Sierra to be Sold?

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	Pen 18:33 10/1/2003	hopefully EA Games or Microsoft will buy Sierra, Sony gaming are fairly s***. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Necroboy fightclubclan 18:37 10/1/2003	will the selling actually have an effect on cs? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	decrepit Croydon 18:38 10/1/2003	i would very much doubt it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 18:43 10/1/2003	it wuddnt i guess but they may rename it..... or call it CounterStrike and have some s***ty little Microsoft sign or something. they could make CS a game u have to pay for :S which will be bad [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 18:45 10/1/2003	please not EA... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 18:59 10/1/2003	song entertainment are decent enough rather have them than f***ing FA GAYmes [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 18:59 10/1/2003	er EA :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Lurks\| 19:06 10/1/2003	PLEASE not Microsoft, they would us pay to play CS whcih would be stupid! EA would be the best company to buy it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 19:06 10/1/2003	if EA get it fs, we'll had counter strike 7 by the end of 2005 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 19:09 10/1/2003	I dont think any changes to counter-strike itself would be made but some changes within sierra itself may be made if/when the change happens. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 19:10 10/1/2003	lol, a possibility [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Alex-\ 19:17 10/1/2003	cs on playstation2 now that would be a laugh. 10-20 fps ? n1 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	VespR 19:21 10/1/2003	Sierra is only a distributor. Valve will remain the publisher as its their game. The only relationship Valve have with Sierra is that they "distribute" the games they make. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 19:36 10/1/2003	and EA r f***ing awful they've already twice considered fees for patches and look at the state of bf1942 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dravicus 19:48 10/1/2003	cutting edge news here, vivendis been in trouble for years and have considered selling their games arm of companies numerous times before in the past :P [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 19:49 10/1/2003	EA dont have a good reputation for giving the companies they 'buy' leeway. If you ever read the Peter Moleneux interviews or views from someone similar EA tend to push the companies to release games as fast as possible wheter they believe their ready or not. Creativity squashers! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 19:53 10/1/2003	<s>hi</s> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 19:55 10/1/2003	yeh well better than getting a game delayed for 3 years... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	kaids 20:07 10/1/2003	on the up side - one of those bigger companies might force sierra to get off their arses and actually finish a game once in a while on the down side, if EA or Microsoft get it Half Life 2003 Half Life SE The Road to Team Fortress World Fortress 2004 etc [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Slider` eSports.Edge 20:10 10/1/2003	Some fair points there o'Mittins [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 20:12 10/1/2003	fu nick im not irish :\| [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Slider` eSports.Edge 20:13 10/1/2003	Yes you are, just look at your surname paddy! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 20:54 10/1/2003	the road to team fortress sounds pretty good actually [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 20:54 10/1/2003	Hope Blizzard buy it. If MS buy them, it'll be X-Box only. If Sony buy them, it'll be PS2 only (f* me that would be so p* poor). If EA buy them, money-grabbing t**ts that they are, they'd rush them into getting it out ASAP bugs and lack of features included. Blizzard would put in funds and wait until Sierra would be happy with it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 20:58 10/1/2003	the game wud become inagsistent if it went to a console who would want to play??? it will stay on the PC but the style of the game may change :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 21:02 10/1/2003	Can someone translate what the f*** he just posted [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 21:03 10/1/2003	ye is microsoft get it all games will come out on xbox 6months before the pc release [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Keiju UKT 1v1 winner 2003 21:25 10/1/2003	er blizzard wont buy them, blizzard are been sold is well by vivendi.. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dravicus 21:25 10/1/2003	Nick^ blizzard are also owned by vivendi just like sierra are, and their long awaited diablo2 patch is over a year late so they arent as good as u are making out :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 21:27 10/1/2003	Ooops, mis-read the full stop for a comma ;-) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Gryff 21:31 10/1/2003	cutting edge news here, vivendis been in trouble for years and have considered selling their games arm of companies numerous times before in the past :P Ah yes but this time its been posted on Action Vault AND Sogamed, so it must be true, and therefore must be posted here :-] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Kappy 22:23 10/1/2003	bye bye VAC and CS development [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 22:42 10/1/2003	will def be interesting to see what happens now [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 22:47 10/1/2003	IF vivendi sell it to any of those companies you mean? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 22:51 10/1/2003	Sierra could doubtless survive without Vivendi, they publish enough games... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 23:01 10/1/2003	yeh, they distribute the worlds most popular game, half life .. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Ripper Rush! 23:11 10/1/2003	UKT has been too sensible over the past few days, alpha freeze culexus' account plz! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Ripper Rush! 23:11 10/1/2003	i meant MELT HEHE! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 23:34 10/1/2003	Nick^ what i mean was that the game would die if it went to console [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 23:39 10/1/2003	iron practically no-one buys half-life now...everyone's already got it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Montaver theb0g 23:47 10/1/2003	Yes but everyone knows Peter Molyneux is full of s***. MS would probably be the best bet out of those 3, look what they did for Bungie... