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Interplay countersues Bethesda over Fallout rights

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An Interplay stockholder details the countersuit filed by Interplay against Bethesda in reaction to Bethesda's lawsuit over the rights to Fallout Online and the original Fallout games. Interplay argues Bethesda is in breach of contract abd the contract to sell the rights to the series to Bethesda is null and void and Interplay owns the franchise again.
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BlackIceJoe - 64 days 15 hours ago
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Wow that is an interesting read. I can't believe how greedy Bethesda is if this is true. I also think if Interplay can make new Fallout games after Fallout 5 from Bethesda then that too is interesting. I really think if this is true then Bethesda shot them selves in the foot. Because Interplay now will know people will want a game like Bethesda made and will make one like that. But if I am really lucky one that is the top down view. That I want to see. So this will be an interesting battle if this goes to court.
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Sarevok - 64 days 12 hours ago
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I hope Interplay wins after reading this I was shock to see the underhanded moves Bethesda were using to mess with the sells of fallout 1&2&B.
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MisterNiwa - 64 days 10 hours ago
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Its hard to read your post Joe, because there are many grammar errors.
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Darkfocus - 64 days 9 hours ago
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"Its hard to read your post Joe, because there are many grammar errors."

"Its hard to read your post Joe, because there are so many Grammatical errors."
fixed^

maybe you should check your own post before commenting on others poor grammar.
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DaCajun - 64 days 9 hours ago
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LMAO, I thought the same thing when I read his remark also.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. People just never learn that if you're going to insult someone about their intelligence, they should first make sure they are intelligent enough to pull it off. Plus either way they just end up looking like an A**hole.
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BlackIceJoe - 63 days 12 hours ago
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Sorry about the errors it was just one of those days and I was in a rush. Plus I was thinking what I was saying and I guess it came out different then what I was saying in my head. I should have reread it but like I said was in a rush.
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Sarevok - 64 days 14 hours ago
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Interplay needs to make a new Icewind Dale or something ~.~
They were awesome at making rpgs back in the day when they had Black Isle.
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STONEY4 - 64 days 9 hours ago
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Interplay needs to make a new MDK. And Fallout. And Planescape.
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Elven6 - 64 days 9 hours ago
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Interplay needs to get some cash first, buy their games on Good Old Games, support the cause!

The Fallout franchise returning to Interplay would be amazing, I've been playing he first two games recently and I am amazed. Fallout 3 was good but it felt too much like Oblivion to me, infact, it wasn't even as indepth as Oblivion!

Plus, Fallout 2 letting you be a pornstar = hilarious!
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Rifle-Man - 64 days 9 hours ago
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LOL! You got to be a pornstar in Fallout 2? I just ended up as a fluffer.

I knew I should've picked that Sex Appeal perk!
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Elven6 - 63 days 14 hours ago
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Yep,

http://fallout.wikia.com/wi...

Lol at the image!
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Tex117 - 64 days 10 hours ago
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Bethesda was "out lawyered" by Interplay.

Good for Interplay and their legal representation.

Anybody know the law firms involved?
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mirroredderorrim - 64 days 10 hours ago
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Very interesting. :)
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free2game365 - 64 days 10 hours ago
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I'd be rooting for interplay normally, but I remember now that the company is headed by Herve Caen now. So anyone who actually cares about Fallout is long gone.
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mrv321 - 64 days 10 hours ago
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I want Van Buren as a Fallout 3 expansion or just running of an improved Fallout 3 engine.

That'd be sweet.
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Ausir - 64 days 1 hour ago
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Not everyone. Chris Taylor, lead designer of Fallout 1, is still at Interplay.
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Ausir - 64 days ago
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Van Buren wouldn't work as a Fallout 3 expansion. First, I'd prefer it to use the original gameplay style. Second, it would need map travel like in the originals, since it spanned the entire four states and wasn't a compressed version of one city and its surroundings like Bethesda's FO3.
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Elven6 - 63 days 14 hours ago
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There is also a little know studio out there called "Obsidian Entertainment" which employees and was created by a majority of the ex Black Isle staff.
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wwm0nkey - 64 days 10 hours ago
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Fallout MMO here we come :D
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Rifle-Man - 64 days 10 hours ago
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I still remember the first time I saw Fallout 1 on the shelf at Future Shop.

On the back it said, "Remember Wasteland?"

And I said, "Remember it, I still play it!"

The guys at Interplay became my heroes that day.
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RadientFlux - 64 days 9 hours ago
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Does anyone know of another source for this information? As the article seems a tad bias in this matter.

