Interplay It Again

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » March 11th, 2008, 17:00

Interplay It Again
Odd timing, this - on the same day that Obsidian, a company formed from the ashes of Black Isle, finally step out of Bioware's shadow and announce their own game, we also see the return of Black Isle's much-troubled owners, Interplay.
Interplay.com now hosts this excited image:

and a Coming Soon message. See the [...]

Author: Alec Meer
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Publish Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:27:50 +0000

Odd timing, this - on the same day that Obsidian, a company formed from the ashes of Black Isle, finally step out of Bioware's shadow and announce their own game, we also see the return of Black Isle's much-troubled owners, Interplay.

Interplay.com now hosts this excited image:

and a Coming Soon message. See the full pic here. Going left to right, we've got MDK, Earthworm Jim, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, and apparently the browny-green bit underneath the Interplay logo is concept art from Fallout Online.

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buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 11th, 2008, 17:07

Hello Interplay, I'm glad you've come back, please promise that you'll not leave me all alone again.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 11th, 2008, 17:17

I used to love earthworm jim on the megadrive. Aren't they making a new one for the Wii or something?

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 11th, 2008, 17:42

Aren't Interplay French? Or am I thinking of someone else. It has significance because French publishers seem a little more daring than most.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 11th, 2008, 17:50

Dog Pants wrote:Aren't Interplay French? Or am I thinking of someone else. It has significance because French publishers seem a little more daring than most.

Incorrect. 'Merkin company, bought out by Frenchies.

Frenchies then went out of business, dunno who owns it now, but according to Wikipedia the CEO of the Frenchies that went out of business is now CEO of Interplay.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 11th, 2008, 18:39

Dog Pants wrote:Aren't Interplay French? Or am I thinking of someone else.

Ubisoft?

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 11th, 2008, 18:43

FatherJack wrote: Ubisoft?

Yeah, probably. Anyone ever play Pod? That was a racer by Ubisoft and it was ace.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 11th, 2008, 19:18

Dog Pants wrote:Yeah, probably. Anyone ever play Pod? That was a racer by Ubisoft and it was ace.

I certainly did - I got it free with something, yet I still was able to download supported upgrades for years afterwards.

There was the Pod 2.1 upgrade, 3dfx support, horse feedback support and loads of free cars and tracks.

Hated Kenichi, though - he was such a cheater.

I had their "followup" too, Speedbusters - again they provided very good horse wheel support and downloadable cars, but I tried it again in the post-GeForce era and it didn't work anymore.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » March 11th, 2008, 21:57

Black Isle? Do want moar Baldur's Gate.

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 11th, 2008, 22:55

Baldurs gate 3 has been announced. Whether it'll actually happen I dunno, but I bloody well hope so.

Post by **TezzRexx** » March 11th, 2008, 22:56

Lateralus wrote:I used to love earthworm jim on the megadrive.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 11th, 2008, 23:23

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqe9ijbjxfM[/media]

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 12th, 2008, 8:11

Geeerooooovy!

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » March 12th, 2008, 8:27

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 12th, 2008, 10:41

MDK /drool
First game I EVER completed, still have fond memories

Post by **tandino** » March 12th, 2008, 12:34

Dog Pants wrote:Aren't Interplay French? Or am I thinking of someone else. It has significance because French publishers seem a little more daring than most.

You're not thinking of Infogrames are you DP?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infogrames

Frenchies who've been around since the Amiga at least.

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 12th, 2008, 13:51

More probably. North and South was great.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 12th, 2008, 14:39

Dog Pants wrote:More probably. North and South was great.

Do you remember the controls Pants? I was swearing at it the other day as I couldn't do anything in combat barring move the cannon and shoot it.

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 12th, 2008, 15:28

You've got to switch between the cannon/cavalry/infantry. You can only use one at once, although the cavalry will keep on running once you set them off.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 12th, 2008, 16:09

I thought so, however, I've not found the key to swap between troopsies yet, I shall prod it again later.