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Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: fastson on December 09, 2003, 03:36:21 AM

Thanks to SneakerPimp.

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"I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the "good" folks at Interplay have laid off everyone at BIS. Van Buren has been "shelved," as tha geniuses at IPLY have put it. Console only is the word of the day now. Even though Van Buren was half-way finished, the \'tards in charge have decided they want to do Exalted console and FOBOS 2. The simple fact they are making FOBOS2 even when FOBOS hasn\'t shipped and is hated by the Fallout community says a lot about their intelligence. Not to mention Van Buren would be the only game they could possibly ship by X-mas next year.

So, BIS is no longer. Anytime you see the BIS logo on a future product, know that no one who was associated w/ BIS actually worked on it. BIS is nothing more than a sticker that IPLY slaps on their future product."

http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php#23674

BIS = Black Isle Studios
FOBOS = Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Van Buren = Codename for Fallout 3

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flionheart.blackisle.com%2Fimages%2Flogo_newbis.jpg&hash=6f853d79743d55bd3d1e259201bc10b90152f49c)

:(

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: mm on December 09, 2003, 04:38:18 AM

sigh...yet EA keeps pumping out shitty sims titles

1st TTLG, now BIS

:crying:

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: FatalXception on December 09, 2003, 06:14:41 AM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

If there was one game I\'ve been looking forward to for a looong time, it\'s Fallout 3.  What were they thinking!?!?

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: Kurt Angle on December 09, 2003, 07:51:05 AM

It always seems to happen to the quality companies. The there\'s 3DO etc who get away with pumping out the same crap every year and seem to survive. :(

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: ##RaCeR## on December 12, 2003, 04:41:10 AM

Its because people BUY the crap, so the company\'s have money to keep creating crap.

If more people bought these \'non mainstream\' titles then companies might actually survive.

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: CHIZZY on December 12, 2003, 04:12:33 PM

f*ck, I hope they at least finished BGDAII

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: fastson on December 13, 2003, 02:55:16 AM

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Originally posted by CHIZZY
f*ck, I hope they at least finished BGDAII

They will, and they have.. I read somewhere that magazines already have a review copy/finished code.

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: (e) on December 13, 2003, 02:24:46 PM

Good!

The first BG ****ing ruled.

Any review on it fastson?

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: Living-In-Clip on December 14, 2003, 02:07:02 PM

I liked the first BGDA - \'till the end. Fell apart around the last two hours, or so I thought.

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on December 15, 2003, 04:57:11 AM

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I liked the first BGDA - \'till the end. Fell apart around the last two hours, or so I thought.

I thought that was the best part!  You get all the most powerful weapons and spells and..... yeah!  Good fun.

The bonus scenario was fun, albeit a little frustrating, too. :)

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: Echo on December 19, 2003, 04:22:23 AM

Ahem! (http://pc.ign.com/articles/446/446776p1.html)

Title: Black Isle closes down
Post by: fastson on December 19, 2003, 05:35:52 AM

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Originally posted by Spudz
Good!

The first BG ****ing ruled.

Any review on it fastson?

Not yet.. :(