Actually, Bad Brain Entertainment (the publishers of A Vampyre Story, an new adventure game by ex-Lucasarts employees set to come in spring 2006 starring a lady vampire and a wise-cracking vampire bat) are in negotiations with LucasArts to buy the rights to Sam and Max when LucasArts rights expires in may of this year. Afterwards they will negotiate rights for Sam and Max from Steve Purcell.
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