Interplay Entertainment
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Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American
video game developer
and publisher
, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo
. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess
. The company was renamed to Interplay Entertainment in 1998 and became public. It gained success for developing and publishing hit games such as Fallout and Baldur's Gate
, the latter which turned out to be their best selling game. Due to its financial losses, French publisher Titus Interactive
completed its acquisition of majority control of the company and caused founder Brian Fargo to resign and depart in 2002. In 2003, Interplay shut down Black Isle Studios and laid off the entire staff, until the company was shut down in 2004 for the eviction notice. When Titus shut down in 2005, Interplay once again became independent. In 2007, Interplay restarted its in-house game development studio and plans on developing sequels to some of its classic IPs contingent, after Fallout was sold to Bethesda Softworks
.
with Brian Fargo
as CEO. The first employees were the programmers Jay Patel, Troy Worrell, and Bill Heineman who had previously worked with Fargo at a small video game developer
called Boone Corporation.
The first projects were non-original and consisted of software conversions and even some military work for Loral Corporation
.
After negotiations with Activision, Interplay entered a $100,000 contract to produce three illustrated text adventures for them. Published in 1984, Mindshadow, is loosely based on Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity, and The Tracer Sanction puts the player in the role of an interplanetary secret agent. Borrowed Time
which features a script by Arnie Katz' Subway Software followed in 1985.
These adventures built upon work previously done by Fargo: His first game was the 1981 published Demon's Forge.
Interplay's parser
was developed by Fargo and an associate and in one version understands about 250 nouns and 200 verbs as well as prepositions and indirect objects. In 1986 Tass Times in Tonetown
followed.
Interplay made a name for itself as a quality developer of role-playing games with the three-part series The Bard's Tale (1985–1988), Wasteland
(1988) and Dragon Wars
(1989).
Interplay started publishing its own games, starting with Neuromancer and Battle Chess
, in 1988, and then moved on to publish and distribute games from other companies, while continuing internal game development. In 1995, Interplay published the hit game Descent
, developed by startup Parallax Software
.
The company published several notable Star Trek
games, including Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
and Star Trek: Judgment Rites
. These games had later CD-ROM
editions released with the original Star Trek cast providing voices. Interplay also published the significant Starfleet Academy
and Klingon Academy games, and Starfleet Command series, beginning with Star Trek: Starfleet Command
. Another game, Star Trek: Secret Of Vulcan Fury, was in development in the late 1990s, with a script written by veteran Star Trek TV writer Dorothy Fontana; however, this title was never completed and much of its staff laid off due to budgetary cuts prompted by various factors (see "Financial troubles" below). Star Trek: Secret Of Vulcan Fury was to reunite much of the cast of the original TV series with script-writer Fontana, and John Meredyth Lucas, a director and writer of several original series episodes.
In 1997, Interplay published Redneck Rampage
, a first person shooter designed by Xatrix Entertainment. In the same year Interplay developed and released Fallout
, a successful and critically acclaimed role-playing game set in a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic setting. Black Isle Studios
, an in-house developer, followed with the sequel, Fallout 2
, in 1998. The most successful subsequent Interplay franchise was probably Baldur's Gate
, a Dungeons & Dragons
game that was developed by BioWare
, and which spawned a successful expansion, sequel and spin-off series. The spin-off series started with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
the game's success forged a sequel as well. Dark Alliance is often credited as Interplay's most successful console game. However, Interplay's most successful titles were PC
games. Aside from Dark Alliance, Interplay published a few notable console series such as Earthworm Jim
and ClayFighter
.
Stock Exchange, in 1998, changing its name to "Interplay Entertainment Corp." The company then reported several years of losses, as titles such as Descent 3 and FreeSpace 2
had lackluster sales, despite being critically acclaimed.
In 2001, French publisher Titus Interactive
completed its acquisition of majority control of Interplay. Immediately afterwards, they shed most of its publisher functions and signed a long-term agreement by which Vivendi Universal would publish Interplay's games. Founder Brian Fargo
eventually departed as Titus had changed Interplay's main focus from PC Gaming to Console Gaming. However, Titus went through financial and legal difficulties, culminating in a close of business in 2005 after unsuccessfully trying to sell Interplay. Titus left many of its employees, both local and the international wholly owned developers, without redundancy or owed back-pay, and left creditors with large debts. Titus CEO Herve Caen then assumed the same capacity at Interplay.
In 2002, Interplay's shares were delisted from the NASDAQ due to the company's low share price.
On December 8, 2003, Interplay laid off the entire Black Isle Studios staff.
notice by its landlord
for non-payment of rent, and was briefly shut down by the California
government for non-payment of workers' paychecks. This, combined with sketchy and sporadic information from Interplay representatives, led many in the game industry to speculate that Interplay had shut down. In fact, the company relocated to a small office and continued to operate, issuing occasional press releases about new publishing deals or the sale of an IP
to another publisher. The company's web site shut down around this time.
In Summer 2005, the Interplay website re-launched with a logo and three links: "About Interplay", "SEC Filings/Financial", "Investor Relations".
In Interplay's 10-K SEC filing made on June 3, 2005, it was revealed under the "Internal Product Development" section that in May 2004, Interplay was forced to close all of their internal development studios due to their inability to meet their payroll obligations in a timely manner. All internally-developed titles were canceled and there are no internally-developed titles being produced. However, under "External Product Development" it was revealed that on December 31, 2004, Interplay had one title being developed by an unnamed third party developer. The title is tentatively being called Ballerium. Majorem
, the apparent developer of the title, has since revealed that development of Ballerium (which was intended to be a MMO-RTS) has been suspended as the agreement that was to provide Majorem with the means to launch the title in the summer of 2005 could not be realized. Majorem also noted that this was "apparently due to Interplay's inability to raise the required funding to turn Majorem's technology into a game." Majorem is currently accepting new offers for the licensing of its MMO-RTS technology as well as its almost finished game. As revealed by Chris Taylor, after canceling Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2
, Interplay's main team began working on Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 3. This game was presumably canceled before Interplay temporarily shut down or when Interplay was unimpressed by Dark Alliance 2's sales.
