SumsoluS
The Punchinator
bet iply still take another year to die, feels like its been a century of slow death already!
IPLY homeless...
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Daemon Spawn
Old Warrior of the Wastes
It's dead. As for the fallout license and VB ....... undead.
Rwaaaawwrrrrr, the walking dead of inertplay haunt the abandoned halls of the once glorious development studio, waiting for the noble and proud to raise Fallout back out of the ashes, much as the proverbial phoenix; giving life to what once was dead, reviving the legacy of which had been defiled, bringing another masterpiece to the famed and exalted franchise.
Or, until some money-rubbing mass-marketing greedy-POS wannabe game developers get their unclean maw on the lifeless corpse of a once beautiful creature. And maul the carcass into oblivion for the sake of SELLING OUT EVERYTHING HOLY AND DEFINITIVE to the series.
Wait, that's already been done. Crap.
Daemon Spawn, longing for times past; dreading futures yet to come....
Rwaaaawwrrrrr, the walking dead of inertplay haunt the abandoned halls of the once glorious development studio, waiting for the noble and proud to raise Fallout back out of the ashes, much as the proverbial phoenix; giving life to what once was dead, reviving the legacy of which had been defiled, bringing another masterpiece to the famed and exalted franchise.
Or, until some money-rubbing mass-marketing greedy-POS wannabe game developers get their unclean maw on the lifeless corpse of a once beautiful creature. And maul the carcass into oblivion for the sake of SELLING OUT EVERYTHING HOLY AND DEFINITIVE to the series.
Wait, that's already been done. Crap.
Daemon Spawn, longing for times past; dreading futures yet to come....
the only sane solution would be to sell the license to Troika for $1 8)
(troika said they were interested but didnt have the cash.
bet they could make a pretty darn good sequel 
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(troika said they were interested but didnt have the cash.
bet they could make a pretty darn good sequel )
Actually, I believe going console only was still Brian Fargo's (dumb) idea. Anyway, Interplay was already going downhill, that's why they had Titus step in to fix it (haha).Executioner said:Where have you been?Its the damn Frenchies!
The .OB means they're traded on the OTC Bulletin Board (as opposed to NASDAQ). The E means they're lagging in filing paperwork, such as operating results, to the SEC. It's not like they wanted to change the symbol like that.Executioner said:
Saint_Proverbius
Vault Senior Citizen
Eragon2004 said:
That'd almost be as wonderful as the new MicroSoft Amiga with Intel Technology Inside.
Egis said:
The beautiful part of this is that Fallout Enforcer is Interplay's only recent game they've released that they can still sell - and it's not selling. That bit of irony warms my heart. They may have put a serious hurt on the license by making it, but they ended up dooming themselves in the process.
DJ Slamak said:
Yup, Fargo did want to go more console with Interplay, and that's when IPLY started racking up more debt. Titus already owned a third of the company by then, though.
daveee said:
You would have never seen a good Fallout 3 out of Interplay anyway. I'd rather see no Fallout 3 than a crappy one. The license has already had enough bad things done to it, why ask for more just for the sake of it?
Briosafreak
Lived Through the Heat Death
Gamespot is beeing very carefull but already reporting it
wich lead Bluesnews to make a newsblurb too
wich lead Bluesnews to make a newsblurb too
Yeah. RPGCodex, RPGDot and worthplaying picked up on it pretty quickly
Gamebanshee got it too, and is equally careful. They're right to be careful, too, with no official news forthcoming. http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EplyEulEZpaeOLbgWg.php
Gamebanshee got it too, and is equally careful. They're right to be careful, too, with no official news forthcoming. http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EplyEulEZpaeOLbgWg.php
Eragon2004
First time out of the vault
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 continue operations. (Both of these are highly doubtful).
By CA law, Interplay could still remain in the Von Karman building for the next six months, before the building's owner can have them removed by the authorities.
Eragon2004 said:
Really? Is that one of those infamous stupid American laws? Also, wouldn't their energy be cut off?
, but we don't really know when that 6 month period started. We do know that these guys have behind for quite awhile now.
Aurora engine? Yeah, that would be great. I love games with mediocre graphics, stability issues and shitty performance.Eragon2004 said:
kumquatq3 said:
Are you saying landlords in America don't have the ability to cut off their tenants power regardless of the energy bills?
Stranger and stranger
Briosafreak
Lived Through the Heat Death
The tweaked Aurora engine for that new game looks good, but the original was horrible...
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Kharn said:
Not that I really know, but from the places I rent that while the water pipes and electrical wiring belong to the landlord, what flows thourgh them belongs to the vendor and then the tenant. That's why when I was, well, squatting in a house we could still get utilities and such, without the landlord's permission.
In any case, in the US you usualy pay utilities separate from rent, if that's different than in Europe.
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No, in Europe you pay for your utilities seperately from your rent, depending on your contract (some contracts are including, but generally it's seperate). However, I have squatted houses here in Holland, and while it's illegal for the landlord to cut off your water (basic human need or something), he can, and will, cut off your gas and electricity.