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Bethesda Says They’ve Been Consistent With Interplay Claims – Get Caught Lying

RipTen: The drama continues as the future of the Fallout MMO hangs in the balance. More legal documents have been poured over today and it looks as if Bethesda may have been caught with their pants down.

RememberThe3574859d ago

Yeah, they got caught... I don't get why they have such a problem with this MMO. I must be missing something.

dkblackhawk504859d ago

I agree...wouldn't have happen if they were "consistent"

Christopher4859d ago

Does anyone actually read articles?

If the screenshots were submitted to the court in 2009, then the screenshots did not precede their claims to give them the right to make an MMO titled "Fallout" w/o any Fallout franchise elements.

So, essentially, they're saying the screenshots precede their comments when they don't. The screenshots were submitted as evidence to support the claims of both, but does not precede the agreement made by Bethesday and Interplay prior to the case.

Ausir4859d ago

Nobody is claiming that they precede any agreements. Bethesda stated that they only now made the claim that Interplay has no right to use any Fallout elements aside from the name in court because they had not known about Interplay's "infringements" (use of Fallout elements) before Interplay's recent public Fallout Online materials. Which is proven false by these screenshots.

Christopher4859d ago (Edited 4859d ago )

Because concept art submitted for a court case are not infringements... but evidence...

The concept art wasn't released to the public to advertise a new game, it was in support of Interplay's claims for making a Fallout game.

*sighs*

seraphcaeli4859d ago

So how can they claim they didn't know Interplay was making a Fallout game set in the Fallout universe!? Like Interplay said - did they think they were going to make an online Poker game called Fallout? Get real.

jaredhart4859d ago

Save the Drama for Yo Mama.

VenomProject4859d ago

"Save the Drama for Yo Mama."

qft

Kreyg4859d ago

Uh oh, here comes the sh*t storm!

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Why a Fallout MMO Would be Terrible

8CN: Here's another one from the ever-present rumor mill: Bethesda may or may not be kind of sort of working on a Fallout MMO. At least according to this article from Air Herald. Or, at least, according to that article, Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer claims that the Fallout franchise could eventually make for a decent MMO. This is a terrible, terrible idea.

700p3558d ago

It is definitely a terrible idea. Look what happened to elder scrolls online.

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The List: 5 Singleplayer Games That Could Be MMOs

David Jagneaux of MMORPG writes: "As has become customary here at MMORPG, this week’s list is the reverse of last week’s! Previously, we covered five MMOs that we think could be turned into great singleplayer games. Now, we want to look at five singleplayer games that could be turned into great MMOs. With the extreme level variety the genre we know and love experiences in today’s industry, there is plenty of room for new concepts. In fact, several of the games on this list already have MMO-esque counterparts on the market in the form of different IPs."

joab7773586d ago

Wow...aside from Pokemon...replace with red dead...and thats my list too.

Now...I love mmo's. I do for so many reasons. Good mmos have few draw backs. I ALSO love single player rpgs. And if done right, a company could make an epic single player mmo. Hear me out.

My example is Dragons Dogma. It has an amazing single player experience...very rewarding. Why? Because u could create ur own pawn that others could borrow. They could have easily been real players in an mmo. At the end, there is the online UR dragon, but also a rich endgame dungeon with many monsters and great loot.

Now, if a company could manage to offer something akin to Dragons Dogmas system for those who want to play alone, allows them to borrow other ppls pawns for example. It could work. It would need balancing.

For those who want the mmo experience, they simply group up and tackle things together. They also hav the pawn option in case they want to use it and level it.

Now, maybe single player content is a bit easier or comes later with a buff...and its loot would need to be a lower level, but it would giv all those who dont want to group up to continue playing.

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On The Chopping Block: Five AAA Games That Will Never See The Light Of Day (And One That Might)

GP: "For every game that is released on the market, there are dozens that never make it passed the first production meeting. While I have no feelings towards those games because they were never shown to the public, there have been many instances where a game was shown to the market to much fanfare, and then their productions were suddenly cut short and they vanished forever.

This article is about those games. The ones that could have been AAA titles, the games that you would have expected to sell systems and launch new franchises. Why didn't these games make it? They certainly looked more than good enough. Read on to find out."

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TrendyGamers4428d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if we never see FFXIV on the PS3.

FinaLXiii4428d ago (Edited 4428d ago )

Jack Tretton´s biggest mistake was anoncing it

ShinMaster4427d ago

That ain't his fault. Square Enix needs stop announcing games that they don't plan on releasing in years (Versus) and releasing games no one asked for (XIII-2).

[on topic]
Project Milo - All fake.
Mega Man Legends 3 - F* you Capcom!
Fallout Online - Zzz....
B.C. - ?
Sadness - Had Nintendo made a system with more up to date specs, the game would've been released.

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MysticStrummer4428d ago

lol @ Milo. I didn't care about any of these, but the title reminded me of The Agency. I stumbled upon info about The Agency during the summer of 07 while doing some random web surfing, and was instantly intrigued at the prospect of getting game related texts on my cell phone. I searched constantly for new intel after that, getting more and more excited each time I found new info or footage, until the day I read it was canceled. Bastards. I still hope someone will finish it since I read it was nearly completed when it was axed.

CRASHBASHUK4428d ago

well after hearing all the bad reviews and the glitches on ff14 for pc dont think most ps3 fans wont bover tbh

Clarence4428d ago

None of these games are AAA.

Valorous_Entity4427d ago

Wow this is a stupid article. XIV was atrocious and the fact they are even trying to fix it is hilarious to me.