Fallout Was Sold, Not Saved | The Rise and Fall of Interplay

Everyone knows Bethesda saved the Fallout franchise, right? That’s where you’re mistaken.

Fallout was a successful series years before the IP was ever for sale. Let’s look at the business practices that caused the fall of Interplay Entertainment, and the cancellation of Fallout 3: Van Buren, Fallout Tactics 2, Fallout Extreme, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 and Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound.

This is a one-hour deep dive into the drama surrounding Fallout, BioWare, Interplay, Titus Interactive’s buyout, Snowblind Software and the fight over Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Fallout's development, the cancelled Fallout Online project, and the franchise's controversial sale to Bethesda Softworks.

I hope you enjoy this deep dive into the fascinating and tumultuous history of Fallout!

I highly recommend checking out Tim Cain on YouTube (‪@CainOnGames‬) for more insight into Fallout's development.

0:00 - Intro
2:33 - A Success From the Start
5:40 - The Road to Fallout
12:48 - Interplay’s Downward Spiral
23:12 - The Rise of Titus
40:46 - Bethesda v. Interplay
56:03 - A Broken Industry

#FalloutVanBuren #Interplay #BlackIsleStudios

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MUSIC CREDITS

Fallout 1 & 2 soundtrack by Mark Morgan
Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 soundtrack by Michael Hoenig, Inon Zur & Howard Drossin
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance soundtrack by Jeremy Soule
Featuring covers of music composed by The Ink Spots

Additional music by:
Niklas Gabrielsson & Martin Landstrom
Red Octopus
Luca Francini
Alan Carlson-Green
Rand Aldo
Got Happy
Crypt of Insomnia
Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Dex 1200
Golden Age Radio
Walt Adams

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FULL LIST OF FOOTAGE CREDITS & SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I...

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