As part of a “new initiative in its effort to revive its classic and beloved franchises,” publisher LucasArts has announced the imminent release of several classic games via online delivery platform Steam.

Available on July 8, a day after the debut of Telltale’s Tales Of Monkey Island series, the line-up is not limited to the point-and-click SCUMM adventure games, though some of those are present.

“This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts’ classic games,” said company president Darrell Rodriguez. “It also gives more people a chance to play our games by making them available long after they’ve disappeared from store shelves. We hope our fans are as excited as we are about our plans and we can’t wait to share what’s coming next. This is just the beginning.”

Having teased with suggestions of an “old school” announcement over the weekend, the company’s Twitter feed gave further details. The heavily updated The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition will arrive on July 15 for both Steam and Xbox Live Arcade, while “the team here have worked on the old games to make them work in XP/Vista [with] very low system requirements.”

The games confirmed for July 8 release are:

Armed And Dangerous
Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure
Loom
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars Starfighter
The Dig
Thrillville: Off The Rails

With further announcements on the way, there’s every likelihood that the rest of LucasArts’ portfolio – the best of it, at least – will arrive sooner rather than later.