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8-Year Fan-Made Game Project Shut Down By Activision

Posted by Soulskill on from the of-doors-and-ways-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Activision, after acquiring Vivendi, became the new copyright holder of the classic King's Quest series of adventure game. They have now issued a cease and desist order to a team which has worked for eight years on a fan-made project initially dubbed a sequel to the last official installment, King's Quest 8. This stands against the fact that Vivendi granted a non-commercial license to the team, subject to Vivendi's approval of the game after submission. After the acquisition, key team members had indicated on the game's forums (now stripped of their original content by order of Activision) that Activision had given the indication that it intended to keep its current fan-game licenses, but was not interested in issuing new ones."

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  1. Re:if Activision isn't actively using the IP... by sopssa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you really want to see store shelves full of titles such as:
    Doom The Next Generation
    Doom The Previous Generation
    Doom The Pizza Baker
    Doom The Sims Edition
    Doom: Modern Warfare
    Operation Flashpoint: Stripper Edition
    Alpha Centauri Party Games for Wii
    Need for Speed Biking Edition
    Mechwarrior Petz 7
    Duke Nukem Rides With Ponies

    and everything else in between that everyone and their mother would create with Visual Basic and try to cash in with the previously good names?