UPDATE2: SCREENSHOTS Interplay Axes Black Isle: Fallout 3 'Shelved'

GoodRevrnd · Dec 8, 2003

Blues News

"Today marks the end of an era. Black Isle Studios is no more. In yet another sweeping layoff of employees, Interplay has officially let go the last of it's Black Isle employees (save two that I know of) and dissolved the division. Also, the non-announced title that the division was working on, Fallout 3, has been "shelved" to quote management."

"Van Buren/Fallout3 has been "shelved," as the geniuses at IPLY have put it. Console only is the word of the day now. Even though Van Buren was half-way finished, the 'tards in charge have decided they want to do Exalted console and FOBOS 2. The simple fact they are making FOBOS2 even when FOBOS when hasn't shipped and is hated by the Fallout community says a lot about their intelligence."

I really don't have much to say about this. :|

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**UPDATE**
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A leaked screenshot from the intro screen.

Credit to NMA:

Silver Style and Fallout 3 by Kharn - at Tue Dec 09, 2003 23:18
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Carsten Strehse of Silver Style, developers of the post-nuclear game the Fall, revealed in a thread about the canning of Fallout 3 that it is not impossible for Silver Style to purchase the rights to the Fallout 3 PC game in the near future, if Interplay is selling. Here what he had to say:

Well, we are definatly interested in hiring some of the former Balck Isle staff. I try to get in contact with them.
I also disclose no big secret if I tell you that we have found a mayor partner for The Fall and that money wouldn't be the biggest problem when we would try to get the FO licence.
My biggest concern is the reaction of the FO community. We're all huge fans of FO here and have deepest respect for the achivements of the dev team. However, we are no Black Isle, we are Silver Style. And I'm afraid that the community wouldn't be pleased with a FO3 that wasn't developed by the original team. Even if I'm very sure that we could deliver a real stunning game.

He is very interested to know the opinion of most of the Fallout community on this matter and asked me if I could organize this for him. I don't know about you, but I find that level of interest refreshing. So please, do him and us a favour and post your honest opinion in the comments to this thread. How would you feel about Silver Style doing the next Fallout game rather than BIS?

Still, estimates say the game was already half done and it's highly unlikely that anyone purchasing rights to FO3 would get the thus far developed code as well. I'm also a bit weary about another dev house finishing it. On one hand, it'd be nice to be able to play it. OTOH, I'd rather not have it done at all if someone is going to F it up.

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**UPDATE 2**
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Screenie 1
Screenie 2
Please visit NMA for explanations about the screenshots and their completeness.

Feldenak · Dec 8, 2003

digitalsm · Dec 8, 2003

Yeah this really isnt news.

Once a dev studio sells its soul and with it, their ability to make decisions this happens.

Hopefully the new indies that make it big over the next several years do sell their soul. They can make money without doing so.

Yossarian · Dec 8, 2003

OMFG!!!!! THAT SUXORS!!!11

amnesiac · Dec 8, 2003

FeathersMcGraw · Dec 9, 2003

This is almost as distressing as when Looking Glass Studios closed its doors.

Zee · Dec 9, 2003

Amnesiac you just killed this thread

DaveSimmons · Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. BIS, creators of 3 of the best single-player computer RPGs of all time

* Planescape Torment
* Fallout
* Fallout 2

... the nameless one and vault dweller stride into the sunset ....

darkness falls.

kazeakuma · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
R.I.P. BIS, creators of 3 of the best single-player computer RPGs of all time

* Planescape Torment
* Fallout
* Fallout 2

... the nameless one and vault dweller stride into the sunset ....

darkness falls.

Amen.

Sad though, I was really looking forward to Fallout 3. Damn you Interplay!

Glitchny · Dec 9, 2003

damn that really sucks! hopefully the former team can either get picked up or start a company of their own... kidna like all the blizzard guys

Chaotic42 · Dec 9, 2003

This is as bad as Micropose getting killed.

MournSanity · Dec 9, 2003

Dude, amnesiac, edit your freaking post. You killed it.

Sunner · Dec 9, 2003

Fvcktards...Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planetscape...Fallout.

FALLOUT!!!!!

Ameesh · Dec 9, 2003

boycott them. stupid bastards

ThaGrandCow · Dec 9, 2003

amnesiac, you suck for breaking my forums

idNut · Dec 9, 2003

So Interplay stopped the game because they want to go console?

Fvcking bullsh!t. Fvck consoles.

datalink7 · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
R.I.P. BIS, creators of 3 of the best single-player computer RPGs of all time

* Planescape Torment
* Fallout
* Fallout 2

... the nameless one and vault dweller stride into the sunset ....

darkness falls.

Planescape: Torment is my favorite game of all time.

digitalsm · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
R.I.P. BIS, creators of 3 of the best single-player computer RPGs of all time

* Planescape Torment
* Fallout
* Fallout 2

... the nameless one and vault dweller stride into the sunset ....

darkness falls.

Most of the people that responsible for those games jumped the sinking ship(Interplay) awhile back.

GoodRevrnd · Dec 9, 2003

According to NMA, these people were laid off:

Scripters:
* Chad "Briareus" Nicholas
* Chris French
* Chris Heidari

Designers:
* John Deiley
* Damien "Puuk" Foletto >> Quote on NMA Forums: "I can think of an exec or two (or three0 I'd like to pummel, strip naked, and dump into the rec yard of Chino state prison..."
* Jeff Husges

Artists:
* Dany Martinez
* Vera Milosavich

Programmers:
* Jake Devore
* Yuki Furumi
* Mark Murakami
* Dave Vodhanel

Producers:
* Tom French
* Kevin Osburn

And according to NoMutantsAllowed, some of them DID work on the original Fallouts (I personally don't know who).

KidViciou$ · Dec 9, 2003

THOSE FVCKS!!!!!!

WHY MUST ALL THE GOOD GAMES END UP IN THE TRASH CAN???

as long as they don't make fallout 3 3D, it would have been the followup to 2 of THE BEST GAMES ever created! :|:|:|

GoodRevrnd · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by: KidViciou$
THOSE FVCKS!!!!!!

WHY MUST ALL THE GOOD GAMES END UP IN THE TRASH CAN???

as long as they don't make fallout 3 3D, it would have been the followup to 2 of THE BEST GAMES ever created! :|:|:|

Are you nuts? 3d would have been just great. It's if they made it realtime, then I would have been pissed.

LAUST · Dec 9, 2003

at this rate PC games will be extinct in 3 years

shadowfaX · Dec 9, 2003

omg i am in tears.

NOOOOO !@#@!598haok.ehriqa3hw4i1!!!!!!!

HorizonSeeker · Dec 9, 2003

does anyone know if Lionheart will be released or is it out already?

BigSmooth · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by: Sunner
Fvcktards...Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planetscape...Fallout.

FALLOUT!!!!!

Baldur's Gate was a Bioware game, wasn't it? Although Icewind Dale, which was also excellent, was from Black Isle IIRC.

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UPDATE2: SCREENSHOTS Interplay Axes Black Isle: Fallout 3 'Shelved'