Interplay launched their new Web site yesterday. It's all pretty and is littered with Earthworm Jim and MDK graphics. More importantly, up in the news section, they have an announcement regarding their new Orange Country offices and the project they'll be working on. It's an MMO, codenamed "Project V13," which isn't much of a codename if you're trying to hide a Fallout project that everyone already knows you're supposedly working on.
Interplay sold the Fallout IP to Bethesda (after having previously licensed it to therm for Fallout 3) in the first quarter of 2007 but negotiated to retain the rights to produce the already in-development MMO. Part of the agreement states that they have a limited amount of time to complete the project, however, and the game must hit retail no later than April 14th, 2014.
In addition to the announcement of the new offices, there's one other little tidbit of info Interplay has released that's bound to intrigue Fallout fans. The company has hired Chris Taylor, one of the designers of the original Fallout game, to take on the role of "Lead System Designer." He's no Tim Cain or Chris Avellone, but I like knowing that someone familiar with the franchise will be involved.
After a lengthy drought of information regarding the title, it's great to hear a little something on it. I don't normally play MMOs (the last one I played was Ultima Online back in 2000) but, depending on how this pans out, I might have to give serious thought to getting into this one. How about you guys?
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Why do I continue to hear rumors of games turning into MMOs?
@vexed: Why indeed, a disturbing trend.
MMOs: Easy, perpetual money.
Blizzard: WoW PRINTS MONEY!!!
Hah. I would play the game. I would play the game until I got fired from my job and nearly homeless from debt. A Fallout MMO would.. ruin me. I am jonesing pretty bad for a Sci-Fi MMO that doesn't suck in execution.
Well, 2014 isn't THAT far away, hah. If/When they complete Fallout Online I'll definately pump cash into staying on that - assuming they do it properly of course.
To see Taylor's name attached to it fills me with hope.
Nice to see some movement on the Isometric-Classic front, what with that rumour about Baldur's Gate not too long back. Just need a new fix of Jagged Alliance.
It's a very tasty possibility
No thanks, I prefer games that aren't vapid money pits. the only MMO I tried that was mildly interesting was EVE Online, but it was rather slow for my tastes.
Every time I play an MMO, I find that my motives for playing generally devolve into a game of keeping up with the Joneses or similar motivations - enjoying the game itself always seems to become unimportant. I realised it wasn't for me when I looked around and found that joining a decent guild paralleled applying for a job.
@Timmeh
Eve Online is slow for everyones taste.
I love interplay and will support them. They've made and published some of my favorite games of all time (Fallout, Baldurs Gate)
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Clay fighter MMO!
I see absolutely no downsides to this concept.
just the font screams fallout...
If it actually is Fallout, them count me in
Ick. Me no gusta MMORPGs. An online game w/Fallout's IP could be cool but a grindfest w/Fallout's artstyle/setting is still shitty. They could have players start in vault-levels that need escaped...
cause a successful MMO's are cash cows
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