In Interplay's 10-Q SEC filing made on June 21, 2005, it was revealed that under "Commitments and Contingencies" that Interplay Productions has multiple legal proceedings filed against it and has nearly USD
$11 million in debt. Of interest is that Interplay received a notice from the IRS stating that they owe approximately $117,000 in payroll tax penalties and that Interplay was fined by the California Labor Board $10,000 for failure to meet payroll obligations and that an August 2005 trial date was set, and that Interplay's "general liability, auto, fiduciary liability, workers compensation and employment practices liability, have been canceled, however Interplay has entered into a new workers compensation insurance plan, Interplay is appealing a separate California Board of Labor fine of $79,000 for having lost their workers compensation plan for a period of time". Under "Contractual Obligations" it is revealed that Interplay does not have a headquarters at present because Interplay, in 2004, forfeited its lease and vacated its office space in Irvine, California
.
In a securities
filing with the U.S. government made on November 30, 2006, an attached presentation proposed a massively multiplayer online game
based on the Fallout
computer game franchise, which the company previously owned and published. The presentation projected that the company would need investment of $75 million U.S. to complete the project, with production intended to begin January, 2007, and with a projected launch date of 2010. The filing did not address the proposal in the context of the company's financial debt. In April 2007, Bethesda Softworks
announced that they had purchased the rights to the Fallout franchise for a reported $5.75 million. The deal made Bethesda the sole owner of the Fallout intellectual property, with Interplay becoming a licensee in order to continue pursuit of a Fallout MMO.
In Interplay's latest 8-K filing with the U.S. Government (made on April 12, 2007), an attached exhibit 10.49 has more updated information on Interplay's planned Fallout MMO. Specific requirements were stated in the agreement that if not met, Interplay would immediately forfeit its license rights for Fallout. Neither the filing nor the exhibit specifies any details of how Interplay would have started development within 24 months of April, 2007, or how it would have been able to acquire the minimum financing requirement of $30 million U.S., a seemingly-difficult task for a company in such dire financial straits.
As part of a 2007 quarterly report, Interplay CEO Herve Caen said that the company is "focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular Fallout franchise."
As part of one of their 2007 quarterly reports, Interplay announced that their revenues had risen astronomically, due almost entirely to the sale of their Fallout
intellectual property to Bethesda Softworks
back in mid-April. With the sale and other changes, the company is now almost debt free, with its debt at a reported $3 million today, compared to the $59 million from 2001.
reported on November 13, 2007 that Interplay, using money from its sale of the Fallout IP
to Bethesda Softworks
, is going to restart its in-house game development studio and Interplay has plans on developing sequels to some of its classic IPs contingent on if it can secure financing. Gamespot stated:
Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: IPLY) recently announced its earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and its plan for the company going forward.
Near the end of March 2008, a controlling interest of stock was reportedly sold to Luxembourg based Financial Planning and Development S.A.
On April 9, 2008, Interplay confirmed that they will undertake sequels for Dark Alliance, Earthworm Jim, Descent and MDK series. They have also announced production of a Fallout MMO
.
On April 22, 2008 Interplay announced that Earthworm Jim 4 is in development with original creator, Doug TenNapel
, as a creative consultant. No platform or release date has been set. To help fund the game, Interplay licensed its titles to various publishers for re-release on the Wii Virtual Console.
On September 23, 2008 Interplay relaunched its website, announcing that Chris Taylor
, another member of the original Fallout development team, has joined Jason Anderson
on the team working on a game codenamed Project V13, which is assumed to be Interplay's Fallout MMORPG, however if Interplay does not start development of the game by 2011, it will lose the MMO license to Bethesda.
As of 2008, Interplay's headquarters is located at 100 North Crescent Drive, Suite 324 in Beverly Hills, California according to this USPTO listing for the Descent trademark, status dated on October 21, 2008.
Interplay released a press announcement on January 21, 2010 stating an agreement has been finalized with Masthead Studios for the development on Project: V13.
In co-operation with Gameloft, Interplay released Earthworm Jim HD. A remake of the original Earthworm Jim featuring new graphics, gameplay and graphics. It was released for the PC, PSN, XBLA, iOS, DSiWare and WiiWare. The game was, however, given fair reviews and was only moderately successful. Interplay then released their first direct DSiWare game, as Earthworm Jim was developed and licensed by Gameloft. The game was a remake of Prehistorik Man. It game was a direct port of the Gameboy Advance version of Titus' original game. The game received moderate success and was given negative reviews. Interplay's second DSiWare game was a similarly themed dinosaur game, this game, however, was developed by the Interplay team directly and was not a platformer but a Real-Time Strategy, it was also Interplay's first original release since their re-emergence. It was credited as being the first True RTS to be released on the DS. The game sold well and was given positive reviews.
As part of their re-emergence Interplay launched Interplay Discovery, a publishing program aimed at independent developers. Upon launch they announced two games: Tommy Tronic and Pinball Yeah. They released Pinball Yeah for the iPhone and iPad on October 9, 2010. They then announced the gothic
game Death and the Fly with a 2011 projected release. Homesteader was the fourth title announced to be released through the Interplay discovery program. Interplay then revealed that they would be porting Legendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble from the DS to the iPhone and iPad.
