Interplay is fast approaching the deadline of April 4th, when they will need 30 million in funding or lose the Fallout Online license. Newark MMO Examiner has a short piece on the deal but honestly it's not saying anything we don't know yet (thanks Corith).
There's not a lot to see on the financials side. They have filed a NT-10K to notify of inability to file a quarterly report in a timely matter (nothing new there) and a more interesting 8-K, which reveals Microprose (who you might remember as a game publisher and developer founded by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey, but the Microprose brand was purchased by I2G in 2007, you'll recall I2G from this deal) purchased common stock in the company for a total consideration of $327,298, and two private investors purchased common stock for a total consideration of $27,620. What is perhaps of more interest in that 8-K is that Interplay actually purchased three game licenses from I2G:<blockquote>On March 24, 2009, the Company entered into an Intellectual Property Purchase and Sale Agreement with Interactive Game Group LLC (I2G) to acquire all rights title and interest owned by I2G in the following franchises: "Conquer Series", "M1 Tank Platoon Series" and "Subwar".</blockquote>There's little more than a lot of silence coming from Interplay itself, though about a week after news broke of Jason D Anderson leaving Interplay for InXile, Chris Taylor posted this on the official Interplay forum.<blockquote>We've been working on V13 for over a year. We'll be able to say more about the project when the time is right. Which will hopefully be soon! (But I don't know the exact date we'll be able to say more, suffice it to say, I'm as eager as any of you to start talking details.)</blockquote>
There's not a lot to see on the financials side. They have filed a NT-10K to notify of inability to file a quarterly report in a timely matter (nothing new there) and a more interesting 8-K, which reveals Microprose (who you might remember as a game publisher and developer founded by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey, but the Microprose brand was purchased by I2G in 2007, you'll recall I2G from this deal) purchased common stock in the company for a total consideration of $327,298, and two private investors purchased common stock for a total consideration of $27,620. What is perhaps of more interest in that 8-K is that Interplay actually purchased three game licenses from I2G:<blockquote>On March 24, 2009, the Company entered into an Intellectual Property Purchase and Sale Agreement with Interactive Game Group LLC (I2G) to acquire all rights title and interest owned by I2G in the following franchises: "Conquer Series", "M1 Tank Platoon Series" and "Subwar".</blockquote>There's little more than a lot of silence coming from Interplay itself, though about a week after news broke of Jason D Anderson leaving Interplay for InXile, Chris Taylor posted this on the official Interplay forum.<blockquote>We've been working on V13 for over a year. We'll be able to say more about the project when the time is right. Which will hopefully be soon! (But I don't know the exact date we'll be able to say more, suffice it to say, I'm as eager as any of you to start talking details.)</blockquote>
