Tamara Chuang, who has written articles on Interplay before, wrote another article for the Orange County Register. You can only view the article if you're a Premium Member, though. Here's some bits of what an anonymous source sent us:<blockquote>Thursday, May 27, 2004
Interplay lets taxes and rent go unpaid
Irvine game developer is low on cash and may be stretched too thin to stay in business.
CEO: Herve Caen says Interplay will survive troubled times.
By TAMARA CHUANG
The Orange County Register
IRVINE – PC-game developer Interplay Entertainment Corp. is running out of cash and may not be able to continue operating, according to company filings.
Two employees have filed complaints with the state because of bounced paychecks. The company also faces a lawsuit from its landlord seeking three months of unpaid rent, plus other lawsuits from entertainment companies that say the Irvine-based company owes them money. An additional $179,000 is owed in payroll taxes and penalties, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Chief Executive Herve Caen said Wednesday that Interplay will survive the struggles, but declined further comment. He would not say whether Interplay has put off paying employee salaries and health benefits.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment sued Interplay last fall for defaulting on a $2 million payment. They settled, but the filing says Interplay defaulted again.
Arden Realty Finance sued on April 16, alleging that Interplay's outstanding rent totaled $431,823. A few days later, Bioware Corp., a game developer in Canada, sued Interplay for $156,000 that it said was owed for game royalties.
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Two employees of Interplay Entertainment Corp. filed successful complaints with the state's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement saying that the Irvine-based game developer failed to pay them several thousand dollars in wages.
Both claims – one for $3,686, the other for $2,497 – revolved around bounced checks and were settled last month, said Dean Fryer, spokesman for the California Labor Commissioner.
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The company wouldn't comment about whether it has withheld paychecks or employee health benefits.
Fryer, with the state labor agency, said it's not out of the ordinary to have two complaints within a month about one company. But these complaints stood out because they involved bounced paychecks.
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Employees with such concerns can download a complaint form at www.dir.ca.gov/dlse or get one in person at the division's local office, Room 625 at 28 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana. Employees can also contact the U.S. Labor Department at (866) 4USWAGE (for wages) or (866) 444-3272 (for benefits).</blockquote>
Interplay lets taxes and rent go unpaid
Irvine game developer is low on cash and may be stretched too thin to stay in business.
CEO: Herve Caen says Interplay will survive troubled times.
By TAMARA CHUANG
The Orange County Register
IRVINE – PC-game developer Interplay Entertainment Corp. is running out of cash and may not be able to continue operating, according to company filings.
Two employees have filed complaints with the state because of bounced paychecks. The company also faces a lawsuit from its landlord seeking three months of unpaid rent, plus other lawsuits from entertainment companies that say the Irvine-based company owes them money. An additional $179,000 is owed in payroll taxes and penalties, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Chief Executive Herve Caen said Wednesday that Interplay will survive the struggles, but declined further comment. He would not say whether Interplay has put off paying employee salaries and health benefits.
(...)
Warner Bros. Entertainment sued Interplay last fall for defaulting on a $2 million payment. They settled, but the filing says Interplay defaulted again.
Arden Realty Finance sued on April 16, alleging that Interplay's outstanding rent totaled $431,823. A few days later, Bioware Corp., a game developer in Canada, sued Interplay for $156,000 that it said was owed for game royalties.
(...)
Two employees of Interplay Entertainment Corp. filed successful complaints with the state's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement saying that the Irvine-based game developer failed to pay them several thousand dollars in wages.
Both claims – one for $3,686, the other for $2,497 – revolved around bounced checks and were settled last month, said Dean Fryer, spokesman for the California Labor Commissioner.
(...)
The company wouldn't comment about whether it has withheld paychecks or employee health benefits.
Fryer, with the state labor agency, said it's not out of the ordinary to have two complaints within a month about one company. But these complaints stood out because they involved bounced paychecks.
(...)
Employees with such concerns can download a complaint form at www.dir.ca.gov/dlse or get one in person at the division's local office, Room 625 at 28 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana. Employees can also contact the U.S. Labor Department at (866) 4USWAGE (for wages) or (866) 444-3272 (for benefits).</blockquote>
