Interplay out of business?!

[Electrofreak]

Check this out, quoted from one of one of Gamespot.com's "Rumor Control" articles:

"RUMOR #4: Interplay has gone out of business.

Source: The official Interplay Web site, which has been down for a week.

The official story: E-mails to Interplay's sole internal publicity rep were not returned.

What we heard: In mid-April, Interplay announced a series of bold business initiatives, including the resurrection of Fallout 3. It also revealed that it was facing eviction from its Irvine, California, headquarters due to nonpayment of rent. Shortly thereafter, the site for Black Isle, Interplay's all-but-shut-down internal developer, was replaced by a single page saying it was "undergoing maintenance." Then it went offline altogether. Now it seems the same fate has befallen Interplay's main site, www.interplay.com--although without the advance warning. The Web site simply stopped working sometime last weekend, and it remains down as of press time. The resulting confusion has fueled speculation in many forums that, if it can't even keep its Web presence afloat, the once-mighty publisher of Baldur's Gate and Fallout has indeed finally become insolvent. However, a call to Interplay's office dispelled that notion. Though the company hasn't had a live operator in months, Interplay's voicemail system does still indeed work, meaning that, for now, the company is still around. [UPDATE] Four days after this story was first filed, reports began to come in that on Tuesday, June 1, Interplay employees were told by the human resources department to collect their personal belongings and file for unemployment. Attempts to contact Interplay are now hamstrung by the fact that e-mails to addresses ending in "@interplay.com" are being bounced back automatically.

Bogus or not bogus?: The phones are still working--so it's not official yet."


Seems one of my favorite game companies has finally bit the dust. Farewell Interplay



http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/...s_6099586.html

EDIT- Sorry if this is O F N for anybody, the article was released like 3 weeks ago, but its the first I've seen of this...

[Hezzy]

They're going in and out of a business like a fat person goes in and out of taco bell

[UncleDynamite]

Interplay initially went out of business, but have returned (albeit in dire financial straits).

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallo...s_6101470.html

[Fragmatic]

[Dharkbayne]

Originally Posted by Fragmatic

[LiLKiLLeR]

[Spider]

Yes interplay is going out of business... well it is technicly...

The fallout right were sold to Bethesda (morrowind etc.) and they will make the fallout sequel. Rumor has it that there will be a mmorpg of fallout has the comic states but nothing has been said by bethesda or interplay about it. Except in the article where bethesda said they had the rights to fallout now, they said they could do sequels but not an mmorpg... or something like that... you should try finding that article.

[Setari]

i remember reading that article.

EDIT: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/fallout-3/529744p2.html

[Hydralisk]

:roofles: @ frag!!

[Zodiac]

Originally Posted by Fragmatic

Funniest PA i have seen in a long time.