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Ghostbusters Officially Arriving on June 16

Atari, who emerged as the publisher of Ghosbusters: The Video Game after the downfall of Sierra games following the merger of Activision and Blizzard, is announcing that the title now has a clear release date. It will arrive in North America on June 16 and in the rest of the world on June 19. The idea for the dates i...

12 January 2009
16:51 GMT

Vivendi Games Didn't Have Sequel Potential

A lot of gamers were a little annoyed when, just a few, short weeks after the merger that created probably the biggest publisher in the world, Activision Blizzard announced that it had ditched many games that had been under development, and meant to be published by Vivendi Games. Among them were Ghostbuster, which ap...

10 November 2008
04:34 GMT

F.E.A.R. Is Back in the Hands of Monolith

Monolith is sending word that it has reacquired the rights to use the F.E.A.R. name and that is has decided to rename Project Origin F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin to better show the link between the original game and the sequel which is currently in production.The original F.E.A.R. was also made by Monolith but, at the...

10 September 2008
04:49 GMT

Bourne Videogame Rights Retaken by Ludlum Entertainment

As was widely expected, the Activision Blizzard bosses have not decided what franchises to keep from Vivendi Universal and which to spin off or cancel altogether. Lovers of Spyro, Ice Age and Crash Bandicoot can breathe a sigh of relief, as these intellectual properties are considered important and will feature promi...

4 August 2008
02:35 GMT

The Mummy Awakens on Store Shelves

There are lots of rumors going on regarding the future of some Vivendi-owned franchises, as well as a few of their best studios (like World in Conflict creators Massive Entertainment, or High Moon Studios) but it seems that, at least for the moment, everything is fine at Sierra, since the company has just announced t...

30 July 2008
13:06 GMT

Activision Retains Prototype, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Ice Age

Activision Blizzard is announcing the future of the Vivendi Games properties that it has acquired as part of the merger process. The new company is expected to keep some of the most successful franchises and to spin off or terminate other intellectual properties.The most interesting assets for Activision Blizzard are...

29 July 2008
08:04 GMT

Vivendi Games Posts Final Financial Results

Vivendi Games, which is now officially a part of Activision Blizzard, has reported its financial results for the first quarter of the current financial year, the last time it does so as an independent game developer and publisher. The quarter saw a slight dip in sales and in revenue, as the company did not have any b...

28 July 2008
03:11 GMT

Activision Blizzard Is Alive, Merger Is Complete

After we've reported that the Activision shareholders have approved the merger with Sierra Games, we're getting info that the entire process which was initiated last December is now complete. Activision Blizzard is officially the newest and biggest videogame developer and publisher in the world.The process ...

11 July 2008
02:32 GMT

Activision Shareholders Approve Blizzard Merger

Publisher Activision has announced that its shareholders, who had been asked to vote in a special meeting, approved the merger between the company and Vivendi Games, which has ownership of Blizzard and Sierra Games. The announcement did not mention the ratio of the vote or what other steps the two companies have to t...

9 July 2008
02:41 GMT

Activision Blizzard Will Sell 5 Billion Dollars Worth of Games

Activision has announced that on July 8 its shareholders will vote on and, most likely, approve the merger with Vivendi games, and that will result in arguably the biggest videogame publisher and developer in the world. Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan has announced that he expects the newly formed company to sell...

12 June 2008
05:14 GMT

Activision Blizzard Merger Vote Gets Date

After being announced last fall, in a move that completely surprised the videogame industry, the merger between Activision and Vivendi Games is now one step closer to becoming a reality. One clear indication of that is the fact that Activision stockholders have received an e-mail invitation to a vote regarding the me...

10 June 2008
18:06 GMT

Timeshift - Achievements (Xbox 360)

Timeshift is part of the next generation of shooters that break the laws of conventional gaming by introducing a hoard of mind-numbing powers like the ability to slow, stop and reverse the flow of time. Krone and Lin are members of a secret government agency that is developing a time travel technology, but Krone betr...

2 June 2008
10:43 GMT

Sierra Working on Three XBLA Titles

It seems that Sierra Entertainment really feels like working this year since, following yesterday's news about the new Crash Bandicoot game, today we find out that the company is currently working on developing three new titles for the Xbox Live Arcade, which will be released this year.Coming this spring and def...

30 April 2008
02:24 GMT

Crash Franchise Returns with Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant

For all the fans out there, Sierra has announced that Crash would be back with new abilities and his signature bandicoot hilarity (as well as a fully playable Coco, for the first time!). Dubbed Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant, the game is developed by Radical Entertainment (Crash of the Titans, Scarface: The World ...

29 April 2008
04:01 GMT

Prototype Comic Coming in August

Not long ago we revealed that Electronic Arts had commissioned the creation of both an animated movie and of a comic book title to help promote its upcoming Dead Space game. Now Sierra is aiming to do something similar with a comic book that's set to launch in August to endorse its Prototype game.It casts the pl...

16 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Ghostbusters Website Is up

Ghostbusters - The Game is one of the most anticipated titles in 2008 and, finally, things are starting to look a bit better for the fans who are eagerly anticipating some new information regarding it: you can all check the official website that has just been launched and take a look. However, it can't yet be ca...

10 April 2008
15:06 GMT

Vivendi Needs More Money for Activision Takeover

Creating the biggest game company in the world is no easy thing to do. Even if it was announced last year that Blizzard and Activision would become one body and one soul, the move is set to go through only sometime in June this year. And it costs a lot of money and expertise to pull everything together so that it goe...

