Bethesda loses Interplay court battle about Fallout rights.

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mibuokami said:

Staude said:

mibuokami said:
They do not have the rights to make 'new fallout games'. They only have the right to make a Fallout MMO. Bethesda has the right to make all new 'regular' fallout games and spinoffs.

actually bethesda "only" has the rights for fallout 3, 4, 5, 6 and the rest of the franchise is interplays. Atleast that's how it was worded in the stuff i've written in relation to the lawsuit.

Oooh this is interesting, can you clarify this further as New Vegas is not part of the 3, 4, 5, 6 rules. How much leeway does Bethesda has to release these games? Can they name a game Fallout 3: until they milked the franchise dry before finally moving on to 4? Are they limited to the a single engine per iteration or can they option in other engines and keep the series going so long as the single story continuety is observed? Or does Bathesda only have the right to the next '4' Fallout and Vegas will count for number 2 (4)?

What about spinoff? or marketing Fallout games for system such as the Iphone?

 

lol I don't know that much about it. It's been a while since I read it. I think what I read was interplays response in relation to besthedas lawsuit where they clarified exacly what parts of the ip was one companys and which were the others... among other things.