Defunct Publisher Sierra Reveals New Website

[Unfamous]

A new website for Sierra Entertainment has surfaced online and indicates that the game publisher will be making an appearance at this year's Gamescom. The site plays a brief trailer that animates into a new logo for the company but makes no mention of any games.

Sierra was first founded in 1979 and was eventually absorbed into Activision Blizzard before it was officially closed down in 2008. The organisation is best known for publishing Half-Life, F.E.A.R, and Counter-Strike.

http://www.sierra.com/

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/defunct-publisher-sierra-reveals-new-website/1100-6421583/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=homepage

[Kaldire]

you are close, it was vivendi that took em first
vivendi owned both early blizzard and sierra 
then yea it was activision blizzard

nice to see mate
love this era,
seems they might make a game after all, was hoping for that kq about 9 times now,
first one I even helped on with akril but César kinda, well got upset with lots of us as vivendi came down on us all

'King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining' was the game akril made her version into a book
oh her page IS up still nice there are some pretty neat goodies in there
check out her arts and writing and stuffs (shameless plug of an old mate) I know
she was also good at finding secret goodies in cds and games!
sierra planet (find akril and see what I mean! rare stuffs)

http://www.sierraplanet.com/kingsquest7/goodies.html

her site

http://www.akril15.com/
http://www.akril15.com/kq7resources/KQ7resources.html

the ORIGINAL was called "it takes two to tangle"  grr

nice info mate cheers
sad akrils page is down, great artist, even made her own game twas funny

  oh akril where doth thou go, prolly back to the galapagos to bird watch, if ya see this we miss ya!

sorry this sierra post got my kq head going haha
and sierra site is down but yep I see the posts and announcement and in wiki also!!!! whoop

[Klytos]

Note it's still (c) Activision so they're just using the brand for something.

[chucklas]

It wouldn't surprise me to see old titles released on iOS and android.  It could be some easy money for them.  As for seeing anything new out of them, they did have a deal at one point with telltale to reboot Kings Quest, so they could be going for some reboots of old games as well.  Time will tell.

[Broomie]

Anxious to see what they're up to here. I really hope they don't use the IP to make silly Freemium apps for mobile and tablet. 'Graham is feeling tired. Please wait 17:14 mins or pay 5 silvers to carry on.' *shudder*

[Brainiac]

It's getting plenty of online press:


http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/136708-Activision-Teases-the-Return-of-Sierra-Entertainment
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/473467/activision-teases-the-return-of-sierra/
http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/8/5981675/activision-sierra-entertainment-gamescom
http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/activision-teasing-the-return-of-sierra/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/08/gamescom-2014-activision-teases-sierra-resurrection
http://gamerant.com/sierra-entertainment-return-tease-site-activision-gamescom/


Do NOT toy with me, Activision.

[chucklas]

Anxious to see what they're up to here. I really hope they don't use the IP to make silly Freemium apps for mobile and tablet. 'Graham is feeling tired. Please wait 17:14 mins or pay 5 silvers to carry on.' *shudder*

YIKES!  I didn't even think of that.  That would be terrible...now how do we incorporate that into our mobile ports?

[Broomie]

Anxious to see what they're up to here. I really hope they don't use the IP to make silly Freemium apps for mobile and tablet. 'Graham is feeling tired. Please wait 17:14 mins or pay 5 silvers to carry on.' *shudder*

YIKES!  I didn't even think of that.  That would be terrible...now how do we incorporate that into our mobile ports?

"Defeated in combat again? Purchase some skill points to make Roehm more powerful in battle. Or even buy the Omega Sword*. One slash and your enemy is dead."

*Can only be used once every 24 hours.

[Collector]

you are close, it was vivendi that took em first
vivendi owned both early blizzard and sierra 
then yea it was activision blizzard

Well, it came to VU through a rather circuitous route. Around 1997 CUC was the first to buy Sierra (fraudulently). Then CUC merged with HFS to become Cendant. After Cendant went under with criminal investigations into their fraud, Havas Interactive bought Sierra. It was under Havas that "Chainsaw Monday" occurred in 1999. In a buisness alliance in 2000 Havas with Vivendi, Seagram and Canal+ formed Vivendi Universal.

[Lambonius]

This has the potential to be so, so horrible.

[chucklas]

This has the potential to be so, so horrible.

And if it is, who cares really?  Even if they make really bad games and "soil" the franchises, I think if anything it will draw attention to the remakes and originals which isn't bad for the genre.

[Lambonius]

Yeah.  I honestly don't even care about the prospect of new games from the Sierra IPs.  Every bit of joy that I get from Sierra adventure gaming comes from the community and our work within it.  Nothing else really matters to me.

[Kaldire]

you are close, it was vivendi that took em first
vivendi owned both early blizzard and sierra 
then yea it was activision blizzard

Well, it came to VU through a rather circuitous route. Around 1997 CUC was the first to buy Sierra (fraudulently). Then CUC merged with HFS to become Cendant. After Cendant went under with criminal investigations into their fraud, Havas Interactive bought Sierra. It was under Havas that "Chainsaw Monday" occurred in 1999. In a buisness alliance in 2000 Havas with Vivendi, Seagram and Canal+ formed Vivendi Universal.

yea I know allllll about that
I was at the oakhurst facility as a kid when that shut down (before sierra totally did) but yea
sierra and LA have the same sorta  days of dismissing all
think LA was on friday  sierra yep a monday  I hate mondays lol

and yea  its like double fine is redoing the now owned disney  grim fandango!
and no way in hell if roberta or ken are involved will sierra do any pay to get things ever unless its swag
but if they dont get the ips or at least the ability to use them ( like double fine and tim did for grim) well ick

again any publicity in this era at this point, is good
we got gold rush (ip is OWNED now by sunlight) OWNED
sooo things CAN happen..


ty again for the posts and dont be afraid to check akrils site out esp her writings  (3 kq mini novels)

[Blackthorne]

These guys just made Neil Gaiman's Wayward Mansion.

They seem to be more mobile/casual based.


Bt

[Kaldire]

yea roberta TRIED to make a kq game and it was pretty well into dev  in TTG's before that was also pulled

hmm

after the bad rep idk all the failed kq games in the recent times damned ips'
might be neat to know if they plan on getting partial use back at least
not owning but able to create

idk

also mask of eternity was a game before its time,
it was poop but, think of the engines that were out,
if only they used the westwood studios lands of lore 2 engine, woulda been a bit nicer
but now adays that game could do a great thing in revamp hd etc even a unity engine (but you cant battle like they did  hmm)

oohh cant wait to say hi to old friends again!
thanks for the update bt