Fallout Online - MMORPG - by Bioware?

[HJ-Navarre]

There is speculation that this project may be the project Bioware is working on with the HeroEngine.


Here is a NASDAQ/SEC filing for a new Fallout Online mmorpg by Interplay.

INTERPLAY:
FALLOUT MMO PROJECT

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Preproduction Budget $5,000,000.00
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Production Budget $40,000,000.00
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Launch Budget $30,000,000.00
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Production Start January 2007
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Launch Date July 2010
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Whois for FALLOUTONLINE.COM

Registrant:
None
8207 Ganttcrest Drive
Austin, TX 78749
US

gordonwalton@hotmail.com
+01.5122503964
+01.5555555555

Domain Name: FALLOUTONLINE.COM

Administrative & Technical Contact:
Gordon Walton
None
8207 Ganttcrest Drive
Austin, TX 78749
US

Bioware public release:
BioWare Austin has already begun work on a Massively Multiplayer Online roleplaying game (MMORPG) title; the new game will mark BioWare's debut in the Massively Multiplayer Online space. BioWare has recruited some of the top talent in MMO and RPG development, both to manage the development efforts at BioWare Austin and to collaborate with the experienced team at BioWare Edmonton, to develop a game that combines the best of BioWare's great past games with a compelling persistent online experience. Joining the Austin team as lead designer is James Ohlen, BioWare's Creative Director, whose previous credits include lead or co-lead design roles on Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Neverwinter Nights™, Baldur's Gate™ and Baldur's Gate II™. Also leading the BWA team are MMO veterans Richard Vogel and Gordon Walton. Richard Vogel brings 15 years of experience to BioWare Austin, previously serving as VP of Product Development for Sony Online Entertainment's Austin studio, as well as launching Ultima Online™ as a senior producer at Origin. Gordon Walton recently served as VP, studio manager and executive producer at Sony Online Entertainment as well as VP and Executive Producer at Electronic Arts.


:-?

 

[Orba]

Wow didn't see that one, be interesting to see if they keep it like the original games or clean it up. Lol, be interesting to see if you will be able to become a junkie and pimp out your girlfriend.

 

[Kylie_CinVin]

oh..=/ bleh

 

[Luciro]

Alls I got to say is.. Why not? \m/

 

[thebiv]

i thought Bethesda (elderscrolls people) had the rights to fallout?

 

[Seeria]

Blah! No longer interested playing but it will be interesting to see how it works out for that genre.

Too bad our lovely HJ Engine is going to that (and delaying HJ) *snickers*

 

[blur]

Fallout. The greatest RPG ever made.

 

[Javewa]

i thought Bethesda (elderscrolls people) had the rights to fallout?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=3775

Bethesda licensed the franchise for an offline Fallout 3. Interplay still owns Fallout and will make an MMO out of it.

Both are far in the future, I think. Let's just hope those two don't branch the original and end up in a canon mess.