Interplay reaffirms Fallout MMO; Earthworm Jim, MDK sequels
by Christopher Grant 
on Apr 9th 2008 5:58PM
It's been awhile since we've had an update on Interplay's long-promised Fallout MMO. To get some of you up to speed:
plans for a Fallout MMO that could revive the ailing company were teased out of a November 2006 SEC filing. In April of the following year, Bethesda – already hard at work on
Fallout 3 –
bought the rights to the series from Interplay for $5.75 million. The deal allowed Interplay to be a licensee, paying Bethesda a 12% royalty on net sales of the still-vaporous Fallout MMO. In August, Interplay's CEO stated in an earning statement that "Fallout Online will
play a key role in the future of Interplay" and in November the company revealed
ambitions to rekindle franchises like
Earthworm Jim,
MDK,
Descent, and
Dark Alliance.
Now, in yet another earnings report wrapping up their 2007 fiscal year, Interplay reaffirms its ambition to secure funding for the
Fallout MMO as well as "creating sequels to some of its most successful games," notably the four listed above. To that end, it's hiring developers and will be launching a new web site "imminently." Regrettably, we won't be seeing any of these games as "imminently."
[Via
MCV]
