KQ9 is no more

[splat44]

Hi All,

This just came out and it's a followup interview with team:

http://www.shdon.com/blog/2010/03/14/the-silver-lining-followup-an-interview-with-the-team

At least team might consider in reworking project if things with Activision doesn't get done. At least this is better than dropping 8 years of works down the drain!

[Radiant]

From the above link, "If the campaign does not produce any results with Activision, the team will consider reworking the game and removing all traces of King's Quest IP. It is by no means a simple task, but we would prefer to do that than to abandon eight years of hard work and sacrifice."

This sounds like it could work. It is worth mentioning that several elements of the King's Quest series aren't the intellectual property of Activision or indeed of anyone: fairy tales are public domain. Of course, the royal family of Daventry is not.

[Erpy]

Neither is the Land of the Green Isles, in which the first chapter apparantly took place. It's good so see them consider this, though I can easily see that glue at least another 2 years to the existing development cycle, so I hope they get a definite call on what to do soon.

[splat44]

Neither is the Land of the Green Isles, in which the first chapter apparantly took place. It's good so see them consider this, though I can easily see that glue at least another 2 years to the existing development cycle, so I hope they get a definite call on what to do soon.

"Land of the Green Isles", that ring a bell!
When saying such place takes in the first chapter, I assume you mean KQ, Is All KQ is property of activision?

I am a bit confuse here!

[Erpy]

And I'm a bit confused by the way you worded that.

FYI...the Land of the Green Isles is the land where KQ6 took place. The first chapter of TSL apparantly took place in that same country...the various landmarks like Chessboard Land, the Castle of the Crown, the City of the Winged Ones and the Village of the Crown were directly carried over to TSL. So if all KQ IP is to be removed, the first chapter must take place in a location that no longer has any similarity to the land where KQ6 took place. A big task.

[Dualnames]

I'm kind of sorry to bump this up. But well, I'm very sympathetic to the guys on the TSL team, and it's actually a cause worth fighting for. And it's free also. So here's the petition link:
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/savetsl

If you feel like it, just sign it and skip the rest of the steps you don't like. Within those steps you can support the petition with money, and invite your friends from facebook/twitter/myspace to join in that cause.