Bethesda shortly afterword tried a new tactic and fired its 1st lawyer, replacing him and filing a 2nd injunction. This one claimed that Bethesda had only back licensed the name Fallout but no content (aka you can not use any fallout settings, monsters, locations, lore, stories, pip boy etc, etc) Interplay has countered showing that the contract states that they must make Fallout Online that has the look and feel of Fallout and that in the event Interplay fails to meet the requirements (30 min secure funding and "full scale" development by X date) that Interplay can still release the MMO but they have to remove all Fallout content. The contract then goes on to list all Fallout content as locations, monsters, settings, lore, etc etc. Bethesda has known that Interplay would use Fallout elements via internet emails shown in court documents and that the contract was not just a name.
The second injunction by Bethesda was denied on 4th August, 2011 by the courts.
Bethesda then appealed the denial of their 2nd preliminary injunction. Bethesda then sued Masthead Studios and asked for a restraining order against the company. Bethesda was denied this restraining order before Masthead Studios could call a counter-suit.
Bethesda then lost its appeal of the 2nd injunction. Bethesda then filed motion in limine against Interplay. Interplay then filed a motion in limine against Bethesda the day after. Shortly after, the trial by jury which Bethesda requested on October 26, 2010 was changed to a trial by court because the APA contract (aka the 2nd contract that sold Fallout to Bethesda) stated that all legal matters would be resolved via a trial by court and not a trial by jury. The trial by court is set to begin on Dec 12, 2011.
to be published by South Peak Interactive. Interplay sued them won a injunction to stop sales in the United States. The lawsuit goes to court the Summer of 2012.
United States
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video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo is an American video game designer, developer, producer and executive probably best known for his company Interplay Entertainment.-Career Overview:...
. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess
Battle Chess
Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess in which the chess pieces come to life and battle one another when capturing. It was released for the Commodore Amiga and subsequently on the 3DO, MS-DOS, Apple IIGS, Apple IIe, Commodore 64, Amiga CDTV, CD32, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Acorn...
. The company was renamed to Interplay Entertainment in 1998 and became public. It gained success for developing and publishing hit games such as Fallout and Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate is a computer role-playing game developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. The game takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using modified Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition rules...
, the latter which turned out to be their best selling game. Due to its financial losses, French publisher Titus Interactive
Titus Software
Titus Software, later known as Titus Interactive S.A., was a long-running French software publisher that produced and published video games for various formats over its lifetime....
completed its acquisition of majority control of the company and caused founder Brian Fargo to resign and depart in 2002. In 2003, Interplay shut down Black Isle Studios and laid off the entire staff, until the company was shut down in 2004 for the eviction notice. When Titus shut down in 2005, Interplay once again became independent. In 2007, Interplay restarted its in-house game development studio and plans on developing sequels to some of its classic IPs contingent, after Fallout was sold to Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
.
History
The company was founded in October 1983 as Interplay Productions in Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
with Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo is an American video game designer, developer, producer and executive probably best known for his company Interplay Entertainment.-Career Overview:...
as CEO. The first employees were the programmers Jay Patel, Troy Worrell, and Bill Heineman who had previously worked with Fargo at a small video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
called Boone Corporation.
The first projects were non-original and consisted of software conversions and even some military work for Loral Corporation
Loral Corporation
Loral Corporation was a defense contractor founded in 1948 in New York by William Lorenz and Leon Alpert as Loral Electronics Corporation. The company's name was taken from the first letters of each founder's surname....
.
After negotiations with Activision, Interplay entered a $100,000 contract to produce three illustrated text adventures for them. Published in 1984, Mindshadow, is loosely based on Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity, and The Tracer Sanction puts the player in the role of an interplanetary secret agent. Borrowed Time
Borrowed Time (video game)
Borrowed Time is a point-and-click adventure game. The storyline is about a detective, who tries to rescue his kidnapped wife. The game was developed by Interplay and published by Activision in the year 1985.- Reception :...
which features a script by Arnie Katz' Subway Software followed in 1985.
These adventures built upon work previously done by Fargo: His first game was the 1981 published Demon's Forge.
Interplay's parser
Text parser
In an adventure game, a text parser takes typed input from the player and simplifies it to something the game can understand. Usually, words with the same meaning are turned into the same word and certain filler words are dropped .The parser makes it easier for the game's author to react on input...
was developed by Fargo and an associate and in one version understands about 250 nouns and 200 verbs as well as prepositions and indirect objects. In 1986 Tass Times in Tonetown
Tass Times in Tonetown
Tass Times in Tonetown is a 1986 adventure-themed computer game by Activision for multiple computer platforms. It was written by veteran Infocom designer Michael Berlyn and his long-time collaborator Muffy McClung Berlyn, and programmed by Bill Heineman of Interplay Productions, in cooperation with...
followed.
Interplay made a name for itself as a quality developer of role-playing games with the three-part series The Bard's Tale (1985–1988), Wasteland
Wasteland (computer game)
Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game first released in 1988. The game was designed by Alan Pavlish, Brian Fargo, Michael A. Stackpole and Ken St...
(1988) and Dragon Wars
Dragon Wars
Dragon Wars is a fantasy computer role-playing game developed by Interplay Entertainment in 1989, and distributed by Activision.-Story:The story from the back of the original box:-Development:...
(1989).
Interplay started publishing its own games, starting with Neuromancer and Battle Chess
Battle Chess
Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess in which the chess pieces come to life and battle one another when capturing. It was released for the Commodore Amiga and subsequently on the 3DO, MS-DOS, Apple IIGS, Apple IIe, Commodore 64, Amiga CDTV, CD32, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Acorn...
