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Old 06-25-2004, 09:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Sierra is gone.

http://www.gigex.com/general/article...=&source=00001

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Sierra Gets Shutdown
by Mike Meikle

The lights go out at old-school game company, Sierra, as Vivendi restructures its business.

More depressing news for the industry, Vivendi Universal Games has cut 350 staff and shut down Seattle-based Sierra. The venerable games company created some of the most popular action and adventure games in the 80's. The Sierra brand will live on in name only and projects tied to the Sierra pipeline, Half-Life 2, Ground Control II and Tribes: Vengeance are already being developed by other teams within Vivendi. Also affected by the restructuring, the Hoyle brand of card and board games have been canceled.

"Restructuring the organization and reducing our cost base are necessary to improve our operating effectiveness and profitability," said VU Games CEO Bruce Hack, in as terse a manner as possible. "This constitutes another important step in our turnaround plan aimed to better position the company for growth."

Along with VU Games restructuring, the game company is prepping up for profitability with a powerful lineup for the second half of 2004. VU Games is looking for some higher revenues with titles like World of Warcraft, Spyro: A Hero's Tail and the well-received The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
Bah, fuck you Vivendi. Fuck you in the ass with a barbed pole.
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Old 06-25-2004, 09:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Holy crap, my friend works, or worked for sierra...haven't talked to him in ages, sounds like a phone call is in order.
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Old 06-25-2004, 10:00 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Well, what a bunch corporate crapola.
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Old 06-25-2004, 10:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Never trust a CEO whos name is Hack....
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Old 06-25-2004, 10:07 AM   #5 (permalink)
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They haven't had a good game in AGES, so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise.
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Old 06-25-2004, 11:08 AM   #6 (permalink)
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So since they save more money who thinks the price of games is going to go down ... lmfao
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Old 06-25-2004, 11:12 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 06-25-2004, 11:28 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Did they make "The Incredible Machine?" That game was awesome (goes to get it).
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Old 06-25-2004, 11:52 AM   #9 (permalink)
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no more sierra?! That fucking sucks
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Old 06-25-2004, 11:54 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Maybe now some of the great liscences can be developed by other companies, and come back to the world. KQ/QFG/SQ in the house

if anyone tries to intrude on my fantasy land, I'll hurt them.

Does this affect Lesuire Suit Larry?
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Old 06-25-2004, 03:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Why'd they stop making point-and-click adventure games I'll never know... this is truly sad news...
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Old 06-25-2004, 03:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 06-25-2004, 04:02 PM   #13 (permalink)
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i loved the old kings quest format. After KQ4, they all lost there appeal to me. Point and click just wasn't for me. I remember how a friend of mine and myself had copies of KQ1. We decided one night to beat it, and just went through the whole game in a night together it rocked
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Old 06-25-2004, 05:30 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Damn, I remember when Sierra used to be one of the big dogs. Sad times are these when Sierra goes out of business and half of all PC games are multi-ported. I suppose that's what happens when people are more interested in making money than in making games.
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Old 06-25-2004, 07:33 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I suppose that's what happens when people are more interested in making money than in making games.
Well you got to have some source of revenue to pay for developers and production costs.

Frankly I'm not suprised, I think alot of people saw this comming.
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Old 06-25-2004, 09:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I was hooked on Sierra's adventure games. It's sad to see them go, but yeah, they haven't put out anything memorible as of late. So can't say that they didn't have it coming I guess.
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Old 06-25-2004, 09:39 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Dammit. And another one of my childhood friends is killed in the name of corporate progress.
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Old 06-25-2004, 10:50 PM   #18 (permalink)
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the closest thing to recent in my mind is Gabriel Knight 3 (which was based on the traditional point and click but used a 3D world to play....totally awesome) It continued the story-line and used some really great graphics that didn't look totally crappy. Too bad Sierra didn't follow suit with a KQ/SQ game using the same style. oh well. I'll still buy HL2 whenever Vivendi/Valve decide to finally put it on the shelves.
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Old 06-26-2004, 04:58 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Well you got to have some source of revenue to pay for developers and production costs.

Frankly I'm not suprised, I think alot of people saw this comming.
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Dammit. And another one of my childhood friends is killed in the name of corporate progress.
My opinion on this is, when a company, no matter how "loved" by it's relative "community", is bound to be shutdown when it becomes unprofitable. An unprofitable company is an unsound investment, and a waste of time and effort. I agree with Krycheck's point, it should come as no surprise that a company as large as Vivendi should be willing to cut off an unprofitable division.
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Old 06-26-2004, 05:44 AM   #20 (permalink)
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That sucks.

Oh well.. I can always go back and replay the old favs.. KQ5, SQ5, QFG4..
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Old 06-26-2004, 08:19 PM   #21 (permalink)
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either way tits a bigtime restructuring.
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Old 06-26-2004, 09:45 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I'm on a mission now to find the Space Quest Anthology, Wilco kicks my ass.
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Old 06-27-2004, 01:18 PM   #23 (permalink)
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*cries*

Sierra was the company that introduced me to gaming.

excuse me whilst I go and light a candle...
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Old 06-27-2004, 06:14 PM   #24 (permalink)
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how can anyone forget Phantasmagoria??????


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and didnt' they do leisure suit larry??
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Old 06-27-2004, 08:12 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Well, it's not like they're dropping off the face of the planet. I do believe they were acquired by another company. They'll still be around, just in a different form

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is still due out relatively soon.
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