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Sam and Max 2 to Remain Cancelled

Posted by Zonk on from the dangit dept.

Doomstalk writes "In the last couple of months, rumors on the possible resurrection of LucasArts' Sam and Max: Freelance Police grew in gaming circles. The rumors mentioned a new, mysterious games publisher called Bad Brain that was willing to raise money in order to buy the rights to an unnamed adventure game from LucasArts. Many thought this was too good to be true. Unfortunately, they were proven right, as Bad Brain revealed the news that negotiations with LucasArts over the rights to Sam and Max 2 have been discontinued."

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  1. Anyone else see this as a positive sign? by Prien715 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Right now Lucasarts is making near $0 on the Sam and Max license. They could get a non-zero ammount for it, but instead they choose to keep it. Why? Well obviously it's worth more than is being offered to them, which must mean they're planning on doing something with it (as opposed to sitting on it and making nearly $0).

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  2. Re:I left with King's Quest 6 by gehrehmee · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Find yourself a copy of Grim Fandango, and see exactly why LucasArts still needs to be making adventure games.

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  3. Cue the standard /. replies... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cue the standard /. replies about how the Adventure game genre is dead from people who have never played Syberia, The Longest Journey, Myst IV, Beyond Good and Evil, or any of the other dozen adventure games that have come out in the few years.

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