Sierra Entertainment, Inc.

Moby ID: 17

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August 7, 2014: Sierra's website is re-activated, stating more to be revealed.
October 2008: Sierra is disbanded, as a result of the merger between Vivendi Games and Activision into Activision Blizzard. All of their in-development titles were either cancelled, sold to other publishers, or published under Activision brand. Most of Sierra's subsidiaries were also sold or closed, with the exception of High Moon Studios and Radical Entertainment.
2005: Vivendi Universal Games re-opens Sierra Entertainment with new management.
August 2004: Company closed down by its parent company Vivendi Universal Games after all other studios and offices had been closed over the course of the year.
February 19, 2002: Sierra On-Line changes its name to Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
December 1, 2000: Sierra announced that the Dark Conspiracy expansion for Ground Control is available for free (customers paying for shipping) via mail-in offer.
May 11, 2000: Sierra / Valve announced Half-Life mod program, where Sierra and Valve will pick the best of the mods, fund them to be polished to commercial quality, publish them, and make the mod maker to get both fame and some fortune.
1999: Sierra and its affiliates were acquired by Havas Interactive.
January 28, 1998: Sierra Sports brand created.
February 3, 1997: CUC Software Inc. is created by CUC International and includes Sierra On-Line, Knowledge Adventure, Davidson & Associates, Blizzard Entertainment, and Gryphon Software
1997: Sierra acquired Berkeley Systems, the maker of the best-selling "You Don't Know Jack series. Books That Work was also acquired by Sierra in 1997.
July 24, 1996: Sierra is acquired by CUC International.
May 1995: Sierra purchases the rights to Print Artist, a program that enables users to quickly and easily create and print their own professional-quality documents.
1995: Sierra acquires subLOGIC.
1995: Sierra acquired Green Thumb Software, Impressions Software and Papyrus Design Group.
1993: After acquiring the North American distribution rights for Coktel education software products, Sierra acquires Coktel Vision in 1993.
1992: Sierra acquired Bright Star Technology.
1990: Sierra acquired Dynamix.
1981: Changed name from On-Line Systems to "Sierra On-Line", and moved to Oakhurst, California, in the Sierra foothills.
May 5, 1980: Ken Williams and Roberta Williams release their first computer game - an adventure game called Mystery House. The game was available in only 4 stores in the L.A county. Ken & Roberta transferred the software personally. The game was released under "On-Line systems", Sierra in its early life.