Interplay back in business, planning long-awaited sequels

by Nick Doerr { Apr 10th 2008 at 8:00PM }

It seems the formerly-financially-disabled company Interplay got quite a bit of cash for leaving Fallout 3 in the command of Bethesda Softworks, because they've officially gone back into business. Their plans? Sequels galore! Their first order of business, probably to keep funds rolling in, is to get a Fallout MMO out into the market. This should work, since the world of Fallout simply begs for an MMO-inspired tale.

With the money gained from that, they plan to get cracking on established brands we haven't heard of since the original PlayStation -- like the MDK series. They were hard, but so very fun. Other very exciting projects would be Earthworm Jim, Descent, and Dark Alliance. We're very excited to have Interplay back and look forward to seeing what the future holds for them!

Tags: earthworm-jim, fallout-3, interplay, mdk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Solace @ Apr 10th 2008 8:39PM

actually, according to IGN, many of Interplay's big franchises were last heard on the PS2, not the PS1. ;)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and MDK2 Armageddon were all PS2 titles.

Nick Doerr @ Apr 10th 2008 9:10PM

You're more or less correct. But I suppose I did instill a bit of personal bias in my post -- I thought MDK2 was far inferior to the first, and truly, SNES Earthworm Jim games were the height of hilarity in gaming. I actually haven't heard much of Giants, though I have heard great things about Baldur's Gate.

I'll go ahead and claim that statement as an "Eye of the Beholder" remark =)

Lars @ Apr 11th 2008 3:08PM

I didn't know MDK made it to a console. That's pretty cool. I loved those games. I bought a force-feedback joystick just for MDK.

I did play Baulder's Gate: Dark Alliance, but I was really disappointed. But then again, I was a fan of the Baulder's Gate franchise and Dark Alliance was a radical departure from it.