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 Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 05:48 Post subject: Interplay – Time To Die? |
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I have just read some 2 months old news at gamespot about interplay.
I always loved that company and the fallout series is one of my all times favorite.
It's June now and I'm wondering if anyone heard anything about interplay and its future. Could it be the end of that great games maker?
Gamespot story link:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallout3/news_6099957.html
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 08:40 Post subject: |
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They were going downhill for years now, this was just a matter of time. Way I see it, the Interplay that brought us Planescape: Torment and Fallout 2 is long gone. Cancelling Fallout 3 was the biggest mistake they could possibly make.
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Oddj0b
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 10:08 Post subject: |
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I never played Kingpin that much but Fallout 1 & 2 are so fucking awesom, I still hope for a Fallout 3.
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 10:31 Post subject: |
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i think megarace 2 came by interplay if i remember well and this is still the best combat racer for me but since this old days - nothing special came from interplay...it is very hard to create today game that will make you buy it and its not the first company that made this step lately:(
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Kondor
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 10:35 Post subject: |
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After Interplay screwed Black Isle, I knew that they were going down... Stupid management often means making stupid decisions which lead to more mistakes and profit loss...
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 11:54 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 12:59 Post subject: |
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wheres clay fighters!? not for pc of course...on consoles this was made for
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 04:25 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Interplay offices closed by state officials
The Orange County Register reports that California labor investigators have shut down the publisher--something CEO Herve Caen disputes.
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. The Orange County Register's Tamara Chuang reported late Friday that California's Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement forced the Irvine, CA-based developer-publisher of Fallout to suspend operations.
The closure followed a snap inspection of Interplay's offices by investigators, who found the company was without workers’ compensation insurance and had not paid employees. According to officials, there were 14 staffers on-site Friday during the inspection, and 79 still on Interplay's payroll--down nearly 40 since their mid-April financial statements.
The labor officials' visitation was prompted by complaints by seven Interplay workers who claimed their wages had gone unpaid. Dean Fryer, spokesman for the California Labor Commissioner, told the Register, "An employer has responsibilities when they open a business. The responsibilities include proper and timely payment of wages. It includes providing workers compensation coverage in case there are injuries. If the employer cannot accommodate those basic issues of doing business, we cannot allow employees to work."
As a penalty for its infractions, Interplay was fined $1,000 for each employee on the payroll for a total of $79,000. This sum is in addition to the $179,000 it already owes the state in back taxes and the $432,000 in unpaid rent it owes its landlord, Arden Realty, who is reportedly on the verge of evicting the company. In addition, it is being sued for $156,000 in back Baldur's Gate royalties by BioWare. As of part of its mid-April financial statements, Interplay declared it only had $1.2 million in cash on hand.
Despite the increasingly daunting scale of Interplay's difficulties, Caen brushed them off. "I hope to have that [insurance] back by Monday or Tuesday," he told the Register optimistically. Caen also had the esprit to question the semantics of Chuang's article. "The company has not shut down. [The state] can’t do that. It can only let me not let employees work," he said.
In addition to breaking the closure news, Chuang also confirmed that Interplay employees had not been paid for over a month, had no health insurance, and had been told to remove their belongings from the building due to a looming lockout by Arden.
Still, some of the Interplay staffers at the office on Friday held out a more genuine sense of hope than their employer. "The reason I stick around is that I’m a diehard loyalist and I love the people I work with," IS manager Steve Jobes told the Register. "If there is any sliver of hope that Interplay may someday turn around I want to be there to see it."
By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 06:55 Post subject: |
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He's a bloody dickhead that caen.
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 09:20 Post subject: |
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lol, Well first they state they are ok and continue working on games and day after they close down by the state!
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Sayko
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| Posted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 09:59 Post subject: |
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ohh my god..
why wont they just die already!!?
if they gona release some shit in the future playing it will be like first step leading to accusation of necrophilia..
I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
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Kondor
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Dirtpaw
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jun 2004 02:36 Post subject: |
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guess it's all over. Man i loved interplay! Pity they were under such lousy management.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 15:02 Post subject: |
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Interplay was struggling for years now...its sad but its about time they go as they didnt produce any good game comparable to their old quality in recent years (since Kingpin and that was no real Interplay game).
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| Posted: Wed, 9th Jun 2004 14:17 Post subject: |
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It's just funny how a company that published hugely popular titles like Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2 and Baldur's Gate: DA can go bankrupt in just a few short years. Talk about terrible fucking management.
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Wed, 9th Jun 2004 21:15 Post subject: |
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Heh,they just don't want to die, just read it on RPDdot
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As the rollercoaster continues, Gamespot is reporting that Herve Caen has secured workers compensation insurance for Interplay, allowing workers to return to the Irvine CA offices. How many staff actually return and what work they might continue with isn't known yet. |
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Sayko
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| Posted: Wed, 9th Jun 2004 21:50 Post subject: |
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| Clevesa wrote: | | Heh,they just don't want to die, just read it on RPDdot |
Return of the Living Dead 2004
Directed by Herve Caen
Runtime: whofuckinknows???
I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
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| Posted: Wed, 7th Sep 2016 21:02 Post subject: |
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Interplay Announces Sale of Significant IP Portfolio
| Quote: | LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading video game software developer, publisher, and licensor, Interplay Entertainment Corp., today announced a process to sell its library of video game assets and intellectual property. The expected sale represents some 70 titles and dozens of characters.
"Interplay has entertained millions of players with its well-recognized games, including Earthworm Jim, Freespace, Giants, Kingpin, Messiah, MDK, Run Like Hell, Sacrifice, Battlechess, Clayfighter, Dark Alliance, and Descent. As game creators, we are proud of the entertainment these properties have provided over the years. With the proliferation of mobile, augmented reality, virtual reality and other new forms of consumption, we believe that consumers are ready to experience and interact with Interplay's characters, stories and game play in ways never possible before. We look forward to seeing how this unique portfolio of interactive entertainment icons will evolve for the worldwide audience," states Eric Caen, President of Interplay. |
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/09/07/870242/10165014/en/Interplay-Announces-Sale-of-Significant-IP-Portfolio-Wedbush-Securities-as-Strategic-Advisor.html
Hopefully a company buys them, that respects the franchises and won't turn them in some mobile crap milking. 
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