Black Isle Studios closes

Lemming · 10-12-2003 10:56am #1

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Basically it would appear that Interplay execs can't see their feet for their noses getting in the way because RPG's take longer to make then FPS games.

Muppets.

And fallout 3 has been shelved because of it!! Grrrrrrrrr

Sarky · 10-12-2003 11:20am

You can't be serious!

*Checks link*

Oh. You are.

NOooooooo!

Dammit. I loved Black Isle. They made some brilliant games. At least they finished the Baldur's Gate saga before this.

It's like when Looking Glass closed down, only worse.:(

cr1spy · 10-12-2003 11:22am

At least we still have Bioware.....

quarryman · 10-12-2003 12:11pm

dammit. RPGs will never be the same again. stupid FPS and the Unreal/quake/counterstrike fanboys. damn them with all their expendable income. :mad:

Sarky · 10-12-2003 12:19pm

Don't forget the general inability to type a single coherent sentance...

Venom · 10-12-2003 12:45pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Courtesy of /.

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Basically it would appear that Interplay execs can't see their feet for their noses getting in the way because RPG's take longer to make then FPS games.

Muppets.

And fallout 3 has been shelved because of it!! Grrrrrrrrr

Interplay execs need to be hacked to death with spoon's over the whole screw up with no Freespace 3

They hold the Freespace license, are doing nothing with it, and refuse to give it up.
They hold the Fallout license and are evidently not going to do anything with it anymore.

DiscoStu · 10-12-2003 1:06pm

spoons would be too good for them, a swarm of rabid field mice should strip their bones chean.

Creature · 10-12-2003 3:48pm

Ahhhhhhhhh feck!

And there I was yesterday thinking to myself how great it would be if they made another Baldur's Gate game or something very similar.

cr1spy · 10-12-2003 3:52pm

There still could be another Baldur's Gate game. That game was developed by Bioware, Black Isle only handled some of the publishing and QA.

Bioware developed BG 1+2 and NeverWinter Nights, Black Isle made Planescape Torment, Fallout and Icewind Dale.

So there still is hope for decent RPGs!

lordsippa · 10-12-2003 6:57pm

... <urge to bring end to world rising>...

:mad:

Dar · 12-12-2003 6:10am

But black isle have the publishing rights for icewind dale & baldurs gate. So theres only neverwinter nights left

BArra · 12-12-2003 10:01am

"^"&$^£$£$ Fallout series, my favourite games

the bastards.

Lafortezza · 12-12-2003 10:07am

Baldurs' gate is number 2 in my alltime favourite games, this is so disappointing

1) Champ Man 2) Baldurs gate 3) DoD 3.1

i_am_dogboy · 12-12-2003 10:05pm

now that the fallout games are gone i'll never get to marry a man and pimp him out again.........such a shame

this really sucks, who will supply us with rpg's that have a dirty sense of humour, and bad language, and floating skulls/easter eggs, and harlots..........gaming just wont feel the same any more

DiscoStu · 12-12-2003 11:39pm

Originally posted by i_am_dogboy
this really sucks, who will supply us with rpg's that have a dirty sense of humour, and bad language, and floating skulls/easter eggs, and harlots..........

or a holy hand grenade

BArra · 12-12-2003 11:43pm

haha some of those random encounters were legendary, cant remember a lot but 7 nights of apocolypse? and power-rangers

was really looking foward to fallout 3 too

DiscoStu · 12-12-2003 11:57pm

the boulevard of broken dreams inspired one from fallout2 where you could get dogmeat was classic

i_am_dogboy · 13-12-2003 11:48am

my favourite was the giant head in the ground, not sure if it was fallout 1 or 2-"i wish i could see what's behind me"

GreenHell · 13-12-2003 12:00pm

There will always be Larian.

Mark · 13-12-2003 2:21pm

Schandal.

Mr E · 21-12-2003 4:05pm

Its looking like it was all a BS rumour started by a ex-employee with a grudge.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/446/446757p1.html

- Dave.

Black Isle Studios closes

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