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« on: August 13, 2014, 06:21:24 AM »

It was announced at Gamescom that the Sierra name would be coming back with Geometry Wars 3 and a King's Quest game arriving next year.

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http://www.gamespot.com/a...erra-announ/1100-6421666/

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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2014, 12:47:45 PM »

Sweet!  Kings quest!
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2014, 12:51:56 PM »

If only Westwood Studios would come back. Sad
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2014, 01:30:21 PM »

Agreed, another King's Quest game should be awesome. Also agreed, Westwood Studios would be a great change of pace if it were to come back to the industry.
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2014, 01:36:00 PM »

If only Westwood Studios would come back. Sad

They were bad after being acquired.
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« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2014, 01:37:04 PM »

It was announced at Gamescom that the Sierra name would be coming back with Geometry Wars 3 and a King's Quest game arriving next year.

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http://www.gamespot.com/a...erra-announ/1100-6421666/

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He had tweeted something earlier this week or last week that the original company wasn't just a name but a group of people who actually gave a shit and hoped that the new company could live up to the old.

Heavily paraphrased.
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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2014, 08:27:40 PM »

Waiting on Metal Jesus response video...
Talked about it in the All Gen Gamers podcast #178:
http://www.allgengamers.c...ething-is-fishy-here.html

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I wonder too about the value of using a defunct companies name on a new product. It seems likely the name Sierra was acquired along with the rights to games, and the game's names. If you're buying it all as a package deal, why not use the companies name on your new games? On the other hand, making a point of purchasing the name by itself would seem kinda silly.
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2014, 10:48:47 PM »

It could also be like other entertainment mediums where the names are just as important as content. Companies buy Intellectual Properties all the time just for the sake of not having to continue competing with them. I have seen it happen in the Automobile industry and in the Internet industry.
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2014, 10:07:09 AM »

haha if they would release those cheesy phantasmagora games again. they were so good they were bad...bit dated though. *hugs her macintosh version of phantasmagoria*
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2014, 10:36:49 AM »

Need me some Torin's Passage.
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2014, 01:07:27 PM »

GEOMETRY WARS 3.  Extremely unexpected, immensely exciting.  Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2014, 04:28:32 PM »

I read about Geo Wars 3 a week or 2 ago.

2D traveling around a 3D object sounds like a PITA
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2014, 04:57:01 PM »

I seem to remember that at one time it seemed like most PC games came with some sort of "Sierra Online" badge on their box, or on the jewel case.  I seem to remember Earthsiege being one of those (as well as the countless scrapbook and cooking software programs that my wife used to get).
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