King's Quest (2015 video game)

King's Quest
Cover art
Developer(s)The Odd Gentlemen
Publisher(s)Activision[a]
Director(s)Matt Korba
Producer(s)Lindsey Rostal
Designer(s)Matt Korba
Artist(s)Evan Cagle
Nathan Fulton
Writer(s)Matt Korba
Lindsey Rostal
Composer(s)Ben Stanton
David Stanton
SeriesKing's Quest
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Release
Chapter I
  • Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 & PlayStation 4
    • WW: July 28, 2015[1]
    Xbox 360 & Xbox One
    • WW: July 29, 2015[1]
Chapter II
  • PlayStation 3 & PlayStation 4
    • WW: December 15, 2015[2]
    Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 & Xbox One
    • WW: December 16, 2015[2]
Chapter III
    • WW: April 26, 2016[3]
Chapter IV
    • WW: September 27, 2016[4]
Chapter V
    • WW: October 25, 2016[5]
Epilogue
    • WW: December 20, 2016
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

King's Quest is an episodic video game series developed by The Odd Gentlemen and published by Activision under the Sierra Entertainment brand name for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It is a new re-imagining of the long-running King's Quest series. While it is an adventure game like the previous games in the series, the interface is not fully point-and-click (the PC version only uses point-and-click for the dialogue and first person scenes).[6]

The game is one of several attempts at resurrecting or rebooting the King's Quest franchise since 1998, and its first chapter was released some 32 years after King's Quest I. The new chapters are seen as neither a remake nor necessarily a sequel but a "re-imagining" (the original games are considered to be part of the canon of the new series, as each chapter will take place between those games, but previous games may be reinterpreted in completely new ways).[7][8]

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  6. ^ Futter, Mike (August 16, 2014). "[Update] Sierra's New King's Quest Won't Be Point-And-Click, Will Be Adventure". Game Informer. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Juba, Joe (March 6, 2015). "Passing The Hat: An In-Depth Look At The New King's Quest". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Morganti, Emily (March 13, 2015). "King's Quest preview". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.


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