Tag archive: Interplay

The lengthy legal battle over the Fallout MMO seems to have finally come to a conclusion. ZeniMax Media announced that Bethesda's lawsuit filed against Interplay has reached a settlement, and Bethesda will continue to own all Fallout intellectual property rights. ZeniMax, Bethesda's parent company, stated that under the terms of the settlement, “the license granted to Interplay to develop the Fallout MMO is null and void.” No more… Read More

Work can officially continue on the Fallout MMO that is currently in development at Interplay and Masthead Studios. The news comes after a court ruled against Bethesda Softworks' bid for a temporary restraining order to be placed on the game, Gamasutra reports. This is the latest development in a long-running legal dispute between the companies, all of it centering around the Fallout universe. For those that aren't aware, current… Read More

Earlier this year, we were treated to glorious rumors that the Fallout world would soon be receiving multiple entries into the post-nuclear, 50’s-styled world, and in multiple formats. An MMO was in the works, Fallout: New Vegas is due later this year and a Fallout 4 seems imminent. The lawsuits between Bethesda Studios, the new owner to the Fallout license and creators of the best selling Fallout 3, and Interplay, the creators of the original… Read More

Such a scenario is bolstered by reports that Redstone, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, said he has hired a financial advisor to evaluate options should he increase his interest in the publisher to 80 percent of its common stock from its current 72.4 percent level.” Also, Interplay reopens, Titus declares bankruptcy on GameSpot has more on the ups and downs for Interplay and parent Titus, a pair of… Read More

A report from The Orange County Register has indicated that the offices of Interplay have officially been closed down by the state of California, shortly after Interplay CEO Herve Caen stated thecompany was still operational. The closure came about after an inspection at the Interplay offices revealed that not only had employees not been provided with the proper workers' compensation insurance, but also without pay forseveral projects as… Read More

According to a report in Gamespot, less than a day after CEO Herve Caen said Interplay was “still here,” the publisher has apparently been shut down by the State of California. Gamespot quotes an Orange County Register's  report from Friday that says California's Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement forced the Irvine, CA-based developer-publisher of Fallout to… Read More

Interplay has ended its distribution agreement with Vivendi Universal Games and says that it is considering legal action against the publisher following a dispute over the payment of royalties. According to Interplay chairman and CEO Herve Caen, Vivendi has refused to pay Interplay money due from its latest release, Lionheart, and as such has been forced to terminate the agreement. Interplay, which is wholly owned by French… Read More