, in 1988, and then moved on to publish and distribute games from other companies, while continuing internal game development. In 1995, Interplay published the hit game Descent
Descent (video game)
Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs...
, developed by startup Parallax Software
Parallax Software
Parallax Software was a video game developer best known for creating the Descent series of computer games. Parallax Software was started in 1993 by Matt Toschlog and Mike Kulas. After the release of Descent II in 1997, the company was split to form Volition, Inc. in Champaign, Illinois, and...
.
The company published several notable Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
games, including Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is a computer game by Interplay, based upon the Star Trek universe. The game chronicles various missions of James T. Kirk and his crew of the USS Enterprise...
and Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Star Trek: Judgment Rites is a computer game first produced by Interplay in 1993, featuring the original cast of the classic Star Trek in a series of new adventures, including one featuring Trelane, the omnipotent child from the original episode "The Squire of Gothos"...
. These games had later CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
editions released with the original Star Trek cast providing voices. Interplay also published the significant Starfleet Academy
Starfleet Academy
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy is where the future's recruits to Starfleet will be trained. It was created in the year 2161, when the United Federation of Planets was founded...
and Klingon Academy games, and Starfleet Command series, beginning with Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command is a computer game based on the table-top wargame Star Fleet Battles. It simulates starship operations, and ship-to-ship combat and fleet warfare in the Star Trek universe....
. Another game, Star Trek: Secret Of Vulcan Fury, was in development in the late 1990s, with a script written by veteran Star Trek TV writer Dorothy Fontana; however, this title was never completed and much of its staff laid off due to budgetary cuts prompted by various factors (see "Financial troubles" below). Star Trek: Secret Of Vulcan Fury was to reunite much of the cast of the original TV series with script-writer Fontana, and John Meredyth Lucas, a director and writer of several original series episodes.
In 1997, Interplay published Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage is a 1997 first-person shooter game designed by Xatrix Entertainment and published by Interplay. The game features songs by Mojo Nixon, Reverend Horton Heat, Beat Farmers and other Psychobilly artists. As the name implies, Redneck Rampage has many hillbilly elements in it...
, a first person shooter designed by Xatrix Entertainment. In the same year Interplay developed and released Fallout
Fallout (computer game)
Fallout is a computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain, developed and published by Interplay in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting in the mid-22nd century, featuring an alternate history which deviates some time after World War II, where technology, politics...
, a successful and critically acclaimed role-playing game set in a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic setting. Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios was a division of the computer and video game developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment. Black Isle Studios was a division that developed computer role-playing games, and also published several games from other developers. It was based in Orange County, California, USA. The...
, an in-house developer, followed with the sequel, Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay in 1998. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of Fallout...
, in 1998. The most successful subsequent Interplay franchise was probably Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate series
Baldur's Gate is a franchise of action role-playing games released under the Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Licenses. It is set in the fictional campaign setting of Forgotten Realms and takes place in its fictional continent of Faerûn. It takes place mostly in the Western Heartlands, but has also...
, a Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
game that was developed by BioWare
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...
, and which spawned a successful expansion, sequel and spin-off series. The spin-off series started with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is an action role-playing game developed by Snowblind Studios for the PlayStation 2; later released for the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance. It was re-released on the PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits title...
the game's success forged a sequel as well. Dark Alliance is often credited as Interplay's most successful console game. However, Interplay's most successful titles were PC
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...
games. Aside from Dark Alliance, Interplay published a few notable console series such as Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim is a run and gun platform video game starring an earthworm named Jim in a robotic suit who battles evil. Created by Doug TenNapel and designed by David Perry, the game was developed by Shiny Entertainment and Playmates Interactive Entertainment, released by Sega for the Mega...
and ClayFighter
ClayFighter
ClayFighter is a fighting game released for the Super NES in 1993, and later ported to Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994. It has been re-released on Nintendo's Virtual Console along with the two Earthworm Jim games and Boogerman, which are also by Interplay....
.
Acquisition by Titus
Interplay went public, with shares sold on the NASDAQNASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
Stock Exchange, in 1998, changing its name to "Interplay Entertainment Corp." The company then reported several years of losses, as titles such as Descent 3 and FreeSpace 2
FreeSpace 2
FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition, Inc. as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to great critical acclaim...
had lackluster sales, despite being critically acclaimed.
In 2001, French publisher Titus Interactive
Titus Software
Titus Software, later known as Titus Interactive S.A., was a long-running French software publisher that produced and published video games for various formats over its lifetime....
completed its acquisition of majority control of Interplay. Immediately afterwards, they shed most of its publisher functions and signed a long-term agreement by which Vivendi Universal would publish Interplay's games. Founder Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo is an American video game designer, developer, producer and executive probably best known for his company Interplay Entertainment.-Career Overview:...
eventually departed as Titus had changed Interplay's main focus from PC Gaming to Console Gaming. However, Titus went through financial and legal difficulties, culminating in a close of business in 2005 after unsuccessfully trying to sell Interplay. Titus left many of its employees, both local and the international wholly owned developers, without redundancy or owed back-pay, and left creditors with large debts. Titus CEO Herve Caen then assumed the same capacity at Interplay.
In 2002, Interplay's shares were delisted from the NASDAQ due to the company's low share price.
On December 8, 2003, Interplay laid off the entire Black Isle Studios staff.
Shutdown
In 2004, the company was given an evictionEviction
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notice by its landlord
Landlord
A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant . When a juristic person is in this position, the term landlord is used. Other terms include lessor and owner...
for non-payment of rent, and was briefly shut down by the California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
government for non-payment of workers' paychecks. This, combined with sketchy and sporadic information from Interplay representatives, led many in the game industry to speculate that Interplay had shut down. In fact, the company relocated to a small office and continued to operate, issuing occasional press releases about new publishing deals or the sale of an IP
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
to another publisher. The company's web site shut down around this time.
