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The King's Quest series of classic adventure games is getting a new official installment via Telltale Games, as we reported on Friday. However, as some of you may know, a small amateur deve team had been working for a long time on their own revival of the series. In 2010 the first of five free episodes of the King's Quest-based game The Silver Lining was released by Phoenix Online Studios; the third episode was released last Thursday.

In a statement on the game's official web site, Phoenix Online Studios states, "We have heard about Telltale's announcement, and we're excited to see where it goes! It's great that the series will be getting an official continuation, and TTG has made some great adventure games that have been reviving not only classic franchises but the genre overall. We love the work they're doing, and of course our own game has been influenced by their episodic model." The statement adds that Phoenix Online Studios will release the remaining episodes of The Silver Lining as planned.

This week the new PC game releases take a bit of a breather but that's likely because the following six weeks are packed with major games being released or launched. So enjoy this little break while it lasts because starting the following week your and your wallet will likely be screaming "Mercy".

The Silver Lining Chapter 3 - There is a new game release due out this week and its totally free. The third episode of developer Phoenix Online Studios, due out on February 17, promises to be the longest and darkest yet of this free revival of the King's Quest adventure game series.

A couple of weeks ago we reported that the third installment of the free episodic adventure game The Silver Lining had its release date pushed back to February. Today we received word that the third chapter for the King's Quest revival will now be coming out on February 17.

The game's developer Phoenix Online Studios has promised that this third chapter will be the "largest, darkest, and most exhilarating Silver Lining episode" yet. It deals with King Graham's journey to the Isle of Mists to find out answers to why his wife Valanice is dealing with some "dark visions". Look for the third chapter to have "more intricate and difficult puzzles, a centerpiece action sequence, more beautiful cutscenes, another Isle to explore with new scenes and characters, and much more."

January 29 was supposed to be the day that the third episode of the free and unofficial King's Quest revival The Silver Lining was supposed to be released via download. However it looks like the development team at Phoenix Online Studios wants to give the third installment a little more time. On the game's official web site a news update states, "Though Episode 3 is technically playable and does look nice, it still needs that extra layer of polish to really make it go from good to great. "

That's why the decision was made to delay the episode's release to sometime in early February. On the plus side the development team states that the third installment will be much longer than Episode 2 " ... packed with more intricate and difficult puzzles, a centerpiece action sequence, more beautiful cutscenes, another Isle to explore with new scenes and characters, and much more!"

It's been a couple of months since the release of the second chapter of The Silver Lining, the free episodic adventure game that's based on the classic King's Quest series. Today, the game's developer Phoenix Online Studios has announced that the third chapter, My Only Love Sprung from My Only Hate, is due out on January 29.

Details on the episode's storyline are yet to be revealed but if the above screenshot is to be believed a giant bird-like thingie is likely involved. In related news, the development team have released the first volume of the game's soundtrackr for free. There's also a new site where people can send holiday themed Silver Lining e-cards to others.

Gallery: The Silver Lining Screenshots

As promised, the second chapter in the unofficial but "approved by Activision" revival of the King's Quest adventure game series has been released by developer Phoenix Online Studios. The free download of The Silver Lining Episode 2: Two Households is now available at the game's official web site.

As we have reported previously this second chapter, where King Graham is trying to save his two children from evil forces, takes into account suggestions made by fans after they played the first episode in this series. Two Households has a longer gameplay experience, an improved UI and more. The developer is also running two new contests in relation to the release of the second chapter. The prize for the first contest is access to the soundtrack for Episode 1 and 2. There's no word on what the prize for the second contest is but apparently you need to have a mailing address to receive it.

The free revival of the King's Quest adventure game series started earlier this year with the release of the first episode of the planned five chapter series. Today the game's developers Phoenix Online Studios announced that the second episode of The Silver Lining will be released for free on Saturday, September 18.

Sub-titled The Two Households, the second chapter follows King Graham as he ventures out to The Green Isles to find out how to break the spell that affects his two children. The second chapter features a number of improvements compared to the first episode based on gamer feedback. In addition to Episode 2 a new version of Episode 1 with the player-suggested improvements will be released on September 18. You can check out a trailer for Episode 2 after the jump:

As we mentioned earlier this morning, the development team at Phoenix Online Studios finally released the first chapter for The Silver Lining, a free continuation of the classic King's Quest fantasy adventure game series originally developed by Sierra Online, earlier this year. Now DRM-free PC game web site GoG.com has offered gamers a way to download and play the first three titles in the original King's Quest series.

Put in a bundle pack and sold for $9.99, the titles represent a time where adventures games were one of the big PC game genres as opposed to the niche market they occupy today. GoG.com has previously released the final three official games in the King's Quest series in a separate bundle.

Earlier this summer, after a development period of eight years and considerable legal wrangling, the development team at Phoenix Online Studios released the first of five free planned chapters for The Silver Lining, a free continuation of the King's Quest adventure game series from Sierra Online. The game were released with the blessings of the franchise's current owners Activision Blizzard after the publisher at first denied the development team the rights to release the game.

With the first chapter now released, the dev team has been working on the second chapter for The Silver Lining and in a recent update on the game's official web site it announced that the second episode would be released sometime in September. They also went over some of the new and improved features for the second chapter including the addition of widescreen support, switching between extended and short narrations, more puzzles, new locations and more.

As promised, the first of five planned episodes in the free adventure game The Silver Lining has been released by its development team at Phoenix Online Studios. Episode 1 is titled What is Decreed Must Be and continues the storyline that was set up in the classic King's Quest adventure series from Sierra Online.

The release represents a victory for the team as just a few months ago the owners of the King's Quest franchise, Activision, once told Phoenix Online Studio to stop development of The Silver Lining. Only a massive internet outcry got Activision to change its mind. You can check out a launch trailer for the first episode after the jump: