Die, triangles! Sierra is back with new King’s Quest and Geometry Wars

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Our long global nightmare is over. A resurgent Sierra Games just announced what is certainly the game of the year: Geometry Wars 3.

Sierra and Activision revealed new plans for the beloved label today, which include launching a new King’s Quest adventure game as well as a new entry in the Geometry Wars dual-stick shooter series. While the company retains the Sierra name and is publishing King’s Quest, the Activision subsidiary will not focus only on re-releasing Sierra classics. The plan is to have it do that while also forging deals with “edgy” independent developers working on innovative new projects. This should bring some further diversification to a portfolio of software that includes Call of Duty, Skylanders, and World of Warcraft.

“Sierra’s goal is to find and work with talented indie developers working on their own amazing projects, or passionate about working on great Sierra IP, and leverage our expertise to aid them in bring these fun and exciting experiences to gamers with the level of visibility and awareness they deserve,” Sierra director of external development Bob Loya said. “In addition to Lucid Games and The Odd Gentlemen, we’re in talks with a large number of other indie devs, and can’t wait to share more details with fans in the near future.”

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom developer The Odd Gentlemen are producing the new King’s Quest game. It is a fully “reimagined” take on the original series, according to Activision. The publisher promises that The Odd Gentlemen comprises a number of fans of the King’s Quest franchise. The studio intends to capture the same combination of difficult puzzles and engaging narrative as the originals. The adventure title is due out in 2015 for unspecified platforms — although the company notes it will release its software on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam.

While we wait for King’s Quest, we can all shoot some shapes in Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions. Studio Lucid Games, which has produced a small number of mobile games, is taking on the latest entry in the popular shooter franchise. Dimensions will feature a single-player campaign with 50 different challenges in addition to 10 different battle modes. The game is due out this holiday, but Sierra once again didn’t mention any release platforms by name — but it is coming to “more platforms than ever before.”

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/12/d...-back-with-new-kings-quest-and-geometry-wars/
 
This sounds very un-Activision, but then again it makes sense. They have been very active at learning from film industry, and this sounds just like indie labels from Big 6 studios.
 
Bring back Leisure Suit Larry! I remember the old school "age verification" where they asked you questions about the 1960s.
 
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GW is great. Although as a big twin stick shooter fan (I probably bought 5-6 XBLIG $1 shooters), GW is too darn hard! If anyone can last more than 5 minutes they are god!

I've found many indie shooters actually better than GW. Not only $1, but just a lot more polish and content.
 
Intellivision said:
GW is great. Although as a big twin stick shooter fan (I probably bought 5-6 XBLIG $1 shooters), GW is too darn hard! If anyone can last more than 5 minutes they are god!

I've found many indie shooters actually better than GW. Not only $1, but just a lot more polish and content.
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Have you tried Biology Battle? It's an XBL Indie game, twin sticker, awesome fun.
 
BDaddyK said:
Have you tried Biology Battle? It's an XBL Indie game, twin sticker, awesome fun.
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Yup. Bought it for $10 when it was new. I think at the time it was the only indie game selling for 800 pts. Fantastic game. Other great twin stickers I have:

Zombie Estate
I made a game with zombies
Decimation X
Score Rush
Grid Space Shooter
Probably a few more I forgot. All the above are $1!

Grid Space Shooter is the best indie/XBLA small scale game I bought. $1.
 
Intellivision said:
Yup. Bought it for $10 when it was new. I think at the time it was the only indie game selling for 800 pts. Fantastic game. Other great twin stickers I have:

Zombie Estate
I made a game with zombies
Decimation X
Score Rush
Grid Space Shooter
Probably a few more I forgot. All the above are $1!

Grid Space Shooter is the best indie/XBLA small scale game I bought. $1.
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Yeah I paid $10 for it too, then like a month later it dropped to $5. That's prolly my fave indie game to date, Zombie Estate is pretty bad ass too, especially with 4 people. Zombie Estate 2 is pretty good too, though really short
 
BDaddyK said:
Yeah I paid $10 for it too, then like a month later it dropped to $5. That's prolly my fave indie game to date, Zombie Estate is pretty bad ass too, especially with 4 people. Zombie Estate 2 is pretty good too, though really short
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If you're still into twin stickers. Trust me. Pay $1 for Grid Space Shooter. it makes GW look like Atari 2600.

And yeah, when BB's price got halved, that stunk!
 
Intellivision said:
If you're still into twin stickers. Trust me. Pay $1 for Grid Space Shooter. it makes GW look like Atari 2600.

And yeah, when BB's price got halved, that stunk!
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Yeah it stunk, though I didn't mind the $10 supporting the developer for a game that I really like and played quite a bit of.
I'll have to try GSS.
 
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