8-Year Fan-Made Game Project Shut Down By Activision 265
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."
Oh well (Score:1, Funny)
Looks like they're just going to move what they already have around a bit and make Quing's Kest instead. It's not like they took a flamethrower to the guys' houses after all.
Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Just call it "DERP QUEST" and change the names.
Falling down on the job /. (Score:3, Funny)
"Set a limit of 10 years or similar, after which if there are no new games (and even films) then the universe/characters enter into the public domain like is done for copyright.
This gives enough time for a company to continue a series, and allows fans of franchises that have not seen activity by a company free reign."
Come on, somebody make a Duke Nukem joke.
Re:The rebels become the oppressors... (Score:4, Funny)
I thought Neversoft made Viagra.
Re:Boo (Score:1, Funny)
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