Lucasarts bringing classics to Steam July 8th


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Fans have asked and LucasArts has delivered! Today the company announced a new initiative in its effort to revive its classic and beloved franchises by making its games available for the first time ever as digital downloads online. In this first round of releases, ten fan-favorite LucasArts PC games will be made available Wednesday, July 8 on Steam?, Valve Corporation's delivery and management platform for the PC. Scheduled for release are classic adventure titles like LOOM and The Dig and hit action games including Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Republic Commando.

The complete list of games to be released on July 8 via Steam includes:

  • Armed and Dangerous?
  • Indiana Jones? and the Fate of Atlantis
  • Indiana Jones? and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
  • LEGO? Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure
  • LOOM?
  • Star Wars Battlefront? II
  • Star Wars Republic Commando?
  • Star Wars Starfighter?
  • The Dig?
  • Thrillville?: Off the Rails?

"This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts' classic games," said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. "It also gives more people a chance to play our games by making them available long after they've disappeared from store shelves. We hope our fans are as excited as we are about our plans and we can't wait to share what's coming next. This is just the beginning." This series of launches continues LucasArts' new mission to revitalize its deep portfolio of beloved gaming franchises. LucasArts previously announced the return of the classic Monkey Island? franchise with two new projects due to be released in the near future. Tomorrow, July 7, Telltale will premiere the Tales of Monkey Island? game series on PC, delivering a completely new epic storyline and swashbuckling flair that will unfold across five monthly episodes. The first Tales of Monkey Island chapter is expected to release for WiiWare? in the coming weeks as well.

The Monkey Island celebration continues on July 15 when LucasArts publishes The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, a completely re-imagined version of the first game in the series that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, and full voiceover to the classic adventure game originally launched in 1990. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be made available on Xbox LIVE? Arcade for the Xbox 360? video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PC via Steam and other online distribution channels.

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Wonder if this will on the UK Steam, still wanting to get my hands on some EA/Atari titles :\ Good news tho! Hope prices are tasty and we see even more Star Wars titles.

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Republic Commando was an excellent game, but I'm a bit upset that it is a newer game being offered, and yet the slightly older Jedi Knight II and Academy are not going to be offered first.

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You guys think the PC can handle the graphics and physics in these games?

One can only hope in a galaxy far far away someone has the technology and that it might one day reach us...

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Republic Commando, such an under rated game :heart:

It's a fantastic first person shooter. In fact, when I first started playing Mass Effect, the first person scoping interface and space settings (the generic blocks, robots, aliens rushing at you) immediately reminded me of Republic Commando.

Am I the only one who feels that there is a striking resemblance between RC and ME?

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No X-Wing vs Tie Fighter? Probably the best space sim? I can just imagine that game with todays hardware and the possibilites. (Wants a full proper version of Endor).

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Star Wars Starfighter? I loved that game! And I'm usually not a fan of flight-based games.

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Armed and Dangerous? Yes! Now I would just need Giants: Citizen Kabuto.

Im looking at the trailer for Armed and Dangerous... How did I miss this title? I have to buy it.

Kabuto was a great game also.

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All of the adventure games you can play now for free on SCUMM

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DIG was fantastic experience as far I can remember. I loved every second of that game. I'm sad they are not putting Full Throttle on there. That game was kick ass back then too. They don't make them like these anymore.

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I always wanted to play The Dig, but never got round to it...

Great game. I plan on picking it and LOOM up when they're available.

No Monkey love yet, though. :(

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DIG was fantastic experience as far I can remember. I loved every second of that game. I'm sad they are not putting Full Throttle on there. That game was kick ass back then too. They don't make them like these anymore.

We laughed our butts off all the way through Full Throttle... "I'm not puttin' my lips on that."

I'm hoping for Grim Fandango eventually too. Heck, the whole SCUMM series should be up there. :)

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Classics?! Pah!

When they said classics I was hoping for (original) Sam n' Max, Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Grim Fandango... Y'know proper classic Lucasarts games.

Oh well :(

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