Bad news for King’s Quest fans who were looking forward to the episodic releases of the fan-made sequel The Silver Lining, which were supposed to start in Spring 2010. It isn’t going to happen. It’s never going to happen, and it’s all Activision’s fault.

See, The Silver Lining Development Team, which was made up of fans of King’s Quest and members of Phoenix Online Studios, have been working on The Silver Lining since 2002. It was to be a sequel to the original game. And it was almost ready to be released, in five episodes, to fans. But Activision now owns King’s Quest, after acquiring Vivendi, which had acquired Sierra, and wants the project wiped from existence.

This isn’t the first time The Silver Lining has been shut down. When Vivendi Universal got its hands on King’s Quest, it sent out a cease-and-desist in 2002. However, fan response and some kindness on Vivendi’s part allowed the project to continue under a special, non-commercial agreement. Activision, however, won’t agree to any non-commercial agreement…

Afraid there was gonna be no one to call when ghosts were eventually going to haunt your video game console? Well fear no more gentle citizen, for Atari has officially announced that the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be warming up the proton packs for June 2009.

After the Activision-Blizzard merger, Atari bought up the license to the Ghostbusters: The Video Game which, at the time, had fans drooling at the mouth with how good it looked. Then we were severely disappointed when Vivendi, now owned by Activision, announced it would not be carrying the title into the merger…

The game, The Bourne Conspiracy, is an intriguing middle ground between the book and the movie. It focuses directly on the events of the movie while having flashback missions that mirror both the book and movie The Bourne Identity. It also managed to throw in some new material that was refreshing, yet faithful to the visceral standard of Bourne action. Some of the targets in the flashbacks are one that are either brought up as falsely attributed assassinations in the book (since in the book Jason Bourne only kills one person before he loses his memory).

Click through to find out more about the differences between Jason Bourne in print, on screen and in the games…

The $18.8 billion deal to combine Activision and Vivendi Games will see the creation of a new company, Activision Blizzard, which is expected to be the world’s largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher. Vivendi, which is going to be the majority stakeholder in the new company, has taken a major step towards the more »

After its merger with Vivendi, effectively becoming the largest gaming company in the world (EA, eat your heart out), Activision Blizzard is starting with the right foot this holidays by offering a range of titles appealing to gamers of all ages. The holiday season will present a good opportunity to get some extra gaming time more »

Activision Blizzard is on top of the world. After a deal with an estimated value of $18.9 billion dollars, Activision and Vivendi Games have merged to create the largest independent video game publisher in the world. The merger between the two companies was only just announced this past weekend, and it should be completed within more »