[Kamikaze]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/05/news_6115737.html

Apparently Titus (Interplay's parent company) has been liquidated in France. This only affects Titus's subsidiaries in France but the 67% stock that Titus had in Interplay might affect Interplay. Maybe Interplay will go on panic and start selling more licenses too...

[Taristin]

That's what Skippy was telling me. (I didn't want to make a thread about it, although he said I should )

Something like Eur120m  in losses last quarter. And Now they're in bankruptcy...

I'm not terribly worried, mind you, but I am curious to see what happens with Interplay.

[MatthewPapa]

I just assumed all the while that interplay had simply dissolved. I did not realize titus owned more than 50% of their stock either. Pretty interesting. I wonder what will become of them.....

[delta_7890]

Good god, they're still kicking?

[Kamikaze]

They're not doing much other than laying people off and neglecting to pay employees though.

[JR2000Z]

I won't be surprised if they find another parent company before they sell the rights to Descent and Freespace.

[Carl]

why do they even bother staying together? they aren't turning a profit with no games coming out. the longer they wait to dissolve, the more money they'll lose.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I'm waiting for the day when the games market will reflect the music market i.e. 5 big companies controlling all of it and nobody else gets a foot in the door.
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[aldo_14]

It'd be better than having just EA (as it will end up being), I guess.......

[BlackDove]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]I'm waiting for the day when the games market will reflect the music market i.e. 5 big companies controlling all of it and nobody else gets a foot in the door.
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Compared to having only one game company (Electronic Arts) owning everything already?

[Roanoke]

Their purchase of Criterion (and therefore RenderWare) means they actually have much more control over the games industry than any equivilant music company.

Just think, ISS & GTA both used RenderWare, amongst others.
EA state the purchase has no effect, as you would expect.

[Skippy]

Interplay will be liquidated too, so they'll have to sell all they actually have (so licences too, maybe ?) to pay the debts.