In Summer 2005, the Interplay website re-launched with a logo and three links: "About Interplay", "SEC Filings/Financial", "Investor Relations".
In Interplay's 10-K SEC filing made on June 3, 2005, it was revealed under the "Internal Product Development" section that in May 2004, Interplay was forced to close all of their internal development studios due to their inability to meet their payroll obligations in a timely manner. All internally-developed titles were canceled and there are no internally-developed titles being produced. However, under "External Product Development" it was revealed that on December 31, 2004, Interplay had one title being developed by an unnamed third party developer. The title is tentatively being called Ballerium. Majorem
Majorem
Majorem is a games' studio creating online computer games and technology in the field of Massively Multiplayer Real-Time Strategy .MMORTS combines real-time strategy with a large number of simultaneous players over the Internet...
, the apparent developer of the title, has since revealed that development of Ballerium (which was intended to be a MMO-RTS) has been suspended as the agreement that was to provide Majorem with the means to launch the title in the summer of 2005 could not be realized. Majorem also noted that this was "apparently due to Interplay's inability to raise the required funding to turn Majorem's technology into a game." Majorem is currently accepting new offers for the licensing of its MMO-RTS technology as well as its almost finished game. As revealed by Chris Taylor, after canceling Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 was the canceled sequel to Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and was in development by Interplay Entertainment who would self-publish it if it were ever made. The development of the game started before the completion of the original and its development caused the...
, Interplay's main team began working on Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 3. This game was presumably canceled before Interplay temporarily shut down or when Interplay was unimpressed by Dark Alliance 2's sales.
In Interplay's 10-Q SEC filing made on June 21, 2005, it was revealed that under "Commitments and Contingencies" that Interplay Productions has multiple legal proceedings filed against it and has nearly USD
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
$11 million in debt. Of interest is that Interplay received a notice from the IRS stating that they owe approximately $117,000 in payroll tax penalties and that Interplay was fined by the California Labor Board $10,000 for failure to meet payroll obligations and that an August 2005 trial date was set, and that Interplay's "general liability, auto, fiduciary liability, workers compensation and employment practices liability, have been canceled, however Interplay has entered into a new workers compensation insurance plan, Interplay is appealing a separate California Board of Labor fine of $79,000 for having lost their workers compensation plan for a period of time". Under "Contractual Obligations" it is revealed that Interplay does not have a headquarters at present because Interplay, in 2004, forfeited its lease and vacated its office space in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
.
In a securities
Security (finance)
A security is generally a fungible, negotiable financial instrument representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into:* debt securities ,* equity securities, e.g., common stocks; and,...
filing with the U.S. government made on November 30, 2006, an attached presentation proposed a massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game
A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...
based on the Fallout
Fallout (computer game)
Fallout is a computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain, developed and published by Interplay in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting in the mid-22nd century, featuring an alternate history which deviates some time after World War II, where technology, politics...
computer game franchise, which the company previously owned and published. The presentation projected that the company would need investment of $75 million U.S. to complete the project, with production intended to begin January, 2007, and with a projected launch date of 2010. The filing did not address the proposal in the context of the company's financial debt. In April 2007, Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
announced that they had purchased the rights to the Fallout franchise for a reported $5.75 million. The deal made Bethesda the sole owner of the Fallout intellectual property, with Interplay becoming a licensee in order to continue pursuit of a Fallout MMO.
In Interplay's latest 8-K filing with the U.S. Government (made on April 12, 2007), an attached exhibit 10.49 has more updated information on Interplay's planned Fallout MMO. Specific requirements were stated in the agreement that if not met, Interplay would immediately forfeit its license rights for Fallout. Neither the filing nor the exhibit specifies any details of how Interplay would have started development within 24 months of April, 2007, or how it would have been able to acquire the minimum financing requirement of $30 million U.S., a seemingly-difficult task for a company in such dire financial straits.
As part of a 2007 quarterly report, Interplay CEO Herve Caen said that the company is "focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular Fallout franchise."
As part of one of their 2007 quarterly reports, Interplay announced that their revenues had risen astronomically, due almost entirely to the sale of their Fallout
Fallout
Fallout or nuclear fallout is the residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion.Fallout may also refer to:*Fallout , a 1997 post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game released by Interplay Entertainment...
intellectual property to Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
back in mid-April. With the sale and other changes, the company is now almost debt free, with its debt at a reported $3 million today, compared to the $59 million from 2001.
Re-emergence
GameSpotGameSpot
GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
reported on November 13, 2007 that Interplay, using money from its sale of the Fallout IP
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
to Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
, is going to restart its in-house game development studio and Interplay has plans on developing sequels to some of its classic IPs contingent on if it can secure financing. Gamespot stated:
Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: IPLY) recently announced its earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and its plan for the company going forward.
Near the end of March 2008, a controlling interest of stock was reportedly sold to Luxembourg based Financial Planning and Development S.A.
On April 9, 2008, Interplay confirmed that they will undertake sequels for Dark Alliance, Earthworm Jim, Descent and MDK series. They have also announced production of a Fallout MMO
Massively multiplayer online game
A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...
.
On April 22, 2008 Interplay announced that Earthworm Jim 4 is in development with original creator, Doug TenNapel
Doug TenNapel
Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel is an American musician, animator, Eisner Award-winning artist, author, essayist and Christian. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line.-Early life:TenNapel was born and raised in the...
, as a creative consultant. No platform or release date has been set. To help fund the game, Interplay licensed its titles to various publishers for re-release on the Wii Virtual Console.