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 23:53 10/1/2003	is EA responsible for the "army men" series or is that someone else? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Psy^ xtreme9.uk 23:57 10/1/2003	bye bye VAC and CS development ... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 00:16 11/1/2003	Valve are the developer. They created HL and, in terms of recent involvement, cs (putting Goose to one side for the moment). Sierra merely published and distributed HL. Obviously we don't know what the contractual obligations are between Valve and Sierra/Vivendi, but this really shouldn't have a huge impact on Valve. Besides, this sort of speculation should be taken witha pinch of salt. The games industry is going through a difficult period, where the big fish are getting fatter and the smaller fish are struggling to survive. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 00:17 11/1/2003	Buy-outs and merges are consistently being speculated on, and nobody really knows what's going to happen. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Keiju UKT 1v1 winner 2003 00:38 11/1/2003	you sound so sexy nick :x [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 01:08 11/1/2003	nerf has just come back from business studies then? :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 08:43 11/1/2003	I hope EA don't get them, they're known to be a particularly aggresive publisher with regards to forcing games out too early etc [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 12:12 11/1/2003	"Nick^ what i mean was that the game would die if it went to console" Only for the PC players. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Grom^ 12:25 11/1/2003	PLEASE not Microsoft, they would us pay to play CS whcih would be stupid! That's going to happen anyway, whoever has the game. Granted it will probably be CS2/CS:CZ when this happens, so bog standard CS will still be free, but everyone had better get their credit cards ready for Steam. Companies won't develop a game for 2 years then give it away for free :) [quote]is EA responsible for the "army men" series or is that someone else?[quote] That's 3DO. ps hi nerf :x [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 14:36 11/1/2003	hey Grom ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shads theb0g 20:41 11/1/2003	er did i read this wrong or am i right in saying blizzard are another gaming division being axed and need a new company (whatever) themselves so couldnt buy anyone nick? and rhyzz should be happy that Demo will be spending the next 3 weeks going over vesslans awp guide after just finishing DiGiTRAckEr'S AiMiNG guide so will be out of pauls hair for a while longer [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 20:42 11/1/2003	er did i read this wrong or am i right in saying blizzard are another gaming division being axed and need a new company (whatever) themselves so couldnt buy anyone nick? Correct shadsm00 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rogue1 11:50 12/1/2003	Hmmm... MS wouldn't really be too bad, would they? MS games are pretty decent, in my opinion, and there aren't any charges to play Dungeon Siege or MW4:Mercs online. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

	Pen 18:33 10/1/2003	hopefully EA Games or Microsoft will buy Sierra, Sony gaming are fairly s***. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Necroboy fightclubclan 18:37 10/1/2003	will the selling actually have an effect on cs? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	decrepit Croydon 18:38 10/1/2003	i would very much doubt it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 18:43 10/1/2003	it wuddnt i guess but they may rename it..... or call it CounterStrike and have some s***ty little Microsoft sign or something. they could make CS a game u have to pay for :S which will be bad [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 18:45 10/1/2003	please not EA... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 18:59 10/1/2003	song entertainment are decent enough rather have them than f***ing FA GAYmes [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 18:59 10/1/2003	er EA :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Lurks\| 19:06 10/1/2003	PLEASE not Microsoft, they would us pay to play CS whcih would be stupid! EA would be the best company to buy it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 19:06 10/1/2003	if EA get it fs, we'll had counter strike 7 by the end of 2005 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 19:09 10/1/2003	I dont think any changes to counter-strike itself would be made but some changes within sierra itself may be made if/when the change happens. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 19:10 10/1/2003	lol, a possibility [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Alex-\ 19:17 10/1/2003	cs on playstation2 now that would be a laugh. 10-20 fps ? n1 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	VespR 19:21 10/1/2003	Sierra is only a distributor. Valve will remain the publisher as its their game. The only relationship Valve have with Sierra is that they "distribute" the games they make. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 19:36 10/1/2003	and EA r f***ing awful they've already twice considered fees for patches and look at the state of bf1942 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dravicus 19:48 10/1/2003	cutting edge news here, vivendis been in trouble for years and have considered selling their games arm of companies numerous times before in the past :P [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 19:49 10/1/2003	EA dont have a good reputation for giving the companies they 'buy' leeway. If you ever read the Peter Moleneux interviews or views from someone similar EA tend to push the companies to release games as fast as possible wheter they believe their ready or not. Creativity squashers! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 19:53 10/1/2003	<s>hi</s> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 19:55 10/1/2003	yeh well better than getting a game delayed for 3 years... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	kaids 20:07 10/1/2003	on the up side - one of those bigger companies might force sierra to get off their arses and actually finish a game once in a while on the down side, if EA or Microsoft get it Half Life 2003 Half Life SE The Road to Team Fortress World Fortress 2004 etc [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Slider` eSports.Edge 20:10 10/1/2003	Some fair points there o'Mittins [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 20:12 10/1/2003	fu nick im not irish :\| [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Slider` eSports.Edge 20:13 10/1/2003	Yes you are, just look at your surname paddy! