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=== Development === * Books That Work was acquired in April 1997, folded into Sierra in February 1999.<ref name="Sierra Shuts Down Studios">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/02/23/sierra-shuts-down-studios |title=Sierra Shuts Down Studios |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 22, 1999 |website=ign.com}}</ref> * [[Bright Star Technology]] in [[Bellevue, Washington]] was founded in 1980 and acquired in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/24/science/peripherals-when-children-play.html |title=PERIPHERALS; When Children Play |first=L. R. |last=Shannon |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 24, 1992 |url-access=limited}}</ref> * [[Berkeley Systems]] was purchased by CUC International in April 1997 and integrated into Sierra as an internal studio.<ref name="articles.latimes.com"/> * [[Coktel Vision]] in [[Paris]] was founded in 1984 and acquired in October 1993.<ref>{{Cite web| title=FORM 10-Q - Quarterly report under section 13 or 15 (d) of the securities exchange act of 1934 for Quarterly period ended June 30, 1995 - Sierra On-line, Inc. | format=TXT | date=1995-07-17 | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724991/0000891020-95-000357.txt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034309/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724991/0000891020-95-000357.txt | archive-date=2018-09-17}}</ref> * Arion Software was acquired in 1995 and absorbed into Sierra On-Line.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sierrachest.com/mst48/index.php?a=news&pid=467 | title=The Sierra Chest - news: Sierra acquires Arion Software Inc }}</ref> * The Pixellite Group was founded in 1983, acquired in May 1995, and absorbed into Sierra On-Line.<ref>{{Cite web| title=FORM 10-Q - Annual report under section 13 or 15 (d) of the securities exchange act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, 1995 - Sierra On-line, Inc. | format=TXT | date=1996-06-17 | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724991/0000891020-96-000721.txt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416004925/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724991/0000891020-96-000721.txt | archive-date=2018-04-16}}</ref> * [[Sublogic]], based in Champaign, Illinois, was acquired in 1995 and absorbed into Sierra On-Line.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-014/page/n25/mode/2up |last=Sherman |first=Christopher |title=Movers & Shakers|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=14 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1996|page=25}}</ref> * [[Dynamix]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] was founded in 1984, acquired in August 1990, and shut down in August 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/13/sierra-shuts-down-dynamix |title=Sierra Shuts Down Dynamix |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 13, 2001 |website=ign.com}}</ref> * Green Thumb Software in [[Boulder, Colorado]] was acquired and absorbed in July 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950718&slug=2131953 |title=Business - Sierra On-Line Acquires Green Thumb Of Colorado - Seattle Times Newspaper |website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com}}</ref> * [[Headgate Studios]] in [[Bountiful, Utah]] was founded in 1992, acquired in April 1996,<ref name="The End Game">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130449/the_end_game_how_top_developers_.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512191721/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130449/the_end_game_how_top_developers_.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |title=The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios - Part One |website=www.gamasutra.com|date=March 3, 2004 }}</ref> and sold to the original owner in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/118350/EA_Expanding_Salt_Lake_City_Studio_With_Former_Sims_Devs.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511174033/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/118350/EA_Expanding_Salt_Lake_City_Studio_With_Former_Sims_Devs.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |title=EA Expanding Salt Lake City Studio With Former Sims Devs |first=Chris |last=Remo |website=www.gamasutra.com|date=February 25, 2010 }}</ref> * [[Impressions Games]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] was founded in 1989, acquired in 1995,<ref name="The End Game" /> and closed in May 2004.<ref name="axes">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sierra-hard-hit-as-vu-games-axes-350-jobs |title=Sierra hard-hit as VU Games axes 350 jobs |website=GamesIndustry.biz|date=June 22, 2004 }}</ref> * [[Synergistic Software]] was founded in 1978, acquired in 1996, and folded into Sierra in February 1999.<ref name="Sierra Shuts Down Studios" /> * [[Papyrus Design Group]] in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]] was founded in 1987, acquired in 1995,<ref name="The End Game" /> and closed in May 2004.<ref name="axes" /> * PyroTechnix was founded as Computer Presentation, acquired December 1997, and folded into Sierra in February 1999.<ref name="Sierra Shuts Down Studios" /> * Yosemite Entertainment in [[Oakhurst, California]] was formed in 1998, and folded into Sierra in February 1999.<ref name="Sierra Shuts Down Studios" />
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