Sierra Entertainment back from the dead?

[Dark Drakan]

Activision has released a teaser for a Sierra related announcement at GamesCom 2014 via a teaser site featuring the historic companies logo. The video released on Sierras Youtube channel states that 'more will be revealed at GamesCom 2014'. The company have been involved with such franchises as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Dragon Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Kings Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, SWAT franchise, Gabriel Knight, and Ultima. They've also helped publish a number of Valve games, like Half-Life 2.

The company was purchased by Activision following the merger of Vivendi and Activision in 2008 and Activision originally stated that they would be selling Sierra and its titles but seems they arent dead yet. Heres hoping for a new game in the SWAT series.

 

[Quistrix]

Great news. Bearing in mind they don't murder another Spyro game. :ermm:

 

[Dark Drakan]

Sierra founder Ken Williams has released an official statement and announced 2 new titles are on the way. An all-new Geometry Wars, as well as a fresh installment in the King's Quest series.​

We're very proud of what we created all those years ago with Sierra Online, and today's news about carrying Sierra forward as an indie-specific brand is very encouraging. We look forward to seeing Sierra's independent spirit live on, and are especially excited to see what The Odd Gentlemen will do with King's Quest.​