Those who thought the announcement of French studio Microids' Syberia 3 was an April Fools joke, wonder no more. It's real, but it may only be coming to the PC, not the PS3. Why? Well, Microids president Emmanuel Olivier has a few things to say on the subject.
"It will be released on PC for sure, however, on PS3, this could actually turn into an April Fool's joke because SONY is the only decision-maker on this point, as strange as it may seem to some people," Olivier said in the release.

What follows is a bit of a rant against what he called Sony's exorbitant royalties, and other issues.

Saying that Sony had refused to allow previous Microids games to be released on the PS2 in North America, even though they had been previously released in Europe, Olivier wrote, "Beyond this censorship of the authors and their producers who believe in their creations and who take the financial risks when building up productions for the console without knowing whether they will be approved or denied by SONY in the last minute, the exorbitant royalties demanded by SONY to manufacture the games on its consoles seriously hamper the financing ability of independent producers."

"Microids has paid more than 15 million Euros of royalties to SONY for its entire catalog, which represents 55% of the Microids turnover for this platform. April Fools? Well no! It is unfortunately the 'rule of the game' imposed by SONY."

To this point, Olivier said that the revenue shortfalls caused by the inability to release PS2 game in the United States had to this point prevented the company from developing a Syberia sequel. Now that the project has been greenlighted though, Olivier is issuing a call to arms of sorts.

"So today we launch an SOS to all fans of the Syberia series: let us rally to support the independent creation and convince Sony to change its rules. Send all your messages of support to: [email][email protected][/email]," Olivier wrote. "SYBERIA 3 on PS3, an April Fool's? It's up to SONY!"

You heard the man! Viva la revolucion!