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The Bethesda Blog offers details on recent indications that a settlement is at hand in the legal battle between Bethesda Softworks and Interplay over rights to make an MMORPG based on the Fallout franchise. According to this, Bethesda will pay Interplay $2 million, and Interplay no longer owns any Fallout rights aside from two more years of selling their three previous Fallout games: Under the terms of the settlement, the license granted to Interplay to develop the Fallout MMO is null and void, and all rights granted to Interplay to develop a Fallout MMO revert back to Bethesda, effective immediately. Interplay has no ongoing right to use the Fallout brand or any Fallout intellectual property for any game development. ZeniMax will pay Interplay $2 million as consideration in the settlement, each party will bear its own costs of the litigation, and Bethesda will continue to own all Fallout intellectual property rights. Interplay will be permitted to continue to sell the original Fallout ®Tactics, Fallout® and Fallout® 2 PC games through December 2013, after which time all rights to market those games revert to and become the sole property of Bethesda. Under the original agreement pursuant to which Bethesda had acquired the Fallout property, Interplay was granted certain merchandising rights to sell those original Fallout games, but those merchandising rights will now expire on December 31, 2013.
Mythos Global is gearing up for open beta testing of this upcoming online action/RPG, saying it will kick off on February 2, and that they have heard the requests from European players, who will also be permitted into the test. Word is: "To lead up to the launch of the open beta, the Mythos team has prepared a full month of activities for the fans. Every week in January, there will be new stories, exclusive interviews, mini-games, quizzes and more. Visit the Mythos Global website, forums, and fan page to take part in this month-long series of events. Keep checking back to discover what’s new each week before the open beta begins next month."
Fusible has word that Activision has acquired the blackops2.com domain. This follows a recent spree where they snapped up series of domains from blackops3.com to blackops6.com through MarkMonitor, and have now tracked down the missing domain in the collection. The obvious implication is that Activison has plans on continuing the Cold War branch of the Call of Duty series. Thanks IGN.
Digital Reality sends word to expect a 2012 release for Bang Bang Racing, their upcoming family-friendly racing game that features a lot of bang for your buck. The game is coming to Windows PC, Xbox LIVE Arcade, and PlayStation Network, and the announcement includes word on the game's five different car models: "Within each class you’ll find five different models that have different acceleration, top-speed, nitro, strength and steering/handling attributes. Customization is also key and the look and paint jobs for your car are up to you – there are even eight unlockable skins to earn! Gamers can find a car in each class that fits their exact racing style and the track selected for racing."
French site Gamekyo offers an image found somewhere on the internet showing the contents of a collector's edition for Aliens: Colonial Marines, revealing exclusive in-game content including new weapons and a new game mode this will include for Gearbox's upcoming Aliens shooter, along with a Colonial Marine statuette. Thanks VG247.
The forums for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning now offer system specifications for 38 Studios' upcoming role-playing game (thanks VG247). The post notes you need an internet connection for product activation/registration, and offers the following minimum and recommended specs: Continue here to read the full story.
A new King Arthur II Website is online as the internet home to the upcoming role-playing wargame sequel. Paradox celebrates the grand opening by giving away free copies of the King Arthur Collection. Every day through Friday there will be ten codes hidden on the site for the collection (new codes go up each day at 9:00 am EST). They also offer a recent trailer show off King Arthur II: Dead Legions prologue chapter that's playable now as a pre-order bonus for the game, which will see its full release later this month.
The World of Warcraft Website now offers patch notes for a new version 4.3.2 patch that's now live on the PTR for Blizzard's MMORPG. Word is: "This minor patch includes several updates that we were unable to apply via hotfixes, including the recently announced cross-realm raids, assorted class balance fixes, and more. If you'd like to help us test out this patch and provide feedback, you can start by copying your character over to a test realm. Once you've had a chance to try things out, be sure to visit our Public Test Realm forum to discuss the patch."
In keeping with grand tradition, here's a heartfelt belated happy birthday to Frans, as it was his birthday yesterday. Huzza to him, and a hearty thank you for all his help on the site over the years, much of which goes unnoted. The 8th is actually the birthday of the worlds two coolest people, because in addition to Frans, nin points out yesterday was also Bowie's birthday, though it's hard to believe the thin white duke is actually 65 years old.
That Broncos game last night was completely shocking, huh? The last thing I expected to see was Tebow throwing the ball all over the field. Looks like that was the last thing the Steelers expected too.
R.I.P.: Ex Fleetwood Mac guitarist dead at 64. An more tales of swappies. Thanks WalterEgo.
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