Dark Alliance 2 delayed; Interplay in Trouble?

Menno · Post by **Menno** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:53 am

[Company -> Update]

It's been confirmed today by Interplay that Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, originally intended for release before Christmas, will definitely be delayed till next year.
 
 Concerns that the title, and another Interplay Xbox title Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, would fall into the release mangler arose when the company entered into a bout of legal fisticuffs with Vivendi over distribution deals.
 
 Although the situation between Interplay and Vivendi has since been resolved, the former has gone on the record to state that it now expects Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II to be released in January 2004 in the States, meaning that it will miss the important Christmas sales period.
 
 Currently, the fate of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is unknown. No update from Interplay on this title's release suggests that it's still on track for Christmas 2003 - in the US at least - although Dark Alliance II's delay does bring this date into doubt.
 
 Source: CVG [url]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/front_index.php?[/url]

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:10 am

to be expected with all the restrictions WOTC put on BGDA2

it's important to note that FOBOS will not be a complete game by any stretch of the imagination. They've lopped off the tail end of the game content and used it to start FOBOS2.

Oh and Menno, who the fuck are you?

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:12 am

He's Hammer's kid brother or something.

Interesting news about FOBOS there, Killz... are those silly enough to get it going to see a huge "TO BE CONTINUED, PUNK ASS MUTHAFACKAS!" screen?

Saint_Proverbius · Post by **Saint_Proverbius** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 3:04 am

Well, if Fallout Enforcer tanks, which we're all expecting, and Interplay isn't allowed to release BG:DA2, which might make a profit, until 2004.. Basically, that means they're rather fucked in terms of making money for the rest of the year and the beginning of next year.

Which, BTW, I think is fucking sweet.

Negadas · Post by **Negadas** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:04 am

Interplay gets what they deserve, thats all i have to say.

Menno · Post by **Menno** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:31 am

Spazmo wrote:He's Hammer's kid brother or something.

Haha, cute.

I just find it amusing, as most of you already mentioned, that they're hedging their bets on Fallout: BOS for the holiday season; now that they're top-game's going to end up missing Christmas. Good luck Interplay, you're going to need a hell of alot of it.

bloodbathmaster2 · Post by **bloodbathmaster2** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:15 am

Interplay is d00med. Now lets all sing the doom song!

doom doom doom doom doom

Briosafreak · Post by **Briosafreak** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:07 am

bloodbathmaster2 wrote:Interplay is d00med. Now lets all sing the doom song!

doom doom doom doom doom

everybody

doom,doom,doom,doom

Rosh · Post by **Rosh** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:15 am

/me 's head starts spinning around like in The Exorcist.

/me holds a giant cattle cleaver in one hand, Herve Caen's severed head in the other.

/me rowfs sulphuric acid into Chuck's face. Profusely.

/me chants "Doom! Doom! Doom! Doom! Doom!" all the while.

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:17 am

Louder! I can't hear you!

doom, doom, doom, doom, doom

Jiles · Post by **Jiles** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:41 am

bloodbathmaster2 wrote:Interplay is d00med. Now lets all sing the doom song!

doom doom doom doom doom

I wanted to explode.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:17 pm

hey rosh, i'm still waiting for that wasabi chili recipe.

killzig@dac.net you know where to find me.

Saint_Proverbius · Post by **Saint_Proverbius** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:02 pm

Less chili, more celebrating the demise of Interplay.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:33 pm

Inertplay!

Negadas · Post by **Negadas** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 3:06 pm

Inertplay=DOOM...!

Ozrat · Post by **Ozrat** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 3:36 pm

Zoom ZOOM zoom...

Oh, you mean Doom? Sorry, didn't hear ya.

Doom DOOM doom...

Slave_Master · Post by **Slave_Master** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:23 pm

I think a good analogy for Interplay is that of a Russian mail-order bride. You get her, and for a while she gives you sweet, sweet sex. But after some time, her labia gets loose, and before you know it, she gets syphilis, runs off with a Mexican pimp, and burns your house down. Several years later, you wake up on a park bench, and you see in the newspaper glued to your face by your own drool that she was horrifically murdered, in the style of Jack the Ripper, or Carl Panzram. That feeling you'd get right then is the feeling I have right now: the feeling of unbridled joy.

Briosafreak · Post by **Briosafreak** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:28 pm

Slave_Master wrote:I think a good analogy for Interplay is that of a Russian mail-order bride. You get her, and for a while she gives you sweet, sweet sex. But after some time, her labia gets loose, and before you know it, she gets syphilis, runs off with a Mexican pimp, and burns your house down. Several years later, you wake up on a park bench, and you see in the newspaper glued to your face by your own drool that she was horrifically murdered, in the style of Jack the Ripper, or Carl Panzram. That feeling you'd get right then is the feeling I have right now: the feeling of unbridled joy.

best...post...ever 8)

Negadas · Post by **Negadas** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:32 pm

Slave_Master wrote:I think a good analogy for Interplay is that of a Russian mail-order bride. You get her, and for a while she gives you sweet, sweet sex. But after some time, her labia gets loose, and before you know it, she gets syphilis, runs off with a Mexican pimp, and burns your house down. Several years later, you wake up on a park bench, and you see in the newspaper glued to your face by your own drool that she was horrifically murdered, in the style of Jack the Ripper, or Carl Panzram. That feeling you'd get right then is the feeling I have right now: the feeling of unbridled joy.

Definately the best analogy ever.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 9:38 pm

doom doom doom doom doom

Now let's open up Herve's body, take out his heart with our bare hands, and while the heart still beats and he is drowning in pain, we take him down in lava and let him burn. This will serve him as an introduction to HELL where he is going to burn forever.

Then let's all feast on his brother's and employees' bodies and eat their fiendish flesh.

doom doom doom doom doom

P.S.: I WANTED FO3