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LucasArts' Rereleases Classics on Steam

By Brian Crecente,

11:20 AM on Mon Jul 6 2009,

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A bevy of classic LucasArts games are coming to Steam over the next month, LucasArts Games announced this morning.
First news
of the announcement came from LucasArts' Twitter feed: "So lets see who
will be happy: LucasArts has partnered with Steam. Digital adventurey
goodness."
The back-catalog hitting Steam's PC on-demand gaming service includes LOOM, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Star Wars Battlefront II.
"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."

The first round of releases will hit Steam on July 8 and includes these titles:
• 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
The partnership is the latest in LucasArts' push to revitalize their older portfolio of games.
Tomorrow, Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island game series hits the PC,
delivering a new storyline that will unfold across five monthly
episodes. On July 15 LucasArts publishes The Secret of Monkey Island:
Special Edition, a 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 released on
Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC via Steam and "other online distribution
channels."
LucasArts teased the announcement late last week on Twitter saying that "amazing news"
was coming Monday and that they were "super excited." "You have no idea
how tough it is not to start yelling about it! But it's secret! Until
Monday!"
The news, they say, will be "awesome news for old school fans." They later said that the news wouldn't be tied to a specific IP.
LucasArts Games Twitter