LucasArts pairs with Steam, cavalcade of games to escape vaults
Written on July 7, 2009 by Matt
After announcing their announcement to be announced today a couple of days back, LucasArts has come good on their promise and announced (just love using this word over and over) that the majority of their back catalogue will be finding it’s way onto Steam. When? Oh, say, by Wednesday? Wednesday good with you?
Apparently at least someone has been listening to my rambling wishes.
In a press release issued today, LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez had this to say:
“This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts’ classic games. 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.”
-Darrell Rodriguez, man after my heart
The full list of games to be released on the 8th is as follows:
- Armed and Dangerous
- LOOM
- Lego Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Dig
- Thrillville: Off The Rails
- Star Wars BattleFront 2
- Star Wars Republic Commando
- Star Wars Starfighter
Don’t forget to imagine a smattering of trademark symbols on nearly every second word of the list above, by the way. Given that more is yet to come, we may yet see the wishes of many die-hard Star Wars fans come true with a re-release of Star Wars: X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter.
The older games are also the updated CD-ROM versions too, which means full voice acting in most of the titles. In an ultra-nostalgic move, the games will all come with digital equivalents of their original copyright protection (like the code generating “Dial-A-Pirate” that accompanied the original Monkey Island).
No word on pricing yet, we’ll just have to wait and see. Great news however, another little boost to an adventure revival!
