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Bethesda Sues Interplay for Selling Fallout Trilogy
UPDATE : 4/24/2010
Bethesda Loses this lawsuit, causing smiles on all classic Vaultdweller’s faces everywhere!
The original Fallout games laid the foundation for Fallout 3, so I was definitely thinking “WTF” when I read that Bethesda Softworks has filed a lawsuit accusing Interplay of trademark infringement over its sales of Fallout Trilogy. Apparently Bethesda and Interplay had an agreement whereby Interplay was allowed to continue to make and sell the old Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics games, but all advertising and promotional materials had to be approved by Bethesda beforehand.
Bethesda is now claiming that Interplay did not do so, and that games are now becoming confused about who made the classic and the new Fallout games, in addition to breaking their agreement by selling the games via digital download. Supposedly this situation has caused Bethesda “immediate, substantial, and irreparable harm.”
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Silly greedy people
how the hell is selling games that do no belong to them causing irreparable harm? Bethesda would have never have made Fallout 3 and become super famous if it wasn’t for the old games. I agree they are being stupid and greedy.
Sorry Bethesda, that’s a fail. :
Oh, nice. So I can re-rebuy Fallout, and rebuy fallout 2 and tactics? Who needs Fallout 3 then?
Yeah, right!
BethSoft just being the Borg that they are…
@Sammy
Actually it’s not a “Fail” for Bethesda. If you look at wikipedia for “Fallout” it’ll actually mention, at least last time I read it (one year ago), that there were three primary people that fathered fallout and it’ll discuss what movies and other games inspired it. Then if you wikipedia those three people or just do some general googling around for them, you will find that each and every single one of them found that Interplay was poorly managed. They used to make best to see just how many years or months it would take for Bethesda go bankrupt.
This really doesn’t surprise me at all. Interplay was not a well maintained company and the fact that they stayed open long enough to come out with Fallout Tactics, Blauders Gate II, and the much hated “Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel” for the PS2 is actually quite an achievement for a company that was doomed to fail due to poor management.
No I see it. I saw the Interplay fallout trilogy and thought at first it was an awesome deal to put Fallout 1, 2 & 3 all in the same box. Trilogy implied (to me anyway) the three serially numbered games – not Tactics. Folks may have bought the “trilogy” thinking they were getting Fallout 3 and then not bought Bethesda’s game.
I’m more pissed off that Interplay didn’t just keep the franchise going themselves. Though Bethsida did the game justice as a FPS. Bethsida is using this to get some attention nearing the release of new vegas. Interplay’s legal team must be slacking cause why would you even allow that stipulation in the licensing agreement.