I'm hoping Bethesda keeps the rights to the Fallout universe as they outsourced the next game to Obsidian.
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Ausir - 64 days 1 hour ago
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The tone of the post is biased, but the information itself is pretty reliable.
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Elven6 - 63 days 13 hours ago
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The post is a user blog but these are the sources,

http://ragingbull.quote.com...

http://www.nma-fallout.com/...

http://ragingbull.quote.com...
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Blacktric - 64 days 8 hours ago
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Bethesda should keep making standart Fallout games while Interplay should concentrate on making a great Fallout MMO. I personally liked Fallout 3. Sure it's not like Fallout or Fallout 2 but it's still a Fallout and it's still a great game. Bethesda may learn the mistakes (which isn't much) they made at Fallout 3 to make a perfect game. That suing each other thing not exactly what we want...
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Tex117 - 64 days 8 hours ago
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Does anybody have access to the pleadings?!
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dchalfont - 64 days 7 hours ago
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The article was written by a child and is extremely bias, no excerpts from the documents, just his paraphrasing.

I find it hard to believe. I read info about the contract before fallout 3 was released. It was reported that they didn't have the money by the due date ( and if bethesda did cancel it even though they did, we would have heard from it back in april, instead they made it seem true)
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dogdirt2000 - 64 days 6 hours ago
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I think Bethesda's underhanded actions are deserving of a true pwning by Interplay, but I don't want Bethesda to lose that $15-20 million either :S

I see that money as going towards the development of the next Fallout or Elder Scrolls game, and I would much rather get one of them from Bethesda before I'd want to see a title from Interplay.
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thereapersson - 63 days 23 hours ago
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12.1 - Why not?
A lot of it is Microsoft's money anyway.
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Elven6 - 63 days 14 hours ago
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Bethesda isn't short o cash, Interplay on the other hand is, plus, Bethesda shot first.
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HALO-32 - 64 days 5 hours ago
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How does Fallout: New Vegas work into this? Would this be considered Bethesda's Fallout 4?
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BaseballFan15 - 64 days 3 hours ago
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Yea, Fallout New Vegas would be considered Fallout 4. Therefore, if Interplay wins, New Vegas could have a different name and become a new IP.
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DRUDOG - 64 days 5 hours ago
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The funny thing is, I remember reading that the only reason Interplay could even "reopen" their doors was buy selling the Fallout rights to Bethesda. Otherwise they would have gone bust and wouldn't even be in a position to make games let alone pay to keep the lights on. The article (can't seem to find it) even made it seem as though Bethesda basically gave Interplay a chance to still develop the Fallout MMO.

We all know Bethesda did everything for money (who doesn't do everything for the money?), but it seemed as though they were basically throwing Interplay a bone. Maybe the story was wrong or I have a bad memory. Either way, this situation isn't what I wanted to hear. I want Fallout games to be released, not embroiled in court rooms or hung up with f'ing lawyers. Hope this gets resolved one way or another and soon.
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Campy da Camper - 64 days 3 hours ago
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15 - All I want for Xmas
Is a new Elder Scrolls. Yes, I'm lame cause I liked them more than Fallout 3. I don't care. I fricking love Morrowind and Oblivion.
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darkvenom - 64 days 1 hour ago
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smell BS,Interplay sees Bethesda raking in $$$,now they want Fallout back.I hope Bethesda wins imo.
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Elven6 - 63 days 13 hours ago
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Bethesda sued Interplay first because they essentially wanted full control of the Fallout franchise. Interplay countered by launching a suit of their own because they claim to have a valid case.
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joshhoff2004 - 63 days 16 hours ago
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Um this article has it wrong completely. Bethesda sued because Interplay sold a product called "Fallout Trilogy" (a compilation of 1,2, and Tactics) which they never had the right to sell because its misleading to the consumer. You think you are getting FO3 in the bundle. Interplay's games suck, it was Black Isle who was great and most of them including the original Fallout team have moved on to better places. Interplay just wants a bigger piece of the Fallout 3 pie because Bethesda made such a superior game to there old bug ridden fourteen generations ago game (the only people that even bought it are 40 year olds who played the originals and people who thought it would be like fallout 3). I'm sorry but FO1 and FO2 are NOTHING compared to FO3 and we have BethSoft to thank for that. Interplay's newest games are all remakes anyway, we haven't even seen them venture into HD for gods sake. Interplay will just ruin everything, I can't believe they would take the rights from Obsidian and Bethsoft (even though Obsidian compromises most of the original Fallout team including the original script writer.)
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Ausir - 63 days 11 hours ago
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Fallout Trilogy is not the only thing Bethesda sued for. For full details of the case, see:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wi...
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TrenchaunT - 58 days 20 hours ago
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In my view, the perfect outcome of this would be for Bethesda to be stripped of the rights to the franchise (retaining Fallout 3, of course). I don't know if Interplay is capable anymore of making a good Fallout game, but I do know that Bethesda sure isn't.
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