[kromem]

Yeah right.

Microsoft isn't about to let go of IP rights around the most well known text adventures.

But at the same time, I'd be surprised if they don't do anything with them either.

The synergy between their investment into OpenAI and their acquisition of Activision might suggest that they'll be doing quite a fair bit with those franchises indeed.

[talideon]

They're not being asked to give up their IP rights: they can create new franchise entries. It's about making the original z-code files redistributable.

How OpenAI and text adventures could possibly fit together is beyond me, though.