Head on over to Game Informer to check out an intervew they posted with former LucasArts video game developer Haden Blackman, who was instrumental in the development of Star Wars titles such as Knights of the Old Republic and The Force Unleashed.
With our month of coverage on Mafia III, we’ve shown you gameplay and talked about the difficult process of founding of the new studio. Now we’re taking a deep dive into the career of the game’s creative director, Haden Blackman. With 13 years at LucasArts, Blackman worked with external developers in the process of creating Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Galaxies before becoming the creative director for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
We spoke to Blackman about the pros and cons of working for LucasArts during that era, his work in comics and the free-to-play space after LucasArts, and what lessons he took from George Lucas that he’s applying to Mafia III.
