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Interplay Finally In Process Of Going Under?

Posted by simoniker on from the not-well dept.

Random Guru 42 writes "GameSpot is reporting that Interplay is sliding further down the spiral of going out of business. Hopefully the rumors of Interplay's demise are greatly exaggerated." We previously covered earlier rumblings of Interplay's demise, and Sivar writes "According to a Fallout news website, Interplay has 'told the employees to file for unemployment' [a later source indicates 'the employees have until Friday to move all of their personal possessions out of... the Interplay offices]." Finally, an update to the GameSpot story has an un-named, masked employee insisting on the closure rumors: "No, that's not true" - it's also pointed out Interplay "...is facing a battery of lawsuits, including one by Arden Realty for $432,000 in back rent and another by BioWare for $156,000 for unpaid Baldur's Gate royalties."

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  1. Cancel Fallout 3... by metrazol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and fade into the wasteland. Bet they're wishing they'd found that waterchip, eh?

    Seriously, sad to see Interplay go, but they've made some dumb decisions. Losing Feagus and his team was probably close to the final blow.

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    "Life's funny sometimes." "And sometimes it isn't." --Cat's Cradle
  2. Been headed downhill for awhile now by FloodSpectre · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Hopefully the rumors of Interplay's demise are greatly exaggerated."

    Hopefully ? I'm hoping they do go under permanently. While I certainly feel bad for those who stayed with the company and have to deal with this now (which the exception of Caen, I have no sympathy for him), Interplay's been going downhill for years. Their tech support has to be the worst I've ever encountered (especially when they stopped replying to any of it two years ago), their "quality control" is completely non-existent.

    For that matter, I can't think of a single good game they've released since Baldur's Gate 2. And, to me, the worst part was their decision to axe Fallout 3 (and Black Isle Studios for that matter) and instead pushed out the utterly worthless Fallout: BoS.

    .. Well, at least on the bright side, now we have Obsidian and Troika out there (founded by ex-members of Black Isle)..