There is no silver lining for The Silver Lining, what Phoenix Online Studios had intended to be a follow-up to the classic Sierra series, "King's Quest". After many years in development, the Phoenix team finally planned to release in Spring 2010. However, the Sierra IP is the property of Activision, and after a period of negotiations Activision decided that Phoenix would cease production of "The Silver Lining".

Back in 2005 when Vivendi owned the IP, a cease and desist letter was sent to Phoenix Online Studios. But eventually they were able to work out a non-commercial fan license with the company. All deals were taken off the table once the IP became the property of Activision.

Sadly, after eight years of dedicated work and even more dedicated fans, The Silver Lining project is closing down.

What the future holds for us, as individuals or a team, we cannot say. We have an amazing development team, however, filled with talented and hard-working individuals, and we hope the teamwork and rapport we’ve developed won’t go to waste. We hope that when we do know what the future holds for us, our fans will be there to enjoy what we can give them still.

"Getting mad at Activision for this kind of thing is like getting mad at an ape for throwing feces," said Schafer. "It's just how the beast communicates."

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