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Interplay Says Bethesda Now Wants Previously Undesired Fallout MMO For Free
You’re probably too busy gunning down mutants and gambling in Fallout: New Vegas to think about the Fallout MMO that has been the focus of an ongoing lawsuit between Interplay and Bethesda. Bethesda sued Interplay because they didn’t produce a Fallout MMO in the agreed upon time. Now Eric Caen, president of Interplay, says Bethesda didn’t want the game and is only suing to get the game made for nothing.
“Hervé [Caen, CEO of Interplay] started negotiations with Bethesda to sell Fallout to them," said Eric Caen about his business partner and sibling. “My brother said ‘If you want the full IP, the value of it is $50 million.’ They said ‘No way. Why $50 million?’ We said ‘Because the MMOG strength of this universe is huge.’ Bethesda said ‘We don’t want that. Let’s buy everything else but the MMOG. Do the MMOG.’
“They said that Interplay had to start development and by a certain time we had to have a full game in development. They bought everything, but left Interplay with the license to do the MMOG, under certain conditions, thinking that Interplay would never fulfill these conditions. But Interplay did."
Cain says that Interplay lived up to its end of the bargain, but Bethesda’s termination notice claims otherwise. The Interplay president speculates that Bethesda did, in fact, see the aforementioned worth of a Fallout MMO following Fallout 3’s success, but want it made for free.
Source: Edge [Via Destructoid]
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