The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom was a wonderful left-of-field digital release from The Odd Gentlemen, so we're stoked they're the team bringing back the beloved King's Quest series.

The reformation of Sierra as another branch of the Activision publisher and development model is beginning to bear serious fruit, and better still is that its first major release, King's Quest, being handled by The Odd Gentlemen isn't far away.

Today marks the first entry in a series of videos looking at the studio working on the game while showing off some stunning new vision of the art and fidelity we can expect from King's Quest when it releases later this year across multiple platforms.

This opening featurette, titled “The Vision,” introduces Creative Director Matt Korba and Producer Lindsey Rostal, who leapt at the opportunity to bring the unforgettable storytelling, puzzles and wit of the original King’s Quest games into a new era. Thinking about the future of a franchise with such a storied past, the team chose to begin this new journey at its end, as an aged King Graham takes his granddaughter, Gwendolyn, back through the untold tales of his astounding life. That arc came full circle for the team when they met King’s Quest creator Roberta Williams – and fellow Sierra co-founder Ken Williams – to hear firsthand what inspired the game that paved the way for so many adventures to come, passing the torch from one generation to the next.

The first chapter of King’s Quest will tip its hat later this year as a digital download on the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC. For more on King’s Quest, please visit www.sierra.com, and follow Sierra on Facebook and Twitter.

Watch the new video embedded below.