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Bethesda Nabs Fallout License

April 12, 2007 in News comments 4

We know Bethesda has been signed on to develop the next game in the Fallout sci-fi RPG series, but now the developer has also purchased the series IP from current holders Interplay for a handsome $5.75 million USD. Interplay itself is now expected to be a licensee of the IP for its own series projects.

According to the filing, first spotted by Fallout fansite No Mutants Allowed, the purchase of the Fallout license and accompanying IP was settled on April 9th, with final payment installments expected to be delivered by the third quarter of this year.

In an interesting twist, as part of the agreement Interplay now acts as a licensee of the IP as it continues to ramp up production on its own Fallout-themed massively multiplayer game, first announced in 2004 alongside Bethesda's sequel, and shown via internal documents as recently as December to have a projected $75 million dollar budget and launch date of 2010.
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    tekmosis Apr 12, 07
    Oh wow, a new Fallout would be so cool. I remember the first one...killing the cows with a minigun which you stole from beating up a gang member...haha, good times.
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    Gary Apr 13, 07
    Could be really good Bethseda are known for making great games(just look at the elder scrolls series), it'll be interesting to see how this develops.
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    Reason Apr 13, 07
    It certainly will be interesting to see how this one comes along. The Elder Scrolls series are great, and I'm sure Bethesda can do a good job with Fallout.
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    Sakura Apr 13, 07
    I can't wait to see how it turns out. It seems like it will be a lot of fun. =)

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