Sam & Max Ride Again

duck2ducks writes "Adventure game fans had a rough time last year when the eagerly-awaited Sam and Max sequel was canceled, revived, and canceled again. Fortunately, the rights have now been picked up by Telltale Games (currently at work adapting Jeff Smith's Bone graphic novels) - and since Telltale is made up of former LucasArts designers, the dog and hyperkinetic rabbity thing may have found the perfect place to call home."

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[Saiyine]

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Re:Voices

[DarkHelmet]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192565/ [imdb.com]

Come on, you didn't even need to be resourceful to find that one out.

Re:Full Throttle?

[AnamanFan]

I'm sorry I can't find the sources, but I remember that the developer consences was that the game wasn't going quite as well as the Sam & Max game.

Reguradless, the situation is more grim for Full Throttle than for Sam & Max. The key point to keep in mind is that the Intellectual Property (IP) of Sam & Max is owned by Steve Purcell. LucasArts aquired a licence to produce a game based off of the comic book series for both the 1993 release and the developed 2004 release. Though Purcell owns the IP, LucasArts owns the game property.

This is why you're not going to see the game LucasArts started to produce. In addition to aquiring the licence from Purcell, a developer/publisher would have to buy the rights to the 2004 game material. In short, that would be stuipid if possiable. So TellTale will make a new game in-house.

Full Throttle is wholely owned by LucasArts. Not just the games, but the propery of the characters /story/etc. Either LucasArts develops the game, or someone buys the IP from LucasArts. LucasArts would charge a lot of money if they are willing to let go of the IP. That will not happen.

Re:Coffe-Achievers Unite!

[ja2ke]

LucasArts never owned the rights to Sam & Max - the characters/world/etc are owned by their creator Steve Purcell. He'd licensed the rights to Lucas to make the game, but that license expired in May and Purcell took the characters to Telltale.