Direct2Drive has given discounts to a trio of Lucas Arts bundles, giving a 50% off discount to the six game Star Wars Classics Pack and the five game Lucas Arts 'There's Action, Adventure and Puzzles' Bundle, along with 60% off the 13 game Lucas Arts Premier Pack.
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Crowbar Error 42 writes "It that time of the week again where we take a look at the top ten selling PC games on Valve's Steam service."
Get Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC) for free today, thanks to LucasArts and Telltale Games. You can also get it from playlikeapirate.com. This is only available today, September 19th, during Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Over the past few days Steam has seen a number of new titles and special offers. Game-Pad.net summarise some of the main releases and bargains this weekend.
Koku Gamer writes: 'Lucasarts, while waxing lyrical about the wonders of digital content and DLC, have revealed that any plans to release more classics could depend upon the success of Monkey Island.'
Destructoid writes: Get ready to be really excited Day of the Tentacle fans.
It's understandable to be confused about why an old school adventure game is suddenly taking up more than 2GB of space on your hard drive, especially when the Xbox Live Arcade version is only a quarter of that (just over 500MB). LucasArts' Twitter has explained the size discrepancy for The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition -- it comes downto compression.
UGO writes,
Adventure lovers and anyone who has not yet had the chance of LucasArts' many outstanding classics will now have the opportunity to either rekindle their childhoods or experience gaming must-haves this July 8th when LucasArts is set to release a slew of its games on Valve's ever dynamic digital distribution platform.
Given the inclusion of The Fate of Atlantis with the new Indy game for the Wii, and the upcoming remake of The Secret of Monkey Island, you would be forgiven for thinking Lucasarts is jumping on the remake bandwagon and giving all their classic adventure games a jumpstart. There is only one catch to this presumption becoming a reality, the upcoming title The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition has to sell well, really well. More after the break.
The developers of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition held court on Facebook to answer questions from fans about the remake of the LucasArts classic. These questions ranged from complaints about Guybrush's hair to the possibility of PS3, Wii and Mac releases of the remake.
Today at 3pm PST, you can get your questions answered on the upcoming LucasArts game The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. It's a remake of the classic graphic adventure game, The Secret of Monkey Island, with this Special Edition headed to the Xbox 360 and PC. Craig Derrick, the game's producer, will be answering questions that you can submit through Facebook. Join in on a unique opportunity to find out more on the development of the remake.