something with Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion again.

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Day of the tentacle HD NOW

[androvsky]

I've always wondered what it takes for someone with a strong business background (I'm assuming) to look at something like the Tim Schafer Kickstarter whirlwind, look at their catalog of Tim Schafer games that are getting mentioned in all these videos, and think "No, I do not want to sell these games that are obviously a hot property and are getting a ton of free marketing".

[TucoBenedictoPacifico]

Until they will get someone absolutely adamant about working on a new X-Wing or Tie Fighter game, it will always be the wrong man for the role.

[Secret Fawful]

Along with Full Throttle and Grim Fandango.

Fix the compatibility issues with Grim, and I'm all for it.

[Tempy]

I think the next President has bigger things to worry about than re-releasing/remaking old adventure games.

[Dog Problems]

I think the next President has bigger things to worry about than re-releasing/remaking old adventure games.

Yeah, like who is going to do the sixth Monkey Island? I'm fine with TellTale again but it'd be cool to see Double Fine get on it.

[Lord Error]

Fix the compatibility issues with Grim, and I'm all for it.

Play it using ResidualVM.

IMO, anyone who cares about these games already owns them. And if you own them, you can just copy them to your HDD and play using ScummVM and Residual VM. It all works on Mac and Linux too. Who cares if they're on Steam or not.

[Dog Problems]

Play it using ResidualVM. IMO, anyone who cares about these games already owns them. And if you own them, you can just copy them to your HDD and play using ScummVM and Residual VM. Who cares if they're on Steam or not.

If they get on Steam or GOG and they actually sell good enough it can show LucasArts that people are still into these franchises and maybe they will have people like TellTale make more.

[Secret Fawful]

Play it using ResidualVM. IMO, anyone who cares about these games already owns them. And if you own them, you can just copy them to your HDD and play using ScummVM and Residual VM. Who cares if they're on Steam or not.

I am, but I still have savegame issues. Currently, all I can do is play the game in one sitting if I want to beat it, and I just haven't had the time.

[faceless007]

Whom does the President of Lucasarts report to anyway? Lucas obviously hasn't given a shit about them in years. Does he even hold a role with them on paper?

[Lord Error]

I am, but I still have savegame issues. Currently, all I can do is play the game in one sitting if I want to beat it, and I just haven't had the time.

I tried saving with the last available release, and it worked fine, but I didn't get very far in the game.

[cuyahoga]

Wasn't Meegan's deal that he wanted to reinvent LucasArts as a leading AAA company dedicated to the Star Wars brand with 90+ Metacritic games with lengthy dev times to take on major players in the market? Like an open-world RPG taking on Skyrim, 1313 on Uncharted and FPS on Call Of Duty/Battlefield.

Also, the guy just started a Twitter account if you want to follow his exploits.

[Trigger]

Hopefully the new guy will greenlight a KOTOR reboot.

Please. PLEASE do this.

[Tookay]

For the love of God, I wish they'd do something with Battlefront 3, Jedi Knight, or the X-Wing series, but they won't.

There seems to be a mandate from Lucas that they have to focus exclusively on prequel or between trilogy stuff, to prop up their other merchandising and television shows.

[nemesun]

All I want is Grim Fandango on Steam, is that too much to ask you bastids!

[PetrCobra]

I was always curious about the X-Wing/Tie Fighter series and if they really put those games on GOG I'd probably bite just to see what was it all about

[Javaman]

Hopefully he'll release some of the classic Star Wars sims.

[Eusis]

I want someone who'll actually make their older catalog available again, especially through GOG, but to be honest anyone that will ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING would be a huge improvement. I'm still blown away at how completely inert they've become over the last few years.

[OriginalNameGuy]

If the new president puts KOTOR 2 on Steam then he will be a winner in my book.

[Blizzard]

Making the KOTOR2, X-Wing, etc. games available on Steam (or GoG if making them Win7-compatible is too much trouble on Steam) would be great. </eternal refrain>

[Bitmap Frogs]

When did business types start hating free money?

Let's be honest here, they aren't gonna get mad bonuses rereleasing their classic on gog or steam but it is FREE MONEY.

[Eusis]

When did business types start hating free money? Let's be honest here, they aren't gonna get mad bonuses rereleasing their classic on gog or steam but it is FREE MONEY.

It sounds like for business it can be more complex than that. However, the least they could do is get stuff like KotOR2 on Steam, but instead after one shot they basically gave up on classic re-releases altogether! And have barely put out new games period, it's absurd how they're sitting around and doing NOTHING save for 1313, and that was only just announced and won't be out for quite awhile.

[Razgriz-Specter]

BATTLEFRONT 3 GO GO GO

This.
I could understand if they had so much else going on but what have they released lately besides Force Unleashed.
I would much rather have Battlefront 3 than1313.

[inm8num2]

Hopefully the next guy has enough sense to sign up with GOG and to do more with their adventure franchises.

This x 10000000

[Cheddahz]

At this point, is Lucasarts even considered a big time video game company? They have the brands to be dominant in the video game industry, but in the last decade or so, they have poorly managed them

[Rygar 8 Bit]

hopefully the next guy knows to put out battlefront 3

[disappeared]

Whom does the President of Lucasarts report to anyway? Lucas obviously hasn't given a shit about them in years. Does he even hold a role with them on paper?

He probably goes into their offices once a month, takes a complimentary coffee, says hi to the janitor, and leaves.

[CaptainAhab]

It boggles my mind how much money they've been leaving on the table all of these years.