Filed under: Business One of the major outstanding questions surrounding the Activision Blizzard merger was: "What the hell is going to happen to Vivendi's other video game division, Sierra?" The new super-publisher announced it will be keeping five of Sierra's franchises total: Crash Bandicoot , Ice Age , Spyro , the still-in-development Prototype , and another as-yet-unannounced title. We're currently looking into the fate of Sierra's other publishing arrangements: Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend (oh, Brütal Legend , we're so sorry!), Ghostbusters: The Video Game , WET , and Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena . Activision Blizzard is also reviewing Sierra's other properties that they will not be publishing: think Bourne , 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand , World in Conflict , et al. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith says, "We are reviewing our options regarding those titles that we will not be publishing." Those games won't be published by Blizzavision because they're not "a strong fit with [Activision Blizzard's] long-term product strategy." No word on the fate of Sierra's classic adventure games like King's Quest , Leisure Suit Larry , etc. As for the status of Sierra's in-house developers, Blizzavision will "realign staffing at Radical Entertainment and High Moon Studios" - the developers of Prototype and The Bourne Conspiracy respectively - while "exploring options regarding Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios" - ...
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Filed under: Business One of the major outstanding questions surrounding the Activision Blizzard merger was: "What the hell is going to happen to Vivendi's other video game division, Sierra?" The new super-publisher announced it will be keeping five of Sierra's franchises total: Crash Bandicoot , Ice Age , Spyro , the still-in-development Prototype , and another as-yet-unannounced title. We're currently looking into the fate of Sierra's other publishing arrangements: Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend (oh, Brütal Legend , we're so sorry!), Ghostbusters: The Video Game , WET , and Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena . Activision Blizzard is also reviewing Sierra's other properties that they will not be publishing: think Bourne , 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand , World in Conflict , et al. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith says, "We are reviewing our options regarding those titles that we will not be publishing." Those games won't be published by Blizzavision because they're not "a strong fit with [Activision Blizzard's] long-term product strategy." No word on the fate of Sierra's classic adventure games like King's Quest , Leisure Suit Larry , etc. As for the status of Sierra's in-house developers, Blizzavision will "realign staffing at Radical Entertainment and High Moon Studios" - the developers of Prototype and The Bourne Conspiracy respectively - while "exploring options regarding Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios" - ...