Black Isle, Fallout 3 Dead

[Dec 08, 2003, 9:32 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

More bad news at Black Isle Studios, where lead designer J.E. Sawyer resigned just last month (story), as Farewell, but not goodbye on the Interplay Entertainment Forums (thanks Nels Nelson) is a post from Damien "Puuk" Foletto that indicates that the studio is now shut down, referring to today as his "last day at the (former) BIS." This follows suit with a note sent along by designer John Deiley:

Today marks the end of an era. Black Isle Studios is no more. In yet another sweeping layoff of employees, Interplay has officially let go the last of it's Black Isle employees (save two that I know of) and dissolved the division. Also, the non-announced title that the division was working on, Fallout 3, has been "shelved" to quote management.

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Dec 9, 2003, 02:39

Istari

** WHY DO GOOD GAMES NOT SELL??? Now with BIS going under, joing the moldering corpses of Looking Glass Studios and the old Microprose, I'm left again to wonder... For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Planescape: Torment, System Shock 2, NOLF/NOLF 2 and Undying flopped in the marketplace. Hl, even Deus Ex and the Thief series only sold moderately well. Yet Enter the Matrix sells millions. I just don't get it. Seriously - if deep, complex and rich games sold well, you wouldn't get the debacle that is Deus Ex: Invisible War (now with more powerups!). Why is it that none of these games sell well? Are we just such a small market that a company simply can't break even on us? Is it a failure of marketing? Istari

