Yeah how will this end? one after one die this day it looks like...read the story here :( http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/06...s_6100200.html

You just now found out? You need to check into the GD forums more often [img]tongue.gif[/img]

well first black isle went down, now interplay who is next ???

black isle got wasted cause interplay didnt have the money to pay them

If Eidos or Activison goes down I swear I will........

what happened to sierra games anyway?

this is from mobygames.com
Jun 30, 2004: We're very sad to report the end of an era: About a week ago, Vivendi-Universal cut 350 employees and completely closed down Sierra's Bellevue office. This marks the official end of Sierra, a company that was started on a kitchen table in 1978 and shipped millions upon millions of games that shaped major directions in the PC gaming industry. --Jim Leonard

Man... If they ever get Bethesda Softworks I will go nuts. I need another Morrowind in the oncoming years. At least Blizzard might be around for awhile...

If Bioware goes down gamers everywhere will mourn.

EA and Bliz have been one of the most succesful. If those two go down we're in for a ride. Well, some other companies are going to blossom with this so we'll never know will we? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Don't jinx it! [img]tongue.gif[/img] They're our only hope!

I hope EA doesn't go down, my bro may work there in the future. Already has his first contact in that company.

vivendi own blizzard as well as sierra, so if they shut one down - the publisher of half life and the ones behind the new larry game (dunno what's going to happen to that now) - don't assume bliz is safe too. damn money hungry corporations

No, I think Blizzard is safe. They've been around for awhile, created three extremely popular gaming series (Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo) and now they are releasing a MMORPG. And Blizzard is known for its quality games. It will be around for awhile. You know they are serious when they have plans for an MMO. That takes a seriously large amount of money and planning.

Plus, they are franchising out in all directions. Books, board games, and so on. Those have been fairly successful too.

And yes, Blizzard is safe. Why? That is because they are the ones making money. Vivendi is well, doing not-so-great financially, and Bliz is only one of the companies which help them on that category. Now if ever Vivendi falls once and for all, a lot of companies are willing to save Blizzard. So no problem there ;)

They haven't closed all sierra stuff then, I just got a news letter of them in my mail.

Yea, i missed games like "The Realm" From seirra, that was what basicly brought me into the fun RPG gameing industry :(