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A Sierra Games Twitter account has teased an upcoming Kickstarter campaign. The former publisher of major console franchises such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, as well as Valve games including PC juggernaut Half-Life 2, Sierra Entertainment was absorbed in 2008 by its parent firm Activision Blizzard. The company …
Read More »Activision reviving Sierra brand
Call of Duty publishers teases Gamecom reveal
Read More »Valve and Activision clash in royalty row
Developer suing publisher for allegedly underpaying the $2.39 million awarded to it, Activision threatens countersue
Read More »Bethesda cited as salvager of A2Ms forgotten Wet
Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …
Read More »Bethesda cited as salvager of A2Mâ??s forgotten Wet
A2Mâ??s acrobatic action title, dropped during the Activision-Blizzard merger, may have a new publisher behind it
Read More »Riddick dev says Atari move has been â??amazingâ?
Jerk Gustafsson says upcoming Assault on Dark Athena will be Starbreezeâ??s most â??polishedâ? title to date
Read More »Now Atari snaps up Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena has become the latest title to be snapped up after suffering at the hands of the Activision-Blizzard merger – and it’s Atari once again doing the honours . Having allegedly already snapped up the rights to publish Ghostbusters next year, Atari has now acquired …
Read More »Crash and Spyro set for Christmas
Mega-publisher Activision Blizzard has revealed that Crash: Mind Over Mutant will hit retail on October 31st, and The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon will arrive on November 21st. Both titles had disappeared off release schedules following the merger between Vivendi and Activision, but it has now been confirmed …
Read More »Warner snaps up F.E.A.R rights
Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the F.E.A.R franchise, which was previously owned by Vivendi. The deal is the first evidence of publishers ‘picking off’ unwanted franchises from Activision Blizzard – which is likely to sell more ex-Vivendi properties in the coming months. Development control of F.E.A.R now returns …
Read More »Win Bourne Conspiracy goodies
Sierra has teamed up with MCV to offer five lucky readers a copy of the game on Xbox 360 and PS3 – and a very cool Bourne T-shirt. To be in with a shout answer the following question: Who wrote the Bourne novels? A) Robert LudlumB) Robert WagnerC) Robert Williams …
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