Erwin_Br Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 DasJan posted this news on AdventureGamers forums, quoted from the LA Times: The president of LucasArts Entertainment Co., Simon Jeffery, abruptly resigned. A company spokeswoman would not say why he resigned or who would replace him at the San Rafael, Calif., game publisher he led for more than three years. Source: http://www.latimes.com/technology/?track=mainnav-technology I guess that's pretty shocking news. I wonder why he resigns if it's true... --Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystein Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Is this company falling apart, or what?! This is very bad indeed. Although a fresh face may bring in some new, fresh ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telarium Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Well it's easy to speculate. LucasArts has had extreme highs and extreme lows in the past few months. Galaxies and Knights of the Old Republic had record sales, while RTX Red Rock and Full Throttle 2 failed miserably. What can you say? Let's just hope they find a new president who is familiar with and embraces the LucasArts legacy like Simon did. He will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptdc Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Another blow for LEC. I hope new blood brings more original titles :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonkeyGuy Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 This is a very sad new I think that Simon was doing very well his job, I hope that LucasArts find a good president. Good luck, simon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Hurrah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I'm throwing my hat into the ring to take the reigns of LucasArts. I think it'd be a fun thing to do before the new president comes in and while Mixnmojo is in its semi-down time. A way to gain interest back into getting people back to the site and to the boards. Maybe all the webmasters and high heads should start campaigning and tell what they would do, although it would be heavily adventure biased and less Star Wars. The Washington Recall... or....well, just a Mixnmojo Election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telarium Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Maybe Simon was just horrified over who was now governor of his state and decided to get the hell out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Behold the glorious legacy that Simon Jeffrey has left for us all in his three short years as President! Escape From Monkey Island Indiana Jones and The Infernal Machine Star Wars: Demolition Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars: Episode I: Racer Star Wars: Force Commander Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Star Wars: Obi-Wan Star Wars: Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II Star Wars: Starfighter Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Star Wars: Racer Revenge Star Wars: The Clone Wars Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb RTX Red Rock Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided And to look forward to! Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Armed & Dangerous Gladius Sam N Max 2 Thanks, Simon! You will be missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Most of the games listed above were started under Jack Sorensen. Plus you left out games like Armed & Dangerous and Gladius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/descriptions/?ID=producer there is currently no president job opening...according to their website. maybe they also need a new website manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryJonesJr. Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by ThunderPeel2001 Hurrah! LOL But whats up with all this people calling it quits at lucasarts?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercatfat Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 finally, i can start making fat jokes about him without losing my esteemed posistion at mojo. about damn time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobo Donkey™ Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Heres an idea. How about an ex-Sierra employee takes over LucasArts then we would see more adventure games coming our way }:¬) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooJaka Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Booo! It's always bad for someone to leave Lucas Arts. Lets hope he has good luck for the future and the same for the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telarium Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by Bobo Donkey™ Heres an idea. How about an ex-Sierra employee takes over LucasArts then we would see more adventure games coming our way }:¬) Yes, then we could get some new, inferior, less polished graphic adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Most of the games listed above were started under Jack Sorensen. Yes, be he was responsible for them being released. Don't take Simon's work away from him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebsmith Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I think the Mixnmojo guys should take over at LA. But then the company would crash every year or so. Sorry guys, it was just such an easy joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I think that the new president should be a massive Star Wars fan. I mean, lets face it, with Episode III on the way LucasArts are going to be making many many more Star Wars games for at least another 4 years or so. This way, at least the Star Wars games they do make could be good. When the Star Wars thing dies down again, hopefully LucasArts will go back to adventure games again. I mean, when were all the classic adventures made? 1988-1997ish - ie, after the Star Wars movies. In 1998 Episode I was announced and the world went Star Wars mental again, and LucasArts had a duty to make games to satisfy the fans. Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin_Br Posted October 17, 2003 Author Share Posted October 17, 2003 Most StarWars games are being developed out-house though --Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptdc Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 If they were being developed in an out house, that would make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin_Br Posted October 17, 2003 Author Share Posted October 17, 2003 Originally posted by PTDC If they were being developed in an out house, that would make sense Well, they say the best ideas come up in the bathroom. --Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 In their case, wouldn't it be "out" in the bathroom (sorry, this must stop!!! Jedi Outcast was excellent, phew!). Actually weren't the worst offenders developed in-house? TPM, Pod Racer etc? ~ John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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