LucasArts No. 1 PC games publisher according to new PC Data report.SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1995--LucasArts Entertainment Company, the interactive games developer and publisher owned by filmmaker George Lucas Noun 1. George Lucas - United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944) Lucas , captured the number one market share in game software sales for the first half of 1995 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PC Data, the entertainment software industry's primary market research report. Last year at this time, LucasArts held the number three market share. "It's obviously great to see LucasArts as the top PC publisher," said company president Jack Sorensen. "But it's especially gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. for all of our designers, programmers and artists to have their hard work recognized not just critically, but also commercially. "As a company, we support a creative environment that lets people build the kind of games they want, even if the ideas at first seem unconventional. It certainly is encouraging that the market seems to be telling us we're on the right path." Having four out of the top 20 titles in the first half of the year helped to secure LucasArt's number one position. The best-sellers included Dark Forces(TM), X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). (TM), TIE Fighter This article is about the fictional spacecraft. For the LucasArts computer game, see . TIE fighters are fictional starfighters in the Star Wars universe. (TM) and Full Throttle(TM). The company currently is readying its holiday releases, highlighted by The Dig(TM), an epic science-fiction adventure about a team of space explorers who become stranded on a hostile alien planet, and Rebel Assault(TM) II, a Star Wars(R) inspired action-arcade game that combines realistic 3-D animation and extensive live action video. LucasArts Entertainment Company (http://www.lucasarts.com) develops and publishes interactive entertainment and educational software. LucasArts is one of three Lucas companies. Lucas Digital Ltd., comprised of Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, serves the needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects and audio post-production. Lucasfilm Ltd. includes George Lucas' feature film and television activities, as well as the business activities of the THX A design system that provides realistic sound playback for movie and home theater from THX, Ltd., San Rafael, CA (www.thx.com), an independent spin-off from Lucasfilm, Ltd. The THX Sound System was developed during the production of the Return of the Jedi in 1982 and named after George Group and Licensing. CONTACT: LucasArts Entertainment Company Sue Seserman, 415/444-8334 sbs@kerner.com |
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