3 April 2008
03:11 GMT

Sierra Is Invading Xbox Live Arcade

Xbox Live Arcade keeps getting more and more titles added to its already pretty interesting lineup. There are more Xbox Live Arcade games at the moment that there are Xbox Originals games on offer, which could mean that players are more interested in easy-to-pick-up, easy-to-play titles than they are in the classics ...

25 March 2008
19:06 GMT

Is Activision Going to Shut Sierra Down?

When Activison and Blizzard decided to merge late last year the industry took the news with amazement and with a kind of reserved joy. After all, this was not Electronic Arts gobbling up another independent studio (where are you Bullfrog and Westwood?) just to dismantle it after a few years. Both Activision and Blizz...

20 March 2008
07:03 GMT

New Info About a Great Adventure - So Blonde

Since the Sierra and LucasArts era, the classic point and click adventure games kind of lost their flavor and their sense of humor. And probably I am not the only one who feels the need to play some new adventure games as funny and challenging as the "old" ones. So Blonde is a title that promises to be able to bring ...

17 January 2008
03:59 GMT

World in Conflict

There are bad games, OK games and brilliant games. Games you wish you'd never started playing and games that make you think that you don't have enough time in your lifetime in order to fully enjoy them. Now, moving on to the RTS genre, I can translate everything I said before easily: there are RTS games and...

9 January 2008
09:24 GMT

Massive Entertainment Rolls out Patch #005 for World in Conflict

Sierra's developing branch, Massive Entertainment, responsible for World in Conflict, has rolled out Update #005 for the PC action-strategy game (retail version). 11 language versions are available right here on our website for download, as well as a version for those who've downloaded their copy of the gam...

19 December 2007
03:38 GMT

A New Leisure Suit Larry in Production?

Rumors started to be heard about a new game in the Leisure Suit Larry franchise - and it has nothing to do with the mobile version of the game. According to a listener, Artie Lange has declared, in a Howard Stern show, that he will record some lines for "a game called Leisure Suit Larry".Debate started immediately an...

28 November 2007
03:57 GMT

Crash of the Titans

Crash Bandicoot is to Sony what Mario is to Nintendo, a symbol and a trademark that accompanied each generation of consoles, from the first title back in 1996 to the twelfth installment, Crash of the Titans, for the PSP. The latest Crash title is available on many platforms, from the next-gen ones, like the Xbox 360...

26 October 2007
06:16 GMT

Update #2 for World in Conflict Is Coming. Changelog Disclosed

Massive Entertainment and Sierra Entertainment have just released the changelog for the second update for World in Conflict. One notable addition is the new functionality for server administration. Then there are the updates to Massgate and fixes to various performance and stability issues, as well as a better NATO h...

24 October 2007
07:03 GMT

Softpedia's Interview on World in Conflict at GC 07

Who better to talk about World in Conflict and what it brings in September when it launches, than Vice President of Massive Entertainment, David Polfedlt? The Interview you see below has Polfedlt explaining some of the game's main points of interest such as: storyline, multiplayer, weapons, balancing, accessibil...

29 August 2007
06:32 GMT

"WET" Game Features Angelina Jolie Lookalike

Sierra have just announced WET, a pretty neat third-person shooter, that features Ruby, a hot mercenary who can be considered a combination between Uma Thurman and Angelina Jolie. Add a little BloodRayne to the mix and we've got the latest gaming sex symbol.Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M) are the developers ...

22 August 2007
04:29 GMT

World in Conflict Gold and Prime for Launch

Sierra Entertainment has proclaimed that World in Conflict has exited the development state and has gone gold. The game will be available for purchase in both Standard and Collector's Edition version beginning September 18th. Martin Tremblay, president of worldwide studios, Sierra Entertainment has stated: "Worl...

17 August 2007
04:30 GMT

Multiplayer Functionality Support to Be Stopped for 49 EA Titles

Just after Sierra's recent announcement of shutting down multiplayer support, EA is announcing that "as of September 1st, 2007 and November 1st it will terminate multiplayer support for 49 of its older titles for Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PSP and PC," as Dreamstation.cc reports. Sadly, support will be stopp...

3 August 2007
04:21 GMT

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Hint (PC)

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is the sixth installment in the King's Quest series of adventure games made by Sierra Entertainment. It is widely recognized as the high point of the series for its in-depth plot, landmark 3D graphic introduction movie, and professional voice acting (Hollywood act...

15 June 2007
04:37 GMT

The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Will Feature Multiplayer!

Just as the first in-game footage of The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena emerged yesterday, Sierra Entertainment didn't waste time and came up with the fact sheet... well, sort of. A bunch of details about it, OK? Is that good for you? Here's the deal:Taking advantage of new hardware technolog...

22 May 2007
18:31 GMT

First 'Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena' Gameplay Footage

SpikeTV's Game Head has done the marvelous job of bringing forth the first gameplay footage of Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, coming from Sierra Entertainment. The video also features an interview with Pete Wanat, following yesterday's news of the title's PS3 port. With "Assault on Dark...

21 May 2007
04:50 GMT

TimeShift - New FPS Changing Times for the PS3. Demo Available Here

So, the PS3 is getting a game... Wow, I can't write 'cause my hands are shaking with excitement...! Sierra Entertainment has just announced today that TimeShift will be available on Sony's PS3 sometime this autumn, having already debuted at Sony's Gamer's Week event in San Diego, California ...

18 May 2007
06:55 GMT


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