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	1.	Dec 8, 21:35	No subject	Bunko
	2.	Dec 8, 21:36	Re: No subject	Pedle Zelnip
	33.	Dec 8, 23:02	Re: No subject	Bosanac
	4.	Dec 8, 21:39	Re: No subject	DedEye
	6.	Dec 8, 21:41	Re: No subject	TheFragMan
	9.	Dec 8, 21:56	Re: No subject	DDI
	10.	Dec 8, 21:58	god dammit!	fr0s7y
	3.	Dec 8, 21:37	fuck	Skobar
	5.	Dec 8, 21:40	shazbot	Mega Fantasy Sci-Fi PostApocalyptic MMORTRPFPS 9000
	7.	Dec 8, 21:41	Another Through the Looking Glass	Hunterzyph
	8.	Dec 8, 21:45	No subject	Pete
	12.	Dec 8, 21:59	Shelved	Kier
	13.	Dec 8, 22:04	Re: Shelved	Mad Max RW
	15.	Dec 8, 22:09	Re: Shelved	Scottish Martial Arts
	28.	Dec 8, 22:55	Re: Shelved	nin
	30.	Dec 8, 22:56	Re: Shelved	Scottish Martial Arts
	11.	Dec 8, 21:58	.....	Magus
	14.	Dec 8, 22:08	No	Sasquach
	16.	Dec 8, 22:10	Dull Surprise.	mag
	17.	Dec 8, 22:25	so dearly sorry	Max
	18.	Dec 8, 22:33	Re: so dearly sorry	nin
	20.	Dec 8, 22:37	Re: so dearly sorry	mag
	19.	Dec 8, 22:35	No subject	Sho
	21.	Dec 8, 22:40	No subject	RazorWynd
	22.	Dec 8, 22:41	Sad	O.DOGG
	23.	Dec 8, 22:42	No subject	RazorWynd
	29.	Dec 8, 22:56	No subject	Evil Timmy
	32.	Dec 8, 23:01	NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!	Epsilon
	24.	Dec 8, 22:50	Although not shocking...	Ray Marden
	25.	Dec 8, 22:52	...	ZetaMaiL
	26.	Dec 8, 22:53	Damn	Mopap
	27.	Dec 8, 22:55	lets remember the good things...	RazorWynd
	31.	Dec 8, 22:58	No subject	RazorWynd
	34.	Dec 8, 23:05	No subject	RazorWynd
	35.	Dec 8, 23:12	Still No subject	DrunkenMaster
	39.	Dec 8, 23:21	Re: Still No subject	JC Denton
	40.	Dec 8, 23:24	Re: Still No subject	ZzeusS
	41.	Dec 8, 23:26	SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Kier
	42.	Dec 8, 23:43	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Cpt. Piloter
	63.	Dec 9, 03:32	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Alciril
	43.	Dec 8, 23:43	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Scottish Martial Arts
	44.	Dec 8, 23:50	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Kier
	47.	Dec 8, 23:59	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Scottish Martial Arts
	49.	Dec 9, 00:01	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Virus
	45.	Dec 8, 23:51	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	ReDeeMeR
	57.	Dec 9, 01:30	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Xombie
	69.	Dec 9, 05:58	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Typhon
	59.	Dec 9, 02:21	Re: SELL IT TO TROIKA!	Halsy
	36.	Dec 8, 23:13	No subject	RazorWynd
	37.	Dec 8, 23:17	Re: No subject	Bosanac
	38.	Dec 8, 23:19	Re: No subject	Mad Max RW
	46.	Dec 8, 23:52	:(	tunis5000
	48.	Dec 9, 00:00	No subject	eunichron
	50.	Dec 9, 00:08	Re: No subject	Scottish Martial Arts
	51.	Dec 9, 00:10	Re: No subject	Cpt. Piloter
	52.	Dec 9, 00:14	Re: No subject	Mad Max RW
	68.	Dec 9, 04:30	Re: No subject	neg
	71.	Dec 9, 08:08	Re: No subject	Fillem
	76.	Dec 9, 10:15	Re: No subject	Armengar
	77.	Dec 9, 10:52	OMFG	Flo
	53.	Dec 9, 00:27	Sad News...	Parallax Abstraction
	54.	Dec 9, 00:30	dear god no	Kangzai
	55.	Dec 9, 00:55	Re: dear god no	Cicatrix
	56.	Dec 9, 01:19	No subject	Mashiki Amiketo
>>	62.	Dec 9, 02:39	Re: No subject	Istari
	64.	Dec 9, 03:37	Re: No subject	Muscular Beaver
	70.	Dec 9, 07:58	Piracy	BigAlski
	72.	Dec 9, 08:09	Re: Piracy	Mad Max RW
	65.	Dec 9, 03:42	Re: No subject	Belmont
	66.	Dec 9, 03:56	Re: No subject	tacomodo
	67.	Dec 9, 04:05	Re: No subject	Dwarf_Snowninja
	84.	Dec 9, 16:34	Re: No subject	Miles
	87.	Dec 9, 18:57	Re: No subject	Istari
	88.	Dec 9, 19:02	Theory: Lack of Familiarity	Istari
	89.	Dec 9, 19:42	Re: No subject	Creston
	91.	Dec 9, 20:33	Re: No subject	DedEye
	92.	Dec 9, 20:40	Re: No subject	Istari
	93.	Dec 9, 21:21	Re: No subject	DedEye
	94.	Dec 9, 21:39	Re: No subject	AgentZero
	58.	Dec 9, 02:18	No subject	D4rkKnight
	60.	Dec 9, 02:30	Fallout 3	Da Stylin' Rastan
	90.	Dec 9, 20:16	Re: Fallout 3	Camaro76
	61.	Dec 9, 02:32	Black day for Black Isle	indiv
	73.	Dec 9, 08:54	Why exactly	Creston
	75.	Dec 9, 09:23	Re: Why exactly	vacs
	96.	Dec 9, 23:06	Re: Why exactly	Dr Freak
	74.	Dec 9, 09:08	From a gamer: heartfelt thanks to BIS	wipeout
	78.	Dec 9, 12:14	This blows	Noctis
	79.	Dec 9, 13:38	Re: This blows	Silicon Avatar
	80.	Dec 9, 15:13	It's Dead	The End
	81.	Dec 9, 15:34	No subject	Waldo555
	85.	Dec 9, 16:39	Re: No subject	Satertek
	86.	Dec 9, 17:35	Re: No subject	Valtyr
	82.	Dec 9, 15:45	Curse them for this	Grul
	83.	Dec 9, 16:00	Re: Curse them for this	nin
	95.	Dec 9, 22:18	No subject	Nonicknameforme
	97.	Dec 9, 23:50	No subject	Silicon Avatar
	98.	Dec 9, 23:57	bi	Dantastic
	99.	Dec 10, 04:16	damnit	imposeeugenics
	100.	Dec 10, 10:38	Yeah I know	Noctis
	101.	Dec 10, 14:55	Franchises are bad for you	Troll
	102.	Dec 10, 17:10	No subject	PHJF
	103.	Dec 11, 03:30	Re: No subject	Troll
	104.	Dec 17, 02:19	Dear Interplay	Powerflinch