King Quest 9 back in production!

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King Quest 9 back in production!

#1 Post by El_Listo » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:52 pm

Yes people, it's official, we all can stop hating Vivendi Universal, because the KQ9 team (Phoenix Online) obtained a fan license from them to continue working on KQ9.

As the Vivendi press release says:
"After extensive evaluation, Vivendi Universal Games is pleased to announce that the fan developed trilogy project 'The Silver Lining' (previously known as King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining), based on characters from Sierra Entertainment's 'Kings Quest' series, has been given approval to continue development. We look forward to seeing the first of its three upcoming chapters, 'Shadows', completed soon."
The first chapter will not be released this winter because of the stuff we all know about, but it will be out soon.

Dudes, that's Ultra-Mega-Hyper-Monstruous KICK-ARSE! I predict that 2006 will be a great year for adventure games, for real adventure games i mean, not for "wrong games".

You can read the whole announcement from the horse mouth here: http://www.kqix.com/home.php
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#2 Post by adeyke » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:17 pm

Yay.
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#3 Post by Broomie » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:47 pm

Words can't describe how great this is. Although I knew that a deal was in the works it's great that now it's official. :D
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#4 Post by Angelus3K » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:47 pm

Amazing!!
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#5 Post by Quest For Glory Fan » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:56 pm

whoa two people posted while my page was loading. This is cool but KQ was never my bag. I played a bit of AGDI's 1 and 2 and I played 6 a bit but I doubt I'll play 9 unless I get the collection and play through the story first. I was kinda waiting for IIIVGA and IV because someone will eventually make it.
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#6 Post by mcomp72 » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:41 pm

This is mcomp72 from the Save King's Quest IX campaign.  I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you who supported the cause!  Today is such a great day for King's Quest fans around the world!
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#7 Post by koko992001 » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:54 pm

Yes, guys! Thanks to all of you for your help! Please, contact Vivendi games.comments@vugames.com and personally thank them for allowing Phoenix Online to continue :)

Thanks,
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#8 Post by AsianMusicGuy » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:55 pm

Great news, I wish you the best of luck looking forward to playing it. :D
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#9 Post by Parhelion » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:03 pm

That really is wonderful news.  I thought it was a lost cause.  I wonder if VU planned this all along . . .  Maybe they wanted to delay the release to coincide with their own rereleases in order to drum up sales.  Or perhaps they just didn't want the game to be released until they had some formalized legal agreement with Phoenix Online.  Either way, it's great that it's going to be released.
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#10 Post by MusicallyInspired » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:32 pm

Wow, how unexpected! Should prove interesting.
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#11 Post by Vildern » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:03 pm

Yay.
I second that.

Yay!!
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#12 Post by Fender178 » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:00 am

Well thats good news. Maybe they can get the game done by the end of January or some time in Febuary
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#13 Post by maestro » Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:50 am

YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#14 Post by Swift » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:31 am

*claps* Well done to all who tirelessly fought on for kqix! That's fantastic!
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Huzzah

#15 Post by Brainiac » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:59 am

Nice to see companies still pay attention to the clamorings of their target consumers.  I'm sure everyone here eagerly awaits the upcoming release.

Man, between commercial and fan projects coming out in 2006...I'm going to need more hours in the day to game! :D
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#16 Post by Gronagor » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:22 am

Haha. That's a complete swing-around from the previous topics about VU/Sierra. Now all of a sudden they're the heroes. What happened to 'they are idiots' and 'the cause for the death of adventure games'??

Glad to hear they've decided to talk to VU and sort it out.
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#17 Post by Fender178 » Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:08 pm

I think that they are both idots and heros. Idots for pushing back the rerealising of the collections to March 30th 2006. and heros for letting Pheonix continue its work.
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#18 Post by Blackthorne519 » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:44 pm

Haha. That's a complete swing-around from the previous topics about VU/Sierra. Now all of a sudden they're the heroes. What happened to 'they are idiots' and 'the cause for the death of adventure games'??
Everyone's eager to suck a nipple when it's offered to 'em.

Anyway, this is great news.  Simply wonderful, as the Phoenix Team put a lot of hard work in.  Kudos to all involved.


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#19 Post by DennisBergkamp » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:21 am

Fantastic news! I'm glad Vivendi reconsidered... I mean really, what in the heck were they thinking? The shutdown was inhumane, harsh and above all completely POINTLESS.

Guess they redeemed themselves by changing their mind though  :D
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#20 Post by Spikey » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:13 am

OMG I just received the newsletter. OMG. Cool. Can't wait. Drunk. Yes. I was one of the people who sent an extensive letter to Vivendi.
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#21 Post by AsianMusicGuy » Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:41 am

Spikey wrote:OMG I just received the newsletter.
I signed up a year ago and i dont get their newsletter what a jip.
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#22 Post by navynuke04 » Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:26 am

My congrats goes out to "The Silver Lining" crew. I'm really looking forward to playing that game.
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Silver Lining's back!

#23 Post by The Avatar » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:50 pm

You know, I really wasn't looking forward to this game like everyone else.. not sure why, but it wasn't until I found that I felt soo disappointed it was canceled that I realized how much I did want to see and play the game!  :eek

Yay!  ..this is just, awesome.
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YAY!!

#24 Post by FatherGhostface » Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:31 am

YAY!!! Now I can bug my parents about KQ9 again!!!! I know I supported Pheonix Software all the way!
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Re: Silver Lining's back!

#25 Post by MusicallyInspired » Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:57 am

The Avatar wrote:You know, I really wasn't looking forward to this game like everyone else.. not sure why, but it wasn't until I found that I felt soo disappointed it was canceled that I realized how much I did want to see and play the game!  :eek

Yay!  ..this is just, awesome.
I don't know if I'm going to like the whole dark atmosphere they've changed King's Quest into, but I am anticipating this completely free 3 chapter 3d rendered adventure!!! It will be the biggest thing in a long time for this community.
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