Interplay Developing $75 Million Fallout MMOG

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @10:36PM from the a-plan-with-money-hats dept.

Next Generation has very, very good news for RPG fans. Interplay is going to be developing a Fallout Massively Multiplayer Online Game ... and they're in it for serious. The official announcement says that they're going to be throwing $75 Million (dollars!) at development for this thing. From the article: "Production is proposed to begin as early as 2007, with a launch slated for Q3 2010. The company's proposal expects 1 million subscribers during the first year, and projects profitability in year two, revenue of $160 million annually after its first year and net income of $50 million annually starting in year three." Those are fighting words, and the 1 Million club they're aiming for ... maybe not so easy to get into. Also, didn't Interplay go out of business?

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Re:Doesn't Bethesda own Fallout now? by LarsWestergren · 2006-12-12 23:30 · Score: 4, Informative

Bethesda bought the rights for everything EXCEPT a MMO in the Fallout universe, if I understood it correctly.

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Other fall-outy games by Lonewolf666 · 2006-12-13 00:24 · Score: 3, Informative

Fallen Earth (http://fallenearth.com/) might be interesting too. And since they have already shown a playable demo in an interview, it might be ready a lot earlier than the interplay game ;-)

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