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 20:54 10/1/2003	the road to team fortress sounds pretty good actually [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 20:54 10/1/2003	Hope Blizzard buy it. If MS buy them, it'll be X-Box only. If Sony buy them, it'll be PS2 only (f* me that would be so p* poor). If EA buy them, money-grabbing t**ts that they are, they'd rush them into getting it out ASAP bugs and lack of features included. Blizzard would put in funds and wait until Sierra would be happy with it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 20:58 10/1/2003	the game wud become inagsistent if it went to a console who would want to play??? it will stay on the PC but the style of the game may change :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 21:02 10/1/2003	Can someone translate what the f*** he just posted [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shotti theb0g 21:03 10/1/2003	ye is microsoft get it all games will come out on xbox 6months before the pc release [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Keiju UKT 1v1 winner 2003 21:25 10/1/2003	er blizzard wont buy them, blizzard are been sold is well by vivendi.. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dravicus 21:25 10/1/2003	Nick^ blizzard are also owned by vivendi just like sierra are, and their long awaited diablo2 patch is over a year late so they arent as good as u are making out :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 21:27 10/1/2003	Ooops, mis-read the full stop for a comma ;-) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Gryff 21:31 10/1/2003	cutting edge news here, vivendis been in trouble for years and have considered selling their games arm of companies numerous times before in the past :P Ah yes but this time its been posted on Action Vault AND Sogamed, so it must be true, and therefore must be posted here :-] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Kappy 22:23 10/1/2003	bye bye VAC and CS development [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 22:42 10/1/2003	will def be interesting to see what happens now [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 22:47 10/1/2003	IF vivendi sell it to any of those companies you mean? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 22:51 10/1/2003	Sierra could doubtless survive without Vivendi, they publish enough games... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 23:01 10/1/2003	yeh, they distribute the worlds most popular game, half life .. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Ripper Rush! 23:11 10/1/2003	UKT has been too sensible over the past few days, alpha freeze culexus' account plz! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Ripper Rush! 23:11 10/1/2003	i meant MELT HEHE! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Laurence 23:34 10/1/2003	Nick^ what i mean was that the game would die if it went to console [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Myers Saviour of UKT UKTerrorist 23:39 10/1/2003	iron practically no-one buys half-life now...everyone's already got it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Montaver theb0g 23:47 10/1/2003	Yes but everyone knows Peter Molyneux is full of s***. MS would probably be the best bet out of those 3, look what they did for Bungie... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 23:53 10/1/2003	is EA responsible for the "army men" series or is that someone else? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Psy^ xtreme9.uk 23:57 10/1/2003	bye bye VAC and CS development ... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 00:16 11/1/2003	Valve are the developer. They created HL and, in terms of recent involvement, cs (putting Goose to one side for the moment). Sierra merely published and distributed HL. Obviously we don't know what the contractual obligations are between Valve and Sierra/Vivendi, but this really shouldn't have a huge impact on Valve. Besides, this sort of speculation should be taken witha pinch of salt. The games industry is going through a difficult period, where the big fish are getting fatter and the smaller fish are struggling to survive. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 00:17 11/1/2003	Buy-outs and merges are consistently being speculated on, and nobody really knows what's going to happen. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Keiju UKT 1v1 winner 2003 00:38 11/1/2003	you sound so sexy nick :x [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	[slick] 01:08 11/1/2003	nerf has just come back from business studies then? :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 08:43 11/1/2003	I hope EA don't get them, they're known to be a particularly aggresive publisher with regards to forcing games out too early etc [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 12:12 11/1/2003	"Nick^ what i mean was that the game would die if it went to console" Only for the PC players. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Grom^ 12:25 11/1/2003	PLEASE not Microsoft, they would us pay to play CS whcih would be stupid! That's going to happen anyway, whoever has the game. Granted it will probably be CS2/CS:CZ when this happens, so bog standard CS will still be free, but everyone had better get their credit cards ready for Steam. Companies won't develop a game for 2 years then give it away for free :) [quote]is EA responsible for the "army men" series or is that someone else?[quote] That's 3DO. ps hi nerf :x [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nerf Clan ONE 14:36 11/1/2003	hey Grom ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	shads theb0g 20:41 11/1/2003	er did i read this wrong or am i right in saying blizzard are another gaming division being axed and need a new company (whatever) themselves so couldnt buy anyone nick? and rhyzz should be happy that Demo will be spending the next 3 weeks going over vesslans awp guide after just finishing DiGiTRAckEr'S AiMiNG guide so will be out of pauls hair for a while longer [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dev theb0g 20:42 11/1/2003	er did i read this wrong or am i right in saying blizzard are another gaming division being axed and need a new company (whatever) themselves so couldnt buy anyone nick? Correct shadsm00 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rogue1 11:50 12/1/2003	Hmmm... MS wouldn't really be too bad, would they? MS games are pretty decent, in my opinion, and there aren't any charges to play Dungeon Siege or MW4:Mercs online. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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