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After listening to all 41 exciting minutes of Interplay's conference call, I can offer some first-hand details.
Interplay has traded all rights to D&D games, including Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale products (except for the existing back catalogue), for full ownership of the 'Dark Alliance' trademark. I'm not clear if future 'Dark Alliance' game will keep the 'Baldur's Gate' prefix. As reported, with no D&D rights future Dark Alliance games will be set in a new game universe that Interplay will devise. There was a hint that an adaptation of SPECIAL would be used for the ruleset. It's likely a new engine will be licensed.
On Fallout 3, Caen said "Fallout 3 is not actively being developed right now and we will have an announcement soon on that project". Later, several questions were posed by an investor. The exchange went as follows, starting with a question clarifying whether IPLAY would develop or publish Fallout 3:
Caen: We plan on publishing Fallout 3
Caller: Most likely it will be done through an external studio, correct?
Caen: Correct.
As you can see there is quite a bit of "wiggle room" here. There was no discussion about the likely studio (if indeed one has been selected) or the engine to be used. Later Caen was asked if Interplay would ever work with Obsidian to which he replied "That's an option, yes" but this was clearly an open statement and not meant to signify a specific relationship.
Finally, although reduced from 207 staff to 113, about 75 of those remaining are developers. |
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Interplay: More conference call details
