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Lucasfilm Games

Founded: 1982-05

T-series code: T-230

Merged into: The Walt Disney Company (2012)

Headquarters:

	P.O. Box 10307, San Rafael, California, 10307, United States^[1]^[2]
	San Francisco, California, United States

Lucasfilm Games is a subsidiary of Lucasfilm which specialises in video game licensing and until 2013, video game development. Between 1990 and 2021 it was known as LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (trading as LucasArts).

Lucasfilm Games started publishing games in the late 1980s, becoming one of the world's leading adventure game publishers along with Sierra Entertainment, a trend which continued until the 1998 release of Grim Fandango, the first adventure game the company failed to make a profit on (despite positive reviews). However, being linked to Lucasfilm, the company has access to big franchises such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, which has kept it afloat despite the downfall of the adventure genre.

In 2013, new owners The Walt Disney Company ceased all internal video game development at LucasArts and laid off most of its staff, reducing the company into a video game licensing arm. The license for core Star Wars games was given to Electronic Arts. In 2021 the company reverted to its previous name of Lucasfilm Games^[3].

Softography

Model 1

(1993) (as LucasArts)

Model 3

(1998) (as LucasArts)

Master System

(1990)
(1993) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)

Mega Drive

(1992) (as LucasArts)
(1994)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)

Game Gear

(1992)
(1993) (as LucasArts)
(1995) (as LucasArts)

Mega-CD

(1993) (as LucasArts)
(1994) (as LucasArts)
(1994) (as LucasArts)
(1994) (as LucasArts)
(1994) (as LucasArts)
(2020) (as LucasArts)
(2020) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)

32X

(1994) (as LucasArts)

Saturn

(1997) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)

Hikaru

(2000) (as LucasArts)

Dreamcast

(2000) (as LucasArts)
(2000) (as LucasArts)
(2000) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)
(unreleased) (as LucasArts)

GameCube

(2003) (as LucasArts)

PlayStation 4

(2022)

Nintendo Switch

(2022)

PlayStation 5

(2022)

Gallery

Lucasfilm Games logo (1982-1992)
LucasArts logo (1992-2005)
LucasArts logo (2005-2013)
Lucasfilm Games logo (2021-)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Lucasfilm Games

↑ Electronic Gaming Retail News, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 31
↑ Summer CES Directory, page 175
↑ https://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-games (Wayback Machine: 2024-02-23 14:32)

[:File:EGRN_US_08.pdf_p31-1] Electronic Gaming Retail News, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:SummerCES1991_Directory.pdf_p175-2] Summer CES Directory, page 175

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20240223143253.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.starwars.com.2Fnews.2Flucasfilm-games-3] ttps://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-games (Wayback Machine: 2024-02-23 14:32)

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+'''Lucasfilm Games''' is a subsidiary of Lucasfilm which specialises in video game licensing and until 2013, video game development. Between 1990 and 2021 it was known as '''LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC''' (trading as '''LucasArts''').
-'''LucasArts''' is a company owned by Disney via LucasFilm which specialises in video game publishing and, until 2013, video game development. It started publishing games in the late 1980s, becoming one of the world's leading adventure game publishers along with [[Sierra]]. This trend continued until the 1998 release of ''Grim Fandango'', the first adventure game the company failed to make a profit on (despite positive reviews).
+Lucasfilm Games started publishing games in the late 1980s, becoming one of the world's leading adventure game publishers along with [[Sierra Entertainment]], a trend which continued until the 1998 release of ''Grim Fandango'', the first adventure game the company failed to make a profit on (despite positive reviews). However, being linked to Lucasfilm, the company has access to big franchises such as ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'', which has kept it afloat despite the downfall of the adventure genre.
-However, because it is linked to LucasFilm, this gave the company access to big franchises such as ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'', which has kept it afloat despite the downfall of the adventure genre.
+In 2013, new owners [[The Walt Disney Company]] ceased all internal video game development at LucasArts and laid off most of its staff, reducing the company into a video game licensing arm. The license for core ''Star Wars'' games was given to [[Electronic Arts]]. In 2021 the company reverted to its previous name of Lucasfilm Games{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20240223143253/https://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-games}}.
-In 2013, Disney ceased all internal video game development at LucasArts and laid off most of its staff, reducing the company into a video game licensing arm. The license for core ''Star Wars'' games was given to [[Electronic Arts]].
-The company was previously known as '''Lucasfilm Games LLC''' and '''LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC'''.
 ==Softography==
-{{CompanyHistoryAll|LucasArts|Lucasfilm Games}}
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Lucasfilm Games|LucasArts}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-LucasFilmGames logo.png|LucasFilm Games logo
+LucasFilmGames logo.png|Lucasfilm Games logo (1982-1992)
 LucasArts logo 1992.svg|LucasArts logo (1992-2005)
 LucasArts Logo.svg|LucasArts logo (2005-2013)
+LucasfilmGames logo 2021.png|Lucasfilm Games logo (2021-)
 </gallery>