King’s Quest IX project resumed

The recently-cancelled King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has a Silver Lining project has been resumed under a new name - The Silver Lining - with official permission from Vivendi Universal Games, the copyright holders.

The press release from VUG is as follows:

"After extensive evaluation, Vivendi Universal Games is pleased to announce that the fan developed trilogy project 'The Silver Lining' (previously known as King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining), based on characters from Sierra Entertainment's 'Kings Quest' series, has been given approval to continue development. We look forward to seeing the first of its three upcoming chapters, 'Shadows', completed soon."

The Silver Lining team have stated that the first part of the series, Shadows will be released sometime in 2006.

For more information, visit the project's homepage.