Interplay Entertainment
Interplay Entertainment Corporation OTC Pink: IPLY is an American video game developer and publisher, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo. As a developer, Interplay is best known as the creator of the original Fallout series and as a publisher, Interplay is best known for the Baldur's Gate and Descent series.
Following an acquisition by Titus Software, Interplay was nearing bankruptcy in 2004 but continued operations, even after the liquidation of Titus, but were forced to sell Shiny Entertainment and close its in-house development studios such as Black Isle Studios and BlueSky Software. Brian Fargo recruited a handful of ex-Interplay employees and founded inXile Entertainment, an American video game development company based in Newport Beach, California in 2002.
Interplay rebounded following the acquisition of the Fallout IP by Bethesda Softworks in 2007 with Interplay back-licensing the rights to Fallout Online. In 2011, the rights to Fallout Online were transferred to Bethesda following a lengthy lawsuit and subsequent settlement between Interplay and Bethesda. In 2012, Interplay announced relaunching Black Isle Studios.
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