Fallout hits GameTap

[FeelTheRads]

Doesn't seem like it.

Can't say for sure... I could register, download their software and start downloading a free game - but I didn't had the patience to wait for it because it was too slow.
So it should work.. unless they just don't let you play the game, which it would be strange since you can do everything till there.

 

[Wasteland Stories]

Im confused, i thought they sold the rights to fallout?

No, they sold the Fallout license. That's not the same thing as selling the older games.

You are on the greatest source of Fallout info on the planet (uh...barring the Vault), use it
Fallout license

* Full rights and ownership of Fallout are owned by Bethesda Softworks LLC (Bethesda)
* In the purchase deal, Interplay Entertainment Corp. (Interplay) has retained the right to produce a Fallout MMO if it is started before April 9 2009 and "succesfully launched" before April 9 2013.
* The right to exploit the Fallout 1/2/Tactics/BoS sales has been retained by Interplay. Money from sales of those games goes to Interplay.

One question: does they have rights to Fallout with improved graphics or X-Box Live version?

 

[Brother None]

Its bad news guys. It means Interplay may receive some kind of revenue from this deal... Either way we lose.

Er, what?

What do you mean "Er, what?"? Two years ago we were all talking like that. Let's not be a bunch of circle-jerking hypocrites here, until Jason D. Anderson appeared on the scene we all hated I) (what was left of) Interplay II) Herve Caen III) Fallout MMO.

One question: does they have rights to Fallout with improved graphics or X-Box Live version?

Dunno. But they have no right to release "new" single-player products. I think an X-Box port would fall under that, as would an edited re-release.

 

[PlanHex]

Can't say for sure... I could register, download their software and start downloading a free game - but I didn't had the patience to wait for it because it was too slow.
So it should work.. unless they just don't let you play the game, which it would be strange since you can do everything till there.

I found Jagged Alliance 2 on there for free some time ago, could play it just fine.
The only part that's limited to Americans is the subscription.

 

[Forhekset]

Can't say for sure... I could register, download their software and start downloading a free game - but I didn't had the patience to wait for it because it was too slow.
So it should work.. unless they just don't let you play the game, which it would be strange since you can do everything till there.

I found Jagged Alliance 2 on there for free some time ago, could play it just fine.
The only part that's limited to Americans is the subscription.

Sorry, that's the part I was referring to, the subscription bit. Though Gametap has been planning an announcement for Europe for like a year now.

 

[Bernard Bumner]

What do you mean "Er, what?"? Two years ago we were all talking like that. Let's not be a bunch of circle-jerking hypocrites here, until Jason D. Anderson appeared on the scene we all hated I) (what was left of) Interplay II) Herve Caen III) Fallout MMO.

Circle jerk? I couldn't maintain wood in the presence of another man, if I tried. Perhaps I sounded a little contrary, though. Maybe two years is a long time, and some things change, but I'd like to think I've been pretty consistent (even if I didn't convey it).

Titus/Interplay/Black Isle was a huge cluster-fuck, not least of all for those people who suddenly found themselves without a job or a pay-packet. No dispute. Herve Caen is clearly a bit of a prick. No dispute.

However, I don't think I've ever hated the idea of a Fallout MMO, but I could accept that very good objections raised about how such a thing might work. Still, calling it much despised? Actually, given Anderson's involvement, and given the mess that Bethesda have made of the lore, and all, perhaps there has been a softening of many people's attitude to the project. I'm not sure that I've ever really changed my mind. I have always been sceptical about Interplay's ability to deliver an MMO, aside from any other concerns, and I pretty much remain so; I'm not yet convinced that Interplay is going to do anything other than implode once again.

Still, my point about the IP flew better, anyway. I think we very much win if a new set of fans discover Fallout in all of its original glory. Firstly, because people will have a chance to experience the richness of Fallout which is likely to have been lost in number 3. Secondly, because continued sales of a strong RPG might just convince some mainstream developer to develop a new, but equally deep, PC RPG.

(I think we gain even more if Interplay chooses to faithfully revisit some of their other IPs. Perhaps even more so because of recent developments with Fallout 3, since Interplay might be the only hope that the remaining IPs won't be bastardized.)

 

[Brother None]

However, I don't think I've ever hated the idea of a Fallout MMO, but I could accept that very good objections raised about how such a thing might work. Still, calling it much despised? Actually, given Anderson's involvement, and given the mess that Bethesda have made of the lore, and all, perhaps there has been a softening of many people's attitude to the project. I'm not sure that I've ever really changed my mind. I have always been sceptical about Interplay's ability to deliver an MMO, aside from any other concerns, and I pretty much remain so; I'm not yet convinced that Interplay is going to do anything other than implode once again.

FOOL has always been one of our favourite kicking ponies. We've always hated it.

I think we're stuck in neutral now, we'll see which way the gear shifts. If Interplay manages to produce it - which is still somewhat unlikely - it will be embraced, not in the least because I'm still in contacted with JD Anderson (and other Interplay staff) and we'll inevitable have better community relations than we do with Bethesda. If Interplay fails - as it most likely will - it'll fall back to Bethesda.

And then NMA will really have nothing left.

'cept mods.

 

[Ausir]

By the way, if we're neutral about the game the very concept of which we hated just before of Jason Anderson, one has to wonder what would our stance on Fallout 3 be if Bethesda did hire Leon Boyarsky back in the day.

 

[Bernard Bumner]

FOOL has always been one of our favourite kicking ponies. We've always hated it.

Fair enough, I really wasn't trying to represent some authoritative voice on the matter.

If Interplay fails - as it most likely will - it'll fall back to Bethesda.

Which is probably another reason to hope that Interplay thrives in some form.

Still, hope has been just about the only positive commodity around here for some time, and there is little of that left. Now we've got, what, happy memories?

By the way, if we're neutral about the game the very concept of which we hated just before of Jason Anderson, one has to wonder what would our stance on Fallout 3 be if Bethesda did hire Leon Boyarsky back in the day.

I, for one, would greedily and unquestioningly gobble up any piece of poorly-executed, degraded crapola that was messily birthed, neutered, half-formed, and crippled, if it had any one of the Fallout developer's names attached to it. I would happily suck any sticky, putrefied mess from the gangrenous, ulcerated tit of Bethesda, as long as there was a token involvement of any member of the original team.

Obviously not. If it was shit, then people would still recognise the stink. People here have more integrity than to adore mere names and personalities, I'd hope?

Still, if people like Boyarsky had been on board, then maybe they'd have been more precious about the universe than to start stripping away the core elements which characterize the entire ethos of the Fallout universe?