Interplay back in black, still seeking Fallout MMOG funding

Geez, I'd love a GOOD Fallor MMORPG more than any game I can think of now. Too bad it's burried with those bankrupted companies RN :(

YES, i cant wait for interplay to come back and release another descent game, i have been waiting to find out what happened to the shivans for 8 years now : )

There website has a link to play chess online for free.. and information about financing and investing in the company, and a old logo. That's about it. I'm pretty sure this guy is just dreaming. I mean, I hope I'm wrong, but reality dictates otherwise.

@Zaptoman: I agree, it was very dumb but they probably needed the money. Still, I wish they'd kept it and licensed it to Obsidian for a true Fallout sequal, not Bethsoft's flashy nuclear freak show.

Should have never sold the IP. That was dumb. What happens if Interplay gets back on its feet? One of its most popular IPs is gone forever.

*sigh* So much Fallout, so little time... If they do it, do it right.

Sure hope Interplay will be able to get some more capital soon, would love a Fallout Online :-D

Interplay was great, but is now dead in all but name. None of the original talent that made the games great is still there, and in the 3 years since announcing an intention to make a Fallout MMO, they have done nothing. If they had actually started making it in mid-2004 when it was announced we would probably have seen it launched by now. I would love to see a Fallout MMO, but for now this is little more than vapourware

Its a shame that interplay have fallen so far :( they were such behemoths when i were a gaming kiddeh , and nearly every game they produced was actually good. Compared to the cash cow nature of gaming companies nowadays that still manage to survive after churning out trash sequel and dumb idea one after another *cough-ea-cough* Not their fault tho, tbh theres a large market of gamers out there that are thick enough to buy all these 'games' and keep the companies afloat. times have changed

One word. Vaporware.

A hard sell, and probably quite a while before we see it... but this would rock...

Duke Nukem Forever will make it to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 before we see this next installment in the Fallout series.

Can anyone honestly see this MMORPG coming about? It's been on the table for years now, with no actual work being done on it, and it doesn't sound like Interplay have the resources to make it. Mind you, if they did, the marketing for Bethseda's Fallout would give the online one a free boost in name recognition. There's got to be a lot of gamers around who would never have played (possibly never heard of) the originals.

Microsoft Games Studios needs to buy Interplay.

raze182 and maa4208: I agree, Descent rocks. Playing a demo of the first one that came on some floppy's is what got me into PC gaming. Since I don't think Interplay can make a fourth one with the lack of programmers, it should sell the rights to someone that can make another one. Raze182, you can actually play old DOS games with a program called DosBox or other pc emulators. I've used DosBox to play Privateer in Windows XP. That game used to be a pain because you had to mess with memmaker to free up conventional memory. PC gaming is a lot easier now :) Update: According to http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=74527218 Interplay let the trademark cancel, so maybe anybody could develop a new Descent game without paying licensing fees.

Herve Caen is still trying to find someone stupid enough to fund Interplay, this is really old news. There might be a sucker born every minute but they lack 70 millions. And no, Herve is not "climbing out of the gutter", Interplay does not exist outside holding the rights, all influx of money have been from Interplay catalog re-release deals and Bethsoft buying the Fallout IP ... they cannot develop or publish any games since that infrastructure collapsed along with Interplay (that is why he needs 70 millions).

well i gotta say i am glad to hear they are climbing out of the gutter and doing it pretty fast. as for the MMO that is probably their only way to really get back on the feet and be a full on dev and ppublisher. Fallout is a very popular and loved series and an MMO, if done well and right, would be easily a success and a cash cow for Interplay to get back in the game.

I wonder which fallout will be better. The bethesda sequel or the Interplay MMORPG... let the games begin

they been through tough times Can't wait for the MMO! :D

We shall see how MMOs with adult content fair when Age of Conan gets released. I think theyre gonna do well, and either way a Fallout MMO would be awesome.

All hail Interplay.

I'm not too sure how I feel about the MMO plan... take one dash of post apocalyptic landscape, add adult content, MMO grinding and rabid fallout fans - leave to simmer for four hours. I do have fond memories of the old games, but they were not by any means the holy grail of gaming. To base the future of your company on the risky premise of widening what is so far only a niche (but bloodcurdlingly loyal) audience and giving them a game built on the shaky foundations of an MMO seems more about the publicity than any real business acumen. If they pull it off, great... but considering how high expectations will be, the small core audience and the financial straight jacket, I cannot see this game ever threatening to live very long in the cutthroat MMO market. Bethesda is taking Fallout where it should be going, a high-quality tailored single-player experience.

i find this news more distrubing than when bethesda took over the fallout IP ....

I just hope they don't make a bad game because of the "rush for money" and their discomfortable situation after all... And I really hope this MMORPG pleases Fallout fans, because Fallout is a unique franchise that has a lot of potential and putting that to loss in a time it's really hard to come out with a good new concept is something sad, both for gamers, who lose a future good game, and developers, that lose some of the market and material.

