BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 After purchasing Lucasfilms and doing a cost cutting review, Disney has shut down the interactive games division LucasArts. Reportedly the studio has been underperforming and has struggled in recent years to produce a hit. I guess that means no more updates to Angry Birds Star Wars! Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Disney is just going to license the franchise to other video game developers.....instead of keeping it in house.I believe the angry birds game was made by another developer who licensed the characters from lucasarts. Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Disney also gave out pink slips to 150 employees at the Walt Disney Studios this past Wed. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 With so much animation now being done with a computer they probably had an overload of animators. Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 With so much animation now being done with a computer they probably had an overload of animators. Hand drawn animation has been almost non-existent for a long time at Disney, as well as the people that didn't make the transition to computer animation.Even some of the new Disney stuff that looks hand drawn is done using a computer. Only a handful of people of the 150 were in the animation dept. Link to post Share on other sites
caveat lector 181 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 There are many company's going through voluntary and involuntary separation exercises as we speak. This isn't the debate board, so I won't offer my opinion as to why. But suffice it to say, it's adding a lot of extra stress to many families Link to post Share on other sites
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