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Actually, Interplay announced the Fallout Universe MMORPG back when Fargo was still in charge of the company. MicroForte (Fallout Tactics) was tapped to be the developer of the MMORPG and they were going to use their Big World Technology. The project died a very quiet death once Fargo left...

If this is even remotely true, I wonder what Interplay put up as collateral for the office space? Given the fact that Interplay has a recent "Eviction" mark on their records, any new landlord would want some major cash upfront before leasing them some office space. They don't have much...

Herve still needs to pay royalties to Atari for the use of the D&D and Baldur's Gate licenses in order to continue selling BG:DA2. Vivendi refuses to distribute any more copies of BG:DA2 until Herve pays the royalties to Atari. Vivendi has also turned down any request from Herve to...

I do believe that Stonekeep 1 and Messiah were the biggest disasters for Interplay. I could also add Descent to Undermountain and Netrunner (aka "Descent to Unemployment" and "Debtrunner") to the list of absolute failures. Actually, Chuck wasn't involved with Klingon Academy for any...

Though Run Like Hell was a failure, it was one of several money pits that Interplay had during that time period. 1) Klingon Academy 2) Star Trek New Worlds 3) Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC and PS2) 4) Messiah 5) Kingpin 6) Of Light and Darkness 7) MDK2: Armageddon Even BIS had...

Titus declares bankruptcy According to a Gamespot report posted today (6/08/2004), Titus has declared bankruptcy. This was announced by Herve Caen, himself, who is currently under investigation by the French government concerning the finances of his company. No word yet as to how this...

After Bitch-slapping Herve into legal submission, Atari owns the complete rights to the Baldur's Gate franchise (all that Interplay owns is the Dark Alliance logo and the art material). If Bioware wanted to do BG3, it would probably take Ray or Greg one phone call to get the project. It's no...

That's not a surprise. Many of the developers that work at Bethesda have been long time fans of both the Wasteland and Fallout franchises, and have always wanted to do something with the Post-Apocalypic genre. Since Fargo (InXile) recently bought the rights to Wasteland, it makes sense...

You get the feeling that that Mr. Haase is starting to act just like the Iraqi Minister of Mis-Information before the fall of Baghdad. The man would swear that everything is ok...and then the enemy tanks roll into town. :roll:

French Fairy Tales The above quote is an excerpt from the new French Fairy Tale, "Horton hears a Herve." - No offices to work from (at least for the next couple of weeks) - No developmental staff - Massive debt - Lawsuits (and more to come) - Stock prices at their lowest Yep, it's...

Interplay has been in the crapper for sometime now. Question: Does the eviction from the Von Karman offices mean the end of Interplay? Answer: No. In fact, this may be the best thing to have happen to Interplay in the past couple of months. The loss of the office and development staff...

The true irony would be if Herve pulled a miracle out of his ass (see the movie "Fifi and the Glory Hole" for an example) and got some funding. Would SKR turn around and re-apply for his "old" job?

I wonder which "unannounced RPG" Sean was working on? I'm guessing it was either Exaulted (based upon the White Wolf license), or Dark Alliance 3 (minus the D&D license and 3rd Edition rules).

From what I have heard, the employees have until Friday to move all of their personal possessions out of the Von Karman building. No official word yet on whether they'll receive any of their back pay; no plans were disclosed about Interplay relocating to a different office space to try and...

Unfortunately, I believe that Bioware would be near the bottom of the barrel in regards to getting the Fallout license. But, who's to say that whichever company does manage to secure the Fallout license doesn't turn around and approach Bioware about developing Fallout 3. Even if Bioware...

Even as I write this, I'm pretty sure that Vivendi is preparing to unleash their legal hounds in order to start securing Interplay's IPs. Vivendi advanced a lot of cash to Interplay for the continued distribution of their games in North America. In order to receive this money, Herve made...

Hmm... There's: Obsidian: just because you're a former Interplay employee doesn't mean they have to hire you. The Collective: they can now afford to be picky because of their current "big project". InXile: I would wait until they ship Bard's Tale before expecting them to hire...

. It probably means that the financial company that Herve was depending upon to raise some capital for Interplay didn't come through with the "promised" cash. I do wonder how many big companies that were interested in purchasing Interplay during this time period were turned down by Herve...

You can blame Brian Fargo for that bludder. After blowing an insane amount of cash in the mid-1990s, Brian was desperate for cash and was trying to attract investors to keep Interplay alive. Unfortunately, out of the various investors that were interested in Interplay, Brian picked Titus...

So, has Herve posted the Q1 earnings for Interplay, yet? Several of the major IPLY stockholders want to know if they can afford to super-size their next meal. :twisted: