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Old 04-04-2008, 09:46 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Doesn't Sony or someone usually step in at this point and buy them out? The Fallout IP certainly has to be worth more than Vanguard and SOE snapped them right up.
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:04 AM   #62 (permalink)
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Doesn't Sony or someone usually step in at this point and buy them out? The Fallout IP certainly has to be worth more than Vanguard and SOE snapped them right up.
The IP sure. But there is no game. That's a good 50 million right there.
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Old 04-04-2008, 03:10 PM   #63 (permalink)
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The Fallout IP certainly has to be worth more than Vanguard and SOE snapped them right up.
Bethesda owns the IP, not Interplay. Interplay has absolutely no rights when it comes to the Fallout MMO IP, Bethesda can chose to pull it at anytime.

If Interplay makes the MMO they have to pay royalties to Bethesda because they would be using their IP.
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Old 04-04-2008, 03:15 PM   #64 (permalink)
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The Fallout license and the Fallout MMO license were always seperate. Interplay had the MMO license and sold it to Bethesda for quick cash, but with a clause allowing them to license it back in order to make an mmo, in exchange for paying royalties.
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Old 04-04-2008, 03:27 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Interplay sold the entire IP to Bethseda but retained the rights to produce an MMO. They have until 2010 to have a product shipped or they lose the license. Interplay owns nothing of Fallout any longer.
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New filings with the SEC show that Oblivion and current Fallout 3 developer Bethesda Softworks has officially purchased the Fallout series IP from current holders Interplay for $5.75 million, with Interplay now acting as licensee for its own planned Fallout MMO.
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Old 04-04-2008, 03:27 PM   #66 (permalink)
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The Fallout name is owned by Bethesda. Therefore Interplay has no rights to the name.

Also, by April of 2009 they have to have 30million dollars of investment, or else it's curtains.
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Old 04-09-2008, 06:22 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Interplay Releases 2007 Earnings; New Web Site Launch Imminent: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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First, management is working to secure funding for the development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular "Fallout" franchise. Interplay sold "Fallout" in 2007 while obtaining a license back, under certain conditions, to create and develop a "Fallout" MMOG.

At the same time, the company will leverage its portfolio of gaming properties by creating sequels to some of its most successful games, including Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, and MDK.
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First, management is working to secure funding for the development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular "Fallout" franchise. Interplay sold "Fallout" in 2007 while obtaining a license back, under certain conditions, to create and develop a "Fallout" MMOG.

At the same time, the company will leverage its portfolio of gaming properties by creating sequels to some of its most successful games, including Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, and MDK.
Instead of a Descent sequel, they need to just do a Descent MMO.. PVE too. EVE already has the PVP market.
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Old 04-09-2008, 08:43 PM   #69 (permalink)
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I hear that Brad McQuaid will be involved in this project.
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