and by 2009 had re-acquired the rights to the series. Big Finish updated the main page of their site in April 2009 with an announcement of "Tex Murphy - Project Fedora" as a future release. This led to much speculation amongst the Tex Murphy fanbase that a new project in the form of a game was in the works as the fedora is a signature component of Tex's outfit, especially in light of the fact that this announcement coincided with the news that the rights to the series had been secured. In June 2009, Good Old Games re-released the first three games in the series as downloadable titles and put the last two into the "coming soon" section. The fourth game followed on June 30, and the fifth on July 21. Some of the releases use DOSbox to maintain compatibility with modern operating systems. Five years later, a collection of Tex Murphy games were re-released on Steam as part of a collaboration between Big Finish Games and Night Dive Studios. In 2012, Big Finish Games launched Kickstarter campaign for "Tex Murphy - Project Fedora", starting on May 15, with a goal of $450,000, to be supplemented by an additional $300,000 from Big Finish. This goal was met on June 7, and the campaign eventually raised $657,196, including PayPal donations. Production began in June. The game's official name was later revealed as Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure. In May 2016, Big Finish Games began their official partnership with the development collective Chaotic Fusion, for the development of the seventh game in the series The Poisoned Pawn. The game was in production for several years, but was ultimately cancelled in April 2021 due to creative differences. Video documentary In December 2017, Big Finish Games released a documentary on the Tex Murphy franchise. The video was originally a Kickstarter backer incentive for Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure, but was made available to the general public via YouTube. The 45-minute video provides a detailed insight into the history and development of the Tex Murphy character and game series. It also features interviews with many of the series' original creators, including behind the scenes video content from when the Access Software company was formed, all the way through to the Tesla Effect Kickstarter campaign. Guinness World Record controversy On Feb 3, 2016, Guinness World Records awarded Longest-running graphic adventure protagonist to George Stobbart