On September 23, 2008 Interplay relaunched its website, announcing that Chris Taylor
Christopher Taylor (game designer)
Christopher "Chris" Taylor is a computer, board and card game developer originally from Southern California. Taylor is most famous for designing the original Fallout title for Interplay Entertainment, along with Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky and Jason Anderson. While at Interplay, Taylor contributed...
, another member of the original Fallout development team, has joined Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson (artist)
Jason D. Anderson, often credited as merely Jason Anderson, started out as a contract artist for Interplay on the USCF Chess project. He was later hired to design the engine, game world and interface for Fallout. After working on the prototype design for Fallout 2, Anderson left with fellow...
on the team working on a game codenamed Project V13, which is assumed to be Interplay's Fallout MMORPG, however if Interplay does not start development of the game by 2011, it will lose the MMO license to Bethesda.
As of 2008, Interplay's headquarters is located at 100 North Crescent Drive, Suite 324 in Beverly Hills, California according to this USPTO listing for the Descent trademark, status dated on October 21, 2008.
Interplay released a press announcement on January 21, 2010 stating an agreement has been finalized with Masthead Studios for the development on Project: V13.
In co-operation with Gameloft, Interplay released Earthworm Jim HD. A remake of the original Earthworm Jim featuring new graphics, gameplay and graphics. It was released for the PC, PSN, XBLA, iOS, DSiWare and WiiWare. The game was, however, given fair reviews and was only moderately successful. Interplay then released their first direct DSiWare game, as Earthworm Jim was developed and licensed by Gameloft. The game was a remake of Prehistorik Man. It game was a direct port of the Gameboy Advance version of Titus' original game. The game received moderate success and was given negative reviews. Interplay's second DSiWare game was a similarly themed dinosaur game, this game, however, was developed by the Interplay team directly and was not a platformer but a Real-Time Strategy, it was also Interplay's first original release since their re-emergence. It was credited as being the first True RTS to be released on the DS. The game sold well and was given positive reviews.
As part of their re-emergence Interplay launched Interplay Discovery, a publishing program aimed at independent developers. Upon launch they announced two games: Tommy Tronic and Pinball Yeah. They released Pinball Yeah for the iPhone and iPad on October 9, 2010. They then announced the gothic
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Gothicism's origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled "A Gothic Story"...
game Death and the Fly with a 2011 projected release. Homesteader was the fourth title announced to be released through the Interplay discovery program. Interplay then revealed that they would be porting Legendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble from the DS to the iPhone and iPad.
Bethesda Lawsuit & Further Developments
Bethesda sued Interplay on September 8, 2009 regarding the Fallout Online license and selling of Fallout Trilogy and sought an injunction to stop development of Fallout Online and sales of Fallout Trilogy. Key points that Bethesda are trying to argue is that Interplay did not have the right to sell Fallout Trilogy on the Internet via Steam, Good Old Games or other online services. Bethesda also said that "full scale" development on Fallout Onine was not meet and that the min financing of 30 million of "secured funding" was not meet. Interplay launched a counter suit claiming that Bethesdas' claims were merit less and that it did have the right to sell Fallout Trilogy via online stores via its contract with Bethesda. Interplay also claimed secure funding had been meet and the game was in full scale development by the cut off date. Interplay also hopes to have the 2nd contract that sold Fallout voided which would result in the 1st contract that licensed Fallout to come back into effect. This would mean that Fallout would revert back to Interplay. Bethesda would be allowed to make Fallout 5. Bethesda would also have to pay 12% of royalties on Fallout 3, New Vegas, Fallout 5 and expansions plus interest on the money owed. On December 10, 2009 Bethesda lost the 1st injunction. The lawsuit is currently ongoing.Bethesda shortly afterword tried a new tactic and fired its 1st lawyer, replacing him and filing a 2nd injunction. This one claimed that Bethesda had only back licensed the name Fallout but no content (aka you can not use any fallout settings, monsters, locations, lore, stories, pip boy etc, etc) Interplay has countered showing that the contract states that they must make Fallout Online that has the look and feel of Fallout and that in the event Interplay fails to meet the requirements (30 min secure funding and "full scale" development by X date) that Interplay can still release the MMO but they have to remove all Fallout content. The contract then goes on to list all Fallout content as locations, monsters, settings, lore, etc etc. Bethesda has known that Interplay would use Fallout elements via internet emails shown in court documents and that the contract was not just a name.
The second injunction by Bethesda was denied on 4th August, 2011 by the courts.
Bethesda then appealed the denial of their 2nd preliminary injunction. Bethesda then sued Masthead Studios and asked for a restraining order against the company. Bethesda was denied this restraining order before Masthead Studios could call a counter-suit.
Bethesda then lost its appeal of the 2nd injunction. Bethesda then filed motion in limine against Interplay. Interplay then filed a motion in limine against Bethesda the day after. Shortly after, the trial by jury which Bethesda requested on October 26, 2010 was changed to a trial by court because the APA contract (aka the 2nd contract that sold Fallout to Bethesda) stated that all legal matters would be resolved via a trial by court and not a trial by jury. The trial by court is set to begin on Dec 12, 2011.
Topware Lawsuit
Topware Interactive revealed that they were developing a game called Battle vs. ChessBattle vs. Chess
Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess developed by Targem Games and Zuxxez Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive. It was released on May 17, 2011 for PC , PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and Wii....
to be published by South Peak Interactive. Interplay sued them won a injunction to stop sales in the United States. The lawsuit goes to court the Summer of 2012.
