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Water Chip? Been There, Done That

As many of us have supposed, Interplay seems to had launched Fallout Online website without agreement with Bethesda. Firstly, the footer on the website has been changed. Originally it stated:<blockquote>Fallout® is a registered trademark of Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company, in the U.S. and/or other countries, and is used by Interplay under license from Bethesda Softworks LLC. All Rights Reserved.</blockquote> Then it was changed to this one:<blockquote>Fallout® is a registered trademark of Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company, in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.</blockquote>As you can see the sentence about license has been removed.
And today the topic about Fallout Online at Bethesda forum board has been locked by Bethesda community manager Matt Grandstaff with the following note:<blockquote>As this relates to an ongoing legal matter for our company, discussion on this topic will remain closed.</blockquote>So now we can make even more guesses on what's happened. Have Bethesda and Interplay reached an initial agreement? Or it's just a huge Interplay gamble? Now we have to wait for the official statement or for some news on this legal case. At the moment it looks like Interplay is going for the vole.
And today the topic about Fallout Online at Bethesda forum board has been locked by Bethesda community manager Matt Grandstaff with the following note:<blockquote>As this relates to an ongoing legal matter for our company, discussion on this topic will remain closed.</blockquote>So now we can make even more guesses on what's happened. Have Bethesda and Interplay reached an initial agreement? Or it's just a huge Interplay gamble? Now we have to wait for the official statement or for some news on this legal case. At the moment it looks like Interplay is going for the vole.