Topic: Has Interplay gone belly up?? (Read 4988 times)

Scott Allen Abfalter · « **Reply #40 on:** June 07, 2004, 02:12:16 pm »

It sounds an awfully lot like they are dying but that the owners are not yet willing to publically say as much.

SSCF Hooch · « **Reply #41 on:** June 07, 2004, 04:53:08 pm »

The real question is who will own these titles. They stopped supporting the games a 2 years ago anyway. I am sorry to see them go belly up and sorry for the folks that work there. But if they tank who gets the legal stuff?

Hooch

Sethan · « **Reply #42 on:** June 07, 2004, 05:39:24 pm »

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The real question is who will own these titles. They stopped supporting the games a 2 years ago anyway. I am sorry to see them go belly up and sorry for the folks that work there. But if they tank who gets the legal stuff?

Probably whoever buys their assets at the auction - unless some creditor gets them first.

Toasty0 · « **Reply #44 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:15:39 pm »

Interplay has not gone belly up. No, that would be to easy an end. Instead, their fearless leader, embued with all the hubris of Monty Python's Black Knight calling for the other knight to return and fight like a man, has led Interplay head first into the meat grinder of financial ruin.

Sethan · « **Reply #45 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:19:55 pm »

I worked for a company once that went exactly the same way.

Interplay's commitment to its customers and stellar customer service would be sorely missed (if it had ever had either).

Age · « **Reply #46 on:** June 07, 2004, 08:43:12 pm »

I guess I will never or possibly that get my Star Fleet Academy and Star Trek New Worlds fixed.I could never figure out New Worlds.I guess the people really responsible is the State of California its self considering they closed them down.They are responsible for diving up the asset's.

Rondo_GE · « **Reply #47 on:** June 07, 2004, 10:15:18 pm »

uh oh I better et my copy of SFC OP

Rondo_GE · « **Reply #48 on:** June 07, 2004, 10:16:19 pm »

maybe too late

Javora · « **Reply #49 on:** June 08, 2004, 07:42:47 am »

Maybe we can each chip in a couple of bucks and buy the rights to OP from Interplay. Ok, well, maybe not but I can dream can't I??!?

Rondo_GE · « **Reply #50 on:** June 08, 2004, 12:24:52 pm »

Ok I'm a little curious about what the legal status is of SFC versus Star Trek and who owns the rights toward producing the game. Also does (or did) Interplay have any play in this at all as the publisher (of SFCII/OP)?

Also what is Amarillo up to as far as SFB goes? Can they make any more games? Expansions? Can someone make games off of those expansons?

My understanding is that Paramount now owns all Start Trek intellectual property....perhaps all of it by now including TOS. They have allowed or leased or whateveer gaming rights to Activision.

But now I see a game like Federation and Empire out there. How do they get away with that? Even though it is only sa strategic game wouldn't they have to get permission from Paramount to produce it? Or does Amarillo still kick in to this?

So my question is are there any rights to buy? Maybe we could bid on SFC OP at auction and then get permission to sell it. Coiuld we subcontract taldren out to create and expanion to OP?

S'Raek · « **Reply #52 on:** June 09, 2004, 11:03:58 am »

A little more info: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/522/522098p1.html

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