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Taruranto · Aug 22, 2012

http://www.blackisle.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BlackIsleStudios

https://twitter.com/intent/follow?o...ackIsleStudio&source=followbutton&variant=2.0

Not really sure about how i feel about this. Most BIS is at Obsidian anyway, it feels like a cheap move to use Black Isle's name to cash in some easy money.

Emitan · Aug 22, 2012

So it's Black Isle without their talent?

PsihoPerihelion · Aug 22, 2012

As long as their future games are good, I couldn't care less about them "using" the name.

Billiechu said:
So it's Black Isle without their talent?

Is the Isle without the Islanders, basically.

Derrick01 · Aug 22, 2012

Billiechu said:
So it's Black Isle without their talent?

first post yadda yadda.

Black Isle was famous because of the people there, not a meaningless name.

Bluemercury · Aug 22, 2012

So maybe they can now make Fallout 3...nice...

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

Aren't Interplay gone?

Corky · Aug 22, 2012

Derrick01 said:
first post yadda yadda.

Black Isle was famous because of the people there, not a meaningless name.

Sadly this is the new trend, be it games or studios. Nothing but a name.

Taruranto · Aug 22, 2012

Bluemercury said:
So maybe they can now make Fallout 3...nice...

They already made it, it's called New Vegas!

Imp the Dimp · Aug 22, 2012

Bluemercury said:
So maybe they can now make Fallout 3...nice...

You mean New Vegas?

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

Imp the Dimp said:
You mean New Vegas?

No, that's Wasteland 2.

Lancehead · Aug 22, 2012

Is this Interplay who are bring Black Isle back?

Emitan · Aug 22, 2012

Bluemercury said:
So maybe they can now make Fallout 3...nice...

_Keiichi_ said:
They already made it, it's called New Vegas!

Imp the Dimp said:
You mean New Vegas?

I am proud of all of you.

LiquidMetal14 · Aug 22, 2012

Seems cheap to bill this up without key talent that made Black Isle.

zon · Aug 22, 2012

So who does the studio consist of?

soultron · Aug 22, 2012

Waiting for details on this. Interest piqued.

ElectricBlanketFire · Aug 22, 2012

zon said:
So who does the studio consist of?

A guy with access to MS Paint apparently.

Dennis · Aug 22, 2012

If they are going to make RPGs in the Black Isle tradition I wish them the very best of luck whoever they may be.

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

I will love to know what Chris thinks about this.

ZombieSupaStar · Aug 22, 2012

sweet, i wonder who on this list works for "Black Isle 2k12"?
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Interplay_Entertainment_and_Black_Isle_Studios_employees

better not be Hervé...

Herla · Aug 22, 2012

Wait, what if it's inXile merging with Obsidian? They did talk about Wasteland 2 like they were bringing back Black Isle...

Sinatar · Aug 22, 2012

diamount said:
I will love to know what Chris thinks about this.

Yea no kidding, this is really weird and kind of gross.

It'd be like EA renaming Tiburon into Looking Glass.

LiK · Aug 22, 2012

RISE!

Taruranto · Aug 22, 2012

I like how you added the double quotes in the title, eh.

Rad- · Aug 22, 2012

_Keiichi_ said:
They already made it, it's called New Vegas!

New Vegas still sucked compared to Fallout 1 and 2.

Patryn · Aug 22, 2012

Black Isle is dead. I don't think even having Obsidian being absorbed into this new thing would even fully legitimize it for me.

However, if this new studio is dedicated to making games like the old Black Isle did, I wish them the best of luck. Unfortunately, the skeptic in me either expects them to end up working on F2P Facebook "RPGs".

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

Herla said:
Wait, what if it's inXile merging with Obsidian? They did talk about Wasteland 2 like they were bringing back Black Isle...

That would be.. amazing.

Bluemercury · Aug 22, 2012

_Keiichi_ said:
They already made it, it's called New Vegas!

Ok i've yet to try New Vegas but i didnt like Bethesda's Fallout 3 as much as the oldies...

Toma · Aug 22, 2012

I feel stupid for asking, but.. who is "they"? Interplay? Obsidian? EA? Nintendo? VALVE? The democrats? McDonalds?

SatelliteOfLove · Aug 22, 2012

Is this just another example of EA's blasphemous necromancy of their murdered vassals?