Defunct
- BlueSky SoftwareBlueSky SoftwareBlueSky Software was an American software company situated in California formed in 1988 and had a successful run for 12 years before closing down in March 2001, when parent company Interplay was in financial trouble.- Atari 7800 :* Basketbrawl...
in CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, started in 1988, closed in 2001. - Black Isle StudiosBlack Isle StudiosBlack Isle Studios was a division of the computer and video game developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment. Black Isle Studios was a division that developed computer role-playing games, and also published several games from other developers. It was based in Orange County, California, USA. The...
in Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, started in 1996, closed in 2003. - Brainstorm in Irvine, CaliforniaIrvine, CaliforniaIrvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
- Interplay Films, a division of Interplay Entertainment, was formed in 1998 and was to develop seven of the company’s most popular video game titles into movies, including Descent, Redneck Rampage, and Fallout. The president of the division was Tom Reed.
Sold
- Shiny EntertainmentShiny EntertainmentShiny Entertainment was an American video game developer based in Laguna Beach, Southern California, and the creator of several popular titles such as Earthworm Jim, MDK, Sacrifice and The Matrix: Path of Neo. Shiny was founded by David Perry in October 1993...
in Laguna Beach, CaliforniaLaguna Beach, CaliforniaLaguna Beach is a seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southwest of the county seat of Santa Ana...
, founded in October 1993, acquired 1995, sold to AtariInfogramesInfogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...
in 2002.
Unknown
- 14 Degrees East located in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, 14 Degrees was the strategy division of Interplay. The Company was founded March 3, 1999. - FlatCat
- Interplay Sports located in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
was the internal sports division at Interplay. The company was previously known as VR Sports until the change in 1998. - Tantrum Entertainment
- Tribal Dreams
In Development
- Fallout OnlineFallout OnlineFallout Online is an upcoming massively multiplayer online video game set in the Fallout world that is being developed by Masthead Studios and being published by Interplay, with members of the Interplay team providing creative control and design...
- Developed by Interplay with assistance from Masthead Studios - Earthworm Jim 4 - Developed by Grigon Entertainment
- Battle ChessBattle Chess (2011 video game)Battle Chess is an upcoming video game in development by Subdued Software for publisher Interplay Entertainment for the PC, iPhone, the iPad and for other unnannounced consoles. It is a remake of a video game called Battle Chess, which was co-developed by Interplay and Blizzard Entertainment...
- Developed by Subdued Software - ClayFighter: Call of Putty - Wiiware, Developed by StudioBlack Games
- ClayFighter 63⅓ Virtual Console
- StonekeepStonekeepStonekeep is a 1995 computer role-playing game for DOS by Interplay Entertainment. It is a first-person dungeon adventure with pre-rendered environments and live-action cinematic sequences. Five years in production, Stonekeep was ranked #6 in Gamespot's top ten vaporware hall of shame...
WiiWare - Alpine Studios - DescentDescent (video game)Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs...
WiiWare - Developed by G1M2 - Legendary Wars: T-Rex RumbleLegendary Wars: T-Rex RumbleLegendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble is a Real-Time Strategy video game released for the Nintendo DSi through the DSiWare. It is currently being ported to the iPhone and the iPad. The game was developed and published by Interplay Entertainment with the development of the game being made by just two men,...
- For ipad/iphone by an unknown developer - Descent 4Descent 4Descent 4 is a planned fourth installment in the Descent series published by the re-emerging publisher, Interplay Entertainment. While the game has had a troubled development history, Interplay Entertainment confirmed in 2008 that they have plans for developing the game after raising funds for the...
- Planned - MDK3 - Planned
- Dark Alliance IIIBaldur's Gate (series)Baldur's Gate is a franchise of action role-playing games released under the Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Licenses. It is set in the fictional campaign setting of Forgotten Realms and takes place in its fictional continent of Faerûn. It takes place mostly in the Western Heartlands, but has also...
- Planned
2010's
- Fallout Collection - Developed by Black Isle
- Fallout Trilogy - Developed by Black Isle
- Crazy Cats LoveInterplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...
- Developed by Wolf Games - Death and the FlyInterplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...
- Developed by PIG - HomesteaderInterplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...
- Developed by Bogemic Games - Tommy TronicInterplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...
- Developed by Oasis Games - Pinball Yeah!Interplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...
- Developed by Coderunners - Earth Worm Jim HD - Developed by Gameloft
- MDK2MDK2MDK2 is a video game and sequel to the third-person shooter, MDK. The original MDK was developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Interplay. The sequel was developed by BioWare....
HD - Developed by Beamdog & Overhaul Games - Legendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble Legendary Wars: T-Rex RumbleLegendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble is a Real-Time Strategy video game released for the Nintendo DSi through the DSiWare. It is currently being ported to the iPhone and the iPad. The game was developed and published by Interplay Entertainment with the development of the game being made by just two men,...
- Dsi, Developed by Interplay - Prehistorik Man - Developed by Interplay
- Boogerman - Wii Virtual Console
- Earth Worm Jim - Wii Virtual Console
- Earthworm Jim 2Earthworm Jim 2Earthworm Jim 2 is a platform video game originally developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1995 in Europe, and 1996 in the US, it is a sequel to the 1994 original Earthworm Jim. Again, the game was created by Doug TenNapel with design from David Perry and music from Tommy Tallarico...
- Wii Virtual Console - ClayfighterClayFighterClayFighter is a fighting game released for the Super NES in 1993, and later ported to Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994. It has been re-released on Nintendo's Virtual Console along with the two Earthworm Jim games and Boogerman, which are also by Interplay....
- Wii Virtual Console
2000's
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance IIBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance IIBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is an action role-playing game released for the PlayStation 2 on December 2, 2003 and the Xbox on January 20, 2004...
