The Silver Lining, a fan-made sequel to Sierra's classic King's Quest saga, has been shut down by Activision/Blizzard the new owners if this IP. There was a similar setback in 2005, when Vivendi Universal sent a Cease & Desist letter to the developers. At that time, however, thousands of people wrote to Vivendy asking to grant a fan-license to the game, and after a while the company agreed. The game was not allowed to call itself King's Quest anymore, but the development was permitted to go on. It took the team a while to recover from this loss of stride, but as of late it looked like the first episode was about to be released.
Meanwhile, Activision/Blizzard came to own the rights to King's Quest. Instead of allowing development to continue, they decided that the project is to be killed. Not only did they force The Silver Lining's site to be taken down along with all artwork, information, demo, etc. they also insisted that all of the forums are killed as well. Nearly ten years of discussions (some non KQ-related) are now gone.
Good-bye King Graham. Who would have known that one of the most beloved gaming characters of all time would end his life at the tip of some greedy corporate suit's pen.
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