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King’s Quest IX scheduled for release this winter

Celebrating King's Quest IX' third anniversary, Phoenix Freeware Online today arranged an online chat, discussing their upcoming fan-made adventure sequel.

The team released 11 new screenshots which, by far, outshines the preliminary screenshots that we've seen before, as well as clips from the game's original soundtrack.

After Sierra and LucasArts abandoning their many adventure series, fan-made sequels and remakes of old titles have been ways to revive the adventure gaming franchises from the past. Unfortunately, many of these projects have been discontinued, due to legal reasons and the huge amount of time it takes to develop a full-scale adventure game. KQ IX, however, is finally nearing its completion, and is scheduled for release this winter.

During the online chat, new info was revealed on the game:

- The game will be consist of nine chapters which will be released in three parts - the first one is due for release this winter.

- The game will be in 3D, thus providing a more cinematic experience with dynamic camera movement and less static screens. However, the game will still be a "screen-to-screen" adventure, and the camera views will be mostly fixed.

- The game will be huge, about three times the size of King's Quest 6.

- The playable characters will be Graham, Alexander and Rosella, but one can take control over sidekicks such as Tigroat, Valanice, Cassima, Edgar, Unique, and Connor in some sections of the game.

- One will be able to visit locations from other King's Quests and even explore some places that you've always wanted to visit but couldn't. One of the new screenshots is, for instance, depicting Graham in Chessboard Land.

This is surely exciting news for fans of King's Quest and adventure games in general. Check out the game's website to see the new screenshots and music.

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