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E3: LucasArts Announce New Titles

Posted By Mark on May 8, 2006

While Star Wars and Indiana Jones, among many classic names, will always be a part of LucasArts in some way or form, 2006 marks the year for some all new ideas. What better way to announce the future then at E3. Here's an overview of the two newest additions to the family, thanks to jp-30 for the find, and be sure to visit our video game forums thread on this years' event:

Thrillville

Visit Thrillville for a nonstop party in a theme park you create. An all-access pass to adventure and fun, Thrillville lets you experience a fully interactive and customizable amusement park where you can play dozens of midway minigames, interact with your park guests, and even build and ride roller coasters and over 100 attractions. Thrillville combines elements of simulation, party games and social interaction like nothing before it - all in one of the most family-friendly console games ever!

For the first time ever, Thrillville allows gamers of all ages to easily build and customize the coaster of your dreams. Gone are the days of the complex PC techniques used in other coaster games. Rather, Thrillville's easy to use building mode has been designed specifically for the console platforms and makes building all 75-plus rides from wooden, corkscrew and inverted coasters to merry go rounds, trains and carnival rides, easy, and most importantly, fun.

Imagination is the only height limit with Thrillville, where the fun ranges from racing on go-kart tracks you put together and playing mini-golf on courses you designed to joining friends for dozens of four-player party games, from bumper cars to arcade shoot-'em-ups. You can also tour the park on foot - a first for theme-park titles - chatting and joking with all the guests to help them out and make sure they're enjoying themselves. Slated for a fall release, Thrillville is being developed by Frontier Development for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PSP.


Traxion

Gaming and music combine like never before on your PSP in Traxion - where your tracks drive the action. Loaded with dozens of minigames and a variety of music from leading artists - and fully compatible with every MP3 file on your memory stick - Traxion sucks you in as the music not only provides the soundtrack, but also changes the way the games are played! Imagine the rocking guitar chords of heavy metal, the strong beats of rap, the smooth tones of jazz, or even the crazy pace of polka - all impact gameplay in a different way. Traxion's unique music analysis tool allows for your favorite tunes to drive the gameplay, resulting in a dazzling visual and sensory experience that is different every time you play. And because you control the music, infinite possibilities for personalized gameplay experiences exist. Change your tune and change your game when Traxion, developed by Kuju Entertainment, releases this fall.


Two interesting things to note from this. 1) Both titles have been developed by fairly unknown studios and 2) The PSP gains the most interest, with no Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii in sight.

Among the other titles at the E3 booth this year are, of course, the next addition in the Indiana Jones franchise, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, and the recently comfirmed expansion pack to Empire At War. But so far nothing has been seen or written in regards to KOTOR III, Republic Commando II, Star Wars Galaxies' future, and the rumoured title based around Darth Vader. All of those, of course, have never been completly confirmed nor denied by LucasArts as yet ... but we're still hoping.




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