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

Something from early this year,

LINKY

Patryn · Aug 22, 2012

SatelliteOfLove said:
Is this just another example of EA's blasphemous necromancy of their murdered vassals?

EA never had anything to do with Black Isle. BI was affiliated with Interplay.

dondarm · Aug 22, 2012

Lancehead255 said:
Is this Interplay who are bring Black Isle back?

Yup.

Registrant:
INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
100 N. Crescent Drive
Suite 324
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
US

Domain Name: BLACKISLE.COM

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/blackisle.com

Lancehead · Aug 22, 2012

Toma said:
I feel stupid for asking, but.. who is "they"? Interplay? Obsidian? EA? Nintendo? VALVE? The democrats? McDonalds?

Interplay, I'm guessing by the logo.

Taruranto · Aug 22, 2012

Bluemercury said:
Ok i've yet to try New Vegas but i didnt like Bethesda's Fallout 3 as much as the oldies...

Bethesda had little to do with New Vegas, you should really give it a try.

Toma said:
I feel stupid for asking, but.. who is "they"? Interplay? Obsidian? EA? Nintendo? VALVE? The democrats? McDonalds?

Probably Interplay. We don't know much, yet.

Captain Tuttle · Aug 22, 2012

diamount said:
Something from early this year,

LINKY

Well if those two are involved...I'm intrigued.

Patryn · Aug 22, 2012

Does Interplay have the money or the employees to even make a game at this point?

Toma · Aug 22, 2012

Lancehead255 said:
Interplay, I'm guessing by the logo.

Site doesnt even load properly for me, thx for answering. I am rather surprised Interplay still exists and they want to get back to making RPGs after looking at their recent release schedule. Doesnt seem like they are swimming in money.

Truant · Aug 22, 2012

It always struck me was weird that Black Isle published the BG series, with Bioware developing it.

I guess that's because I've always viewed them as the underdog to Biowares soulless corporate image.

Vamphuntr · Aug 22, 2012

Patryn said:
Does Interplay have the money or the employees to even make a game at this point?

iOS game confirmed!

HK-47 · Aug 22, 2012

Much of the BIS talent has been flung to the four corners of the industry. Only Obsidian seems to have a decent group of former employees, and plenty have even moved on from them.

nubbe · Aug 22, 2012

Herla said:
Wait, what if it's inXile merging with Obsidian? They did talk about Wasteland 2 like they were bringing back Black Isle...

The only thing that would feel like black isle

LonelyGreyWolf · Aug 22, 2012

ElectricBlanketFire said:
A guy with access to MS Paint apparently.

http://i.imgur.com/PPx0g.jpg

Hey, don't forget that the guy is capable of making websites as well. Uhhh, the website doesn't work, but still, he bought an url-addres and that's no simple task.

Lancehead · Aug 22, 2012

Patryn said:
Does Interplay have the money or the employees to even make a game at this point?

Well, get inXile and Obsidian together, you have all the talent. Then Kickstart the Torment spiritual successor.

/fantasy

StoppedInTracks · Aug 22, 2012

Billiechu said:
I am proud of all of you.

True.

NV is as close to BIS' Fallout 3 as possible.

Trigger · Aug 22, 2012

Billiechu said:
So it's Black Isle without their talent?

First post nails it honestly. I wonder if these guys intend to make CRPGs like Baldur's Gate? I'd support them if they did.

wrowa · Aug 22, 2012

Oh, so it's just Interplay's latest cry of desperation?

I feel kinda bad for what happened to their Fallout MMO, though.

diamount · Aug 22, 2012

Captain Tuttle said:
Well if those two are involved...I'm intrigued.

Yep, it kinda makes more sense since Obsidian are involved with Wasteland 2. Still, not getting my hopes up - maybe they would work better as individual companies.

BF just tweeted

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo

I just read that Interplay is bringing back Black Isle. Hmmm... Not enough info for me to comment.

Acosta · Aug 22, 2012

Sinatar said:
Yea no kidding, this is really weird and kind of gross.

It'd be like EA renaming Tiburon into Looking Glass.

Don't give them ideas...

Trick_GSF · Aug 22, 2012

Oh. It's Interplay. Yeah, good luck with that.

Hargenx · Aug 22, 2012

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