2341% increase is pretty funny, almost all from be bought out.

They didn't drag themselves out of anything. They were pulled MOST of the way out for selling out their most readily profitable franchise. I can't wait to find out who gives them money for their MMORPG, because as soon as I find out, I'm gonna find them and sell them some snake oil panaceas, magic beans and the patent on my spanish fly spray.

I am surprised they were able to drag themselves out of that pit... I feel sorry for allt heir workers who got laid off when they went under

Did anyone else think this basic arithmetic explanation of Interplay's current financial state was positively ridiculous? All they did was get a big check for Fallout 3 rights from Bethesda. Wow. What a complex and crafty financial plan: First, acrue veritable mountaints of debt. Then, once all of your staff is gone, and all of your assets are reposessed, wait around with your hands in your pockets and whistle for several years until another company comes along and buys the rights of someone else's brainchild. Swish! Now all you have to do is convince some other fools to give you some more money for you to waste to help reinforce those paychecks you've been writing yourself. Bravo.

Whaa?!?! INTERPLAY, HEAR ME!!! I'll give you Fallout MMO funding! I'll give you all of my money! just make it happen!!!

Fallout Online.....Coming to a store near year you in 2017 (or when pigs fly,or when PCs learn to themselves)

"Interplay Entertainment was force to be reckoned with the 1990s"...what does that mean? I think I know what it is supposed to mean...but I can't be sure. Anyway, a developer worth their salt needs to pick up Baldur's Gate. We need a good next gen Baldur's Gate. Oh, and to reiterate the profound statement from the deep and ponderous mind of other44: cool!

awesome

cool!

Although I've had enough of MMOG's for now, I'll still be keeping an eye out for this one. If Fallout 3 becomes a hit, they might even be able to match GW or even WoW.

diablobasher "acclaimed role-playing game developer-publishers " ROFL. What 'RPG's have bethesda put out since Daggerfall?! I only see some mediocre action adventure FPS's, and an aweful star wars game. Are you serious? They came out with the entire Morrowind series. I know its only one long series of RPGs but they were pretty awesome. If my company had to depend on on an rpg Id definitely give Bethesda my IP.

Its do or die for them.

RIP

A Fallout MMORPG? Rest in peace, Interplay, but don't come back, please.

I really hope it works out for interplay. My face would be frozen in happiness forever if it did.

They should ditch interplay and use the blackisle name they own. It is much more respected. I hope the MMO pans out . I will play it, even if it sucks, but I hope it does not.

I am also still saddened by the death of Black Isle Studios. The mention of quarterly revenues up 2,431% from the same period last year just made me laugh. That's a big percentage.

I still mourn the sinking of the black isle...

Fallout is going to pay off, I know how what the staff went thou, but Fallout was made into one amazing game and I truely hope that the third game does as well as the first and second.

This is great news. I would love to see them succeed once again in the current market - their impact in the past is remarkable and I truly loved alot of the games they put out. I don't get all the snobs complaining about the good fortunes of a company that has in the past put out incredible content and may put more out again!

This is laughable, any Interplay game is practically vaporware, as there's nobody to develop it, and it's market success is doubtable. Just look at how many people don't approve of Fallout 3, a SINGLE PLAYER GAME with a STORY. A Fallout MMO would really depend on Bethesda's ability to make Fallout 3 a good game and market it well, so that Interplay can jump on the marketing bandwagon and get some money off the fraction of Fallout 3 players that also enjoy MMOs. I wonder what Herve Caen is telling those potential investors: "Gimme the money, because Bethesda will make Fallout popular again, and then we'll come along offering an MMO based on the same IP, and everyone will just love it. No matter that the genre is slowly, but steadily becoming overcrowded. Oh, and don't look at me like that, it's not me who sent Interplay into the ground in the first place, it's that guy who left the company. Your money is SAFE with me."

"acclaimed role-playing game developer-publishers " ROFL. What 'RPG's have bethesda put out since Daggerfall?! I only see some mediocre action adventure FPS's, and an aweful star wars game.

Interplay only has itself to blame. They leached funs from succesful RPGs and quality games to mass-produce simple, stupid, buggy games they thought would sell. Consumers aren't stupid, sales collapsed. And instead of stopping to produce crap, they cancelled all the more expensive RPG projects. Interplay isn't getting any pity from me.

Wonder how are they going to get $75 million for the project.

Man, I really don't want to see another MMO out there, especially a Fallout one, because the game series really doesn't translate well to a grind-fest with little story. Even if it does come out (and I doubt it will, because Herve's really really not good at running a business and producing results) at best it'll be what.. a Tabula Rasa clone?

1. Disbanding Black Isle Studios 2. Allowing console Brotherhood of Steel instead of proper sequel to be made 3. Depending on a popular franchise to ride the MMO bandwagon Interplay will get no love from me