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Posted on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by | Comments 10 Comments


Picture from King Graham murdered by Activision

The Silver Lining, a fan-made sequel to Sierra’s classic King’s Quest saga, has been shut down by Activision/Blizzard, the new owners of the IP. There was a similar setback in 2005, when Vivendi Universal sent a Cease & Desist letter to the developers. At that time, however, thousands of people petitioned Vivendi to grant a fan-license to the game, and after a while the company agreed. The game was not allowed to call itself King’s Quest anymore, but the development was permitted to go on. It took the team a while to recover from the loss, but as of late it looked like the first episode was about to be released.

Meanwhile, Activision/Blizzard came to own the rights to King’s Quest. Instead of allowing development to continue, they decided that the project was to be killed. Not only did they force The Silver Lining‘s site to be taken down along with all artwork, information, and the demo, they also insisted that all of the forums be taken down as well. Nearly ten years of discussions (some non KQ-related) are now gone.

Good-bye King Graham. Who would have known that one of the most beloved gaming characters of all time would end his life on the tip of some corporate suit’s pen?

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Alaric | March 3rd, 2010 at 9:28 AM Permalink to this Comment

In the words of a friend of mine:

“This is a step too far, and a perfect vindication of what’s wrong with copyright law. But beyond that, it’s no longer about spitting in the face of their fans and customers. They have taken the fruits of countless hours of labor and thrown it to the dogs. This is the moral equivalent of going into an artist’s studio and tearing apart his canvases. It’s like burning a library. It’s cultural destruction. And they must not be allowed to get away with it.”

Sarah Chino | March 3rd, 2010 at 3:11 PM Permalink to this Comment

what a bunch of babies. someone loved their game enough to go out of their way and make a sequel and this is how they’re dealt with?

Bryan | March 3rd, 2010 at 9:58 PM Permalink to this Comment

Why don’t they just “release” it as a torrent, and claim they were hacked?

Alaric | March 3rd, 2010 at 10:15 PM Permalink to this Comment

The developers are a bunch of good people. Honest, hardworking, dedicated. They complied with the request because it is the law. Notice, once again, how only the decent folks are harmed by various DRM schemes and ridiculous copyright laws.

Mandy | May 24th, 2010 at 3:16 AM Permalink to this Comment

I want to buy the 2006 Vivendi Universal King’s Quest Collection, but all I have PC-wise is Windows Vista… I need to know if they will run on Vista, and if not, will they run in DosBox? If they run on DosBox, how do I make that work? Thanks in advance. :)

Jackie | June 3rd, 2010 at 6:16 AM Permalink to this Comment

This is the moral equivalent of going into an artist’s studio and tearing apart his canvases. It’s like burning a library. It’s cultural destruction. And they must not be allowed to get away with it.

Monica | June 5th, 2010 at 12:41 PM Permalink to this Comment

This is the moral equivalent of going into an artist’s studio and tearing apart his canvases.

Alaric | June 5th, 2010 at 8:20 PM Permalink to this Comment

What’s going on here? o_O

Raymond | June 6th, 2010 at 6:52 PM Permalink to this Comment

It seems when you get Twitter involved – it’s like a never-ending echo, and it’s one of the reasons I hate the service with a passion.

Back on topic, this is really really sad – and customers like us should never -ever- forget this.

Himu | September 30th, 2011 at 5:44 AM Permalink to this Comment

That’s boring. You can’t do that.

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