- Developed by Black Isle Studios - The Bard's Tale - Developed by InXile Entertainment
- Fallout: Brotherhood of SteelFallout: Brotherhood of SteelFallout: Brotherhood of Steel is an action role-playing game developed and produced by Interplay for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. Released on January 13, 2004, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel was the fourth video game to be set in the Fallout universe and the first to be made for consoles...
- Developed by Interplay - Hunter: The Reckoning: RedeemerHunter: The Reckoning: RedeemerHunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer is an action fighting game for the Xbox. Redeemer is based on a gothic fantasy world pen and paper RPG system...
- Developed by High Voltage Software - Hunter: The Reckoning: WaywardHunter: The Reckoning: WaywardHunter: The Reckoning: Wayward is an action game released on September 8, 2003 for the PlayStation 2. It is the sequel to Hunter: The Reckoning and based on the Hunter: The Reckoning role-playing game. It supports cooperative play for up to two players.-Setting and characters:Wayward takes place...
- Developed by High Voltage Software - Lionheart: Legacy of the CrusaderLionheart: Legacy of the CrusaderLionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is an action role-playing game, developed for the PC by Reflexive Entertainment, and released on August 13, 2003. The game is viewed from a 3/4 isometric camera angle...
- Developed by High Voltage Software - Icewind Dale IIIcewind Dale IIIcewind Dale II is a role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment, released on August 27, 2002. Like its 2000 predecessor Icewind Dale, the game is set in the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting in the Icewind Dale region...
- Developed by Black Isle Studios - Hunter: The ReckoningHunter: The Reckoning (video game)Hunter: The Reckoning is a video game based on the role-playing game of the same name. Developed by High Voltage Software and published by Interplay Entertainment, The Reckoning was first released on May 21, in North America for the Xbox. Hunter: The Reckoning is an action game where the player...
- Developed by High Voltage Software - Run Like Hell - Developed by Digital Mayhem
- Baldur's Gate: Dark AllianceBaldur's Gate: Dark AllianceBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is an action role-playing game developed by Snowblind Studios for the PlayStation 2; later released for the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance. It was re-released on the PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits title...
- Developed by Snowblind Studios - Baldur's Gate II: Throne of BhaalBaldur's Gate II: Throne of BhaalBaldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal is the expansion pack for the computer role-playing game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, and is the final chapter in the Baldur's Gate series. It adds a multi-level dungeon called Watcher's Keep to the game and completes the main plot...
- Developed by BioWare - Giants: Citizen KabutoGiants: Citizen KabutoGiants: Citizen Kabuto is a third-person shooter video game with real-time strategy elements. It was the first project for Planet Moon Studios, which comprised former Shiny Entertainment employees who had worked on the game MDK...
- Developed by Planet Moon Studios - Icewind Dale: Heart of WinterIcewind Dale: Heart of WinterIcewind Dale: Heart of Winter is an official expansion pack to the computer role-playing game Icewind Dale developed by Black Isle Studios. It introduced many changes and additions to the original game, and included an all-new campaign...
(Trials of the Luremaster) - Developed by Black Isle Studios - Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of SteelFallout Tactics: Brotherhood of SteelFallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, better known as simply Fallout Tactics, is a turn-based/real-time tactical role-playing game based in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. Developed by Micro Forté and published by 14 Degrees East, Fallout Tactics was released on 14 March 2001 for PC...
- Developed by Micro Forte - MDK2: Armageddon - Developed by BioWare
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of AmnBaldur's Gate II: Shadows of AmnBaldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a computer role-playing game developed by BioWare and released on September 26, 2000. The game is the sequel to Baldur's Gate, and, opening only a few months after the events of the earlier game, continues the story of the player character, whose unique heritage...
- Developed by BioWare - Icewind DaleIcewind DaleIcewind Dale is a computer role-playing game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment. Released on June 30, 2000, it takes place in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting, and is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition...
- Developed by Black Isle Studios - MDK 2 - Developed by BioWare
- Messiah (video game)Messiah (video game)Messiah is a third person shooter video game developed by Shiny and published by Interplay.-Plot:The player controls Bob, a cherub sent by God to clean up the corruption and sin on Earth...
- Developed by Shiny Entertainment - Sacrifice (video game) - Developed by Shiny Entertainment
- EvolvaEvolvaEvolva is a third-person action game, released in 2000. The player leads a team of 4 "GenoHunters" exploring a planet; each of the GenoHunters can develop new abilities by incorporating and altering the DNA they've absorbed from the creatures they have killed...
- Developed by Computer Artworks Ltd.
1999
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword CoastBaldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword CoastBaldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast is a computer role-playing game in a high fantasy setting, developed by BioWare and published by Interplay in April 1999. Released as an expansion pack for Baldur's Gate from 1998, it adds about 20–30 hours of extra gameplay to the original game...
- Descent 3
- Freespace 2FreeSpace 2FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition, Inc. as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to great critical acclaim...
- R/C Stunt Copter
- Earthworm Jim 3DEarthworm Jim 3DEarthworm Jim 3D is to date the last console game in the Earthworm Jim series. It is a sequel to Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2. Created by Interplay and based more on the television series than the canon of the previous games, Earthworm Jim 3D was released for Nintendo 64 and PC...
- Evil ZoneEvil ZoneEvil Zone or is a fighting game released for the PlayStation console. It was developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators and published by Titus Software in 1999...
(Created by BlueSky, published by Titus)
See also
- List of Interplay games
- Interplay DiscoveryInterplay DiscoveryInterplay Discovery is a program launched by Interplay Entertainment in which Interplay publishes video games for indie developers. Five games have been released under the program and each is either a platformer or a puzzle video game and is released under digital distribution.- Pinball Yeah!...