Los Angeles - George Lucas' LucasArts game publishing unit this week laid off 75 to 100 of its employees, including VP of product development Peter Hirschmann and Shawn Storc, producer of its LEGO-themed "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" titles, Kotaku reported.

Los Angeles - LucasArts, the video game development arm of director George Lucas' Lucasfilm, has followed Activision and Vivendi in leaving the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the video game industry trade group that produces the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Next-Gen reported. However, unlike Activision and Vivendi, LucasArts will still participate in this year's E3.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NASD: NOK), THQ Wireless (NASD: THQI), Lucasfilm and LucasArts announced on Monday plans to offer "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" for Nokia's N-Gage mobile gaming platform in 2008. Developed at THQ's Unversomo studio in Finland, the game casts players as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, and promises to "unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy."

San Francisco - LucasArts, the video game arm of George Lucas' Lucasfilm, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Electronic Arts' BioWare game studio to develop an "interactive entertainment product," further details of which will be announced at a later date. The companies previously collaborated on the game "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic." "Through our previous collaborations, we know that BioWare has an impressive ability to blend gripping stories with technological advancements, and we believe that our upcoming product will deliver an experience that will span the traditional boundaries of video game entertainment," said LucasArts president Jim Ward.

San Rafael, Calif. - Game publisher LucasArts has announced plans to publish "Fracture," an original third-person shooter title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in the summer of 2008. Developed by Day 1 Studios, the game will feature weapons -- like "tectonic grenades" -- that reshape the game's environment to fit the player's goal.

Arlington, Va. - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has filed a trademark complaint against news aggregation site Digg.com, which Lucas says is similar to "The Dig," a PC adventure game released in 1995 by his LucasArts games division.