Duck and Cover

Descent is back via a Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/de ... derground/

The 50 million figure came from here. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104632-Interplay-Wanted-50-Million-for-Fallout-MMO-Rights And i think if i were Bethesda no way in hell i would pay 50 million for MMO rights when i can (and they did) just buy the game for 6 million give or take. i cant...

Frankly King, Bethesda did not want to pay the 50 million the Caen boys were asking and Bethesda thought (my guess), sure.. let them keep it and we will put some obstacles that a near bankrupt company surely cant overcome. problem is they overcame them and were well on the way to getting the game ma...

http://mastheadstudios.com/games.html Use the right arrow to scroll over to PV13.

i do not think the trademark argument has a chance. Funding is kinda a gray area in my opinion. Yes Interplay has 15 million via what looks like a milestone payment system with I2G (Interactive Game Group, formerly called Microprose) but the gray area i think could be that Masthead said they would s...

Interplay had funding of 35 million total (15 million via I2G and 20 million via Masthead) before the cut off date. The COO of Bethesda stated that they did not have to have it in a bank account or a line of credit. (puts .357 to foot and pulls trigger) Since what secured funding is was never define...

In order for one to understand, one must read young grasshopper.

Footage of the interplay lawyer (Khan) talking to the Bethesda lawyer (Kirk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54

It will be interesting to see how Bethesda responds in its motions.

it was jason anderson. :P i think if bethesda was making a fallout mmo before the april 4 cut off that would be bad faith. If it was after then it might just be a thing that the judge says .. 'well,, its on you bethesda if you want to risk it' however the bethesda exee are not making one. so it sure...

"I'd love to hear expert analysis of the full case from a neutral source."

that would be nice.

Likely or not its what the Interplay lawyers are trying to do.
IF they can get the 2nd contract null and void its what would happen but anyway it sure is cheap entertainment. So grab a beer, pop some popcorn and watch the show unfold.

If Interplay wins Bethesda would be required to pay 12% of revenue (plus interest) on over 600-700 million of sales of fallout 3, 4 (aka new vegas) , fallout 5 and all the expansions. Thats quite a bit of cash to add to the 35 million in funding Fallout Online already has. Then add court ordered dam...

this is pretty critical as bethesda is trying to assert (see 1 A) that interplay has none of the copyrights but just the trademark of fallout as they have argued since the 2nd injuction. This is 100% bullshit and delusional, basically they are asking the judge to say they are right which would defea...