While last week the court case involving Interplay and Bethesda was settled last week, the details of the results over the use of the Fallout series were revealed today.
Interplay looses all current rights to the Fallout series in regards to their originally planned MMO game while Bethesda has announced they will be taking over in making the next game an MMO title.
Interplay did receive $2 million in compensation for the work already done but was much lower than they requested and were expecting to at least own the rights for the MMO game. They also are allowed to hold the rights to sell the original Fallout games (Fallout, Fallout 2 PC, and Fallout Tactics) until 2013 when Bethseda will gain full control over the older games.
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The ruckus began back in 2007- after Interplay sold the Fallout franchise to Bethesda in 2004- Bethesda licensed Interplay certain rights to create the Fallout MMO. The rights came with the conditions that Interplay had to maintain a production schedule, and secure a determined amount of financing. Bethesda claimed that neither requirement was met, and removed their gloves to engage in legal fisticuffs.
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http://www.screwattack.com/news/inte...t-mmo-bethesda
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