I'm pretty sure this is just a dick move on Bethesda's part, as i believe (don't quote me on this...i Mean it!) the contract between them said 'any future Single-Player fallout games' will be under Bethesda's Ownership. Interplay had the rights to make the MMO, so there's no arguing against that, but i just think the reason behind the suing is silly (apparentaly buying old Fallout games deprives people from Buying Fallout 3).

Who didn't see this coming?
Predictably, Interplay couldn't get funding for their project and thus failed on their side of the contract.
That's business, and it can't be judged as "good" or "bad".
 
More importantly, this signals the end of interplay.  Quite a long time coming.

" I'm pretty sure this is just a dick move on Bethesda's part, as i believe (don't quote me on this...i Mean it!) the contract between them said 'any future Single-Player fallout games' will be under Bethesda's Ownership. Interplay had the rights to make the MMO, so there's no arguing against that, but i just think the reason behind the suing is silly (apparentaly buying old Fallout games deprives people from Buying Fallout 3). "

" @L33tfella_H: if you actually read the article

actually no they bought it outright then leased the license back to interplay to make an mmo which they were to secure funding for and had 2 years to begin development but never did, then theres the fact that after they pulled the licenseing bethseda that is interplay then hired another studio to start doing an mmo thus proving they had every chance in the world to start work but never did. "

" @L33tfella_H: Maybe I wasn't specific enough when I said they had breached their contract. They made deals with Gametap, Good Old Games, and Steam to release fallout games when they don't own the Fallout IP anymore, and Bethesda didn't sign off on the deal. Maybe if Bethesda was looking to get paid from all of this you might have a point, but again, they aren't seeking monetary damages.  I didn't mean to offend you buy pointing out that the article contained a good case against Interplay. "

" @Berserker976 said:

" @L33tfella_H: Maybe I wasn't specific enough when I said they had breached their contract. They made deals with Gametap, Good Old Games, and Steam to release fallout games when they don't own the Fallout IP anymore, and Bethesda didn't sign off on the deal. Maybe if Bethesda was looking to get paid from all of this you might have a point, but again, they aren't seeking monetary damages.  I didn't mean to offend you buy pointing out that the article contained a good case against Interplay. "

Thing is though...the Fallout Collection has been on sale on GoG for a good while now (close to since they opened i think) and i think they're still selling Retail copies of the Fallout Collection (i have a White Label copy i bought last summer), it seems a bit odd that they filed the lawsuit AFTER interplay put the collection on steam. but i suppose Bethesda have a case here, also...Bethesda probably should've released the collection on steam themselves after they got the license...but that's just me thinking loudly. "

there's no money being asked to change hands, and that makes me willing to give Bethesda the benefit of the doubt. "

Soo.. I don't understand what's so wrong about what Interplay is doing. I guess they did violate the contract, but the contract says they can't sell the first three games anymore? That's mean.

Now they're just getting a bit greedy over the Fallout label. I didn't know Interplay was still alive though, that was the most surprising thing to me.

It's sad but that's the way of things I guess.

" @Berserker976 said:

" @L33tfella_H: Maybe I wasn't specific enough when I said they had breached their contract. They made deals with Gametap, Good Old Games, and Steam to release fallout games when they don't own the Fallout IP anymore, and Bethesda didn't sign off on the deal. Maybe if Bethesda was looking to get paid from all of this you might have a point, but again, they aren't seeking monetary damages.  I didn't mean to offend you buy pointing out that the article contained a good case against Interplay. "

Thing is though...the Fallout Collection has been on sale on GoG for a good while now (close to since they opened i think) and i think they're still selling Retail copies of the Fallout Collection (i have a White Label copy i bought last summer), it seems a bit odd that they filed the lawsuit AFTER interplay put the collection on steam. but i suppose Bethesda have a case here, also...Bethesda probably should've released the collection on steam themselves after they got the license...but that's just me thinking loudly. "

I wonder about the validity of this lawsuit, but I am glad that somebody is putting a bullet in Interplay once and for all.

" Soo.. I don't understand what's so wrong about what Interplay is doing. I guess they did violate the contract, but the contract says they can't sell the first three games anymore? That's mean. "

@ArbitraryWater: