Activision Blizzard planning to sell Sierra

[Balin]

Found this on 's forum.

http://gamernode.com/news/7220-activisi ... index.html

Seems that Activision Blizzard is going to sell the Sierra branch of Vivendi and all associated studios. This would include the rights for Space Quest, King's Quest, Quest For Glory, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight, etc. This is potentially good news, as a company like Telltale Interactive (of Bone and Sam 'n Max fame) could possibly buy the rights. This also means that the SQ7 team might be able to release their game. I hate to raise peoples' hopes without knowing anything for certain, but this is important news. Spread the word and discuss this!

[Faeran]

Yeah, I kind of figured this when I read a report that Activision was exploring their options on what they were going to do with the crap they didn't want that they got from VU.

I'm still unsure how to take it, I think it could go either way. The rights could end up with a company that tries their best to milk all they can with re-selling the games as digital downloads, with no intention of creating any new games based off of the characters.

But let's look at the bright side and hope for the best.

Here's hoping for the best!