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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4:05 PM on 09.23.2008 | 
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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.
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.
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.
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)
Clay fighter MMO!