LucasArts

Whenever I think of LucasArts, I wonder why they stopped making graphic adventure games. According to LucasArts PR manager Chris Norris, this kind of question is all too common.

“We have looked at it,” admits Norris. “It is something we are continually looking at - new venues to put out our library of games on. We’re not announcing anything about that because honestly I don’t know anything about it.”

And why don’t they release the games on the Wii or DS, both formats sporting interfaces which are undeniably perfect for a translation?

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LucasArts has finally announced a release date for the much-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - September 16, 2008 in the United States, September 17 in Southeast Asia and Australia, and September 19 in Europe.

Growing up in a Mac household wasn’t easy when you had a voracious appetite for games - but at least the LucasArts games eased the pain. Arguably there is no real need to ease the pain of an iPhone user, but old LucasArts games are coming to the iPhone anyway - thanks to a very neat port of the ScummVM emulator. Scumm is the engine used to create several classic adventure games such as Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, and Loom - and ScummVM allows flawless playback of these titles on current computers and devices.

Check after the jump for a list of the supported games.

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