Former LucasArts vets at Fearless Studios announce webOS game for HP TouchPad

Former Star Wars: The Force Unleashed producer Haden Blackman left LucasArts last July, and then announced his new outfit, going by the moniker Fearless Studios, in October. And now, nearly a year after waving goodbye to The House that Skywalker Built, Blackman is ready to pull back the curtain just a little bit. "A little hint about what Fearless Studios is working on," Blackman tweeted today, linking out to a press release for HP's webOS mobile platform.

Wait, what? Yup, the duo of Blackman and former director of engineering at LucasArts Cedrick Collomb announced that Fearless is setting up shop on HP's struggling webOS platform. "Working with HP and the webOS ecosystem has been fantastic," Blackman said. "It's a perfect fit with our core values as a company – creative risks mitigated by smart technology choices. Because the platform is so accessible and developer-friendly, we've been able to build the game we want to build."

Wondering exactly what webOS product that dream game is going to be on? Collomb added, "We love the TouchPad and the webOS platform for game development." The TouchPad (which starts at $500) will be available in just over a week's time on July 1, at which point we're hoping we hear more about Fearless' first project.

For more on Fearless, and their overall strategy, read our interview with Blackman here.