King's Quest fan project revived, coming July 10

@MrCassian

watch, next year acti will announce there own sequel.. and they used this unofficial one as free advertising

@MrCassian

"Wow, go Activision"

Woahh there, I wouldn't go that far. Kotick still has to do 500,000 hours of community service and give away a free map pack for me to even consider saying such a thing.

But yes I agree, this is a the first non-douchey thing they have done in a while.

@MrCassian

I think it's part of Activision's plan to look good to the public:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6266809.html

I'm not falling in their trap.

@MrCassian Yeah, let's not pay Phoenix for their work.

@MrCassian: Kotick was probably drunk and high on ecstasy when he decided this.

"Love. Free love."

@MrCassian

it's a trick. the keyword being "episodic."

episode one will be free, and everyone will be so pumped to get and play this game. then once you're hooked, activision will charge you 10 bucks for every episode after that.

@Shagittarius
Did you miss the "free" part? How does it being episodic matter?

@Shagittarius

Yes "never mind" indeed.

@ZippyDSMlee
Because that's so much better than free!
What else can I wish I could pay money for that I can get for free!

@Haywire If they let IA get away with doing THEIR unofficial King's Quest sequel, then we can cheer.

@warmonk

To be fair, Phoenix had the noncommercial license to make this game long before Activision entered the picture from the previous rights holder. Then when Activision got the rights to the property, they were going to shut them down. After 7 years of hard work on the game and thinking they were licensed to make it, it would have been terrible had Activision not changed their minds.

It's not like they need to make exceptions to everybody in the future, but this game had rights from the previous license holder which they simply extended when they took control. I'm very glad they did the right thing and let them continue to release their fan project.