Lucasfilm Games

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January 11, 2021: Lucasfilm Games re-established as a label for Star Wars-licensed games.
April 3, 2013: The Walt Disney Company shuts down LucasArts' development division and cancels its then-upcoming games.
October 30, 2012: The Walt Disney Company acquires Lucasfilm and its subsidiaries, including LucasArts.
January 4, 2007: The company cancels Traxion, a PSP music rhythm based game that would create levels on-the-fly from MP3s stored on a memory stick, developed by Kuju.
March 3, 2004: The sequel to Sam & Max: Hit the Road is canned. The sales department believed there was not a market for adventure games in 2004.
July 8, 2003: LucasArts announces that it has stopped production on Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels, the sequel to Full Throttle
2002: Development of Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast sees LucasArts partner with Activision and Raven Software. This was the first time LucasArts had shared development duties on a Star Wars console title since their very first with JVC.
1995: LucasArts launch their official website, LucasArts.com
1993: LucasFilm Games officially becomes LucasArts Entertainment Company, with ILM and Skywalker Sound forming Lucas Digital.
1992: LucasFilm Games creates its first Star Wars-based video game, in a collaboration with JVC for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
1990: LucasFilm Games joins Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Group, THX Group, LucasArts Attractions, LucasArts Luminaire, Lucasfilm Learning Systems, and Lucasfilm Commercial Productions under the new company division, LucasArts Entertainment Company
1987: LucasFilm Games introduces SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion), leading the change from parser-driven interfaces to the "point-and-click" interface for adventure games.
January 1984: LucasFilm Games officially announced as a developer and publisher of entertainment software.
1982: LucasFilm Games formed as a research and development project.