Company News Black Isle Studios is back

[bhlaab]

Black Isle Studios is a legendary name to live up to. One could wonder what use Interplay would have of it unless they were planning something serious.

All Interplay has had for the past decade or so has been names.

 

[ghostdog]

Herve Caen is back to rape Black Isle's corpse one last time...

 

[Executer]

A multiplayer enhanced edition of Planescape Torment, produced by Trent Oster while he puppeteers Black Isles dessicated corpse? Marvellous! Keep an eye on the Baldurs gate EE, to wet your appetite for the quality NPCs, dialogue and (most likely romanceable) companions, the interdimensional/interspecies sex will be out of this world.

 

[kaizoku]

(ok so this meme is fucking old but fuck if it doesn't better here than anywhere else)

fixed

 

[Curious_Tongue]

The Gnomes Trent, claiming to be a business expert, explains their his business plan:
Gnomes' Trent's three phase business plan:

1. Resurrect Black Isle
2. ???
3. Profit

??? = Kickstarter?

Embarrassing to say the least for a company.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Resurrect Black Isle, find talent (It's bound to be floating around), fund somehow, everyone profits.

It could work... it could work. It's not going to happen, but it could!

 

[felipepepe]

Mods will fix it.

 

[Infinitron]

A multiplayer enhanced edition of Planescape Torment, produced by Trent Oster while he puppeteers Black Isles dessicated corpse? Marvellous! Keep an eye on the Baldurs gate EE, to wet your appetite for the quality NPCs, dialogue and (most likely romanceable) companions, the interdimensional/interspecies sex will be out of this world.

Four words: Lady of Pain romance

 

[Ulminati]

I want to be a Modron!

 

[Executer]

A multiplayer enhanced edition of Planescape Torment, produced by Trent Oster while he puppeteers Black Isles dessicated corpse? Marvellous! Keep an eye on the Baldurs gate EE, to wet your appetite for the quality NPCs, dialogue and (most likely romanceable) companions, the interdimensional/interspecies sex will be out of this world.

Four words: Lady of Pain romance

That Shades of Grey bandwagon must look tempting.

 

[CrazyLoon]

I want to be a Modron!

 

[The Vault Dweller]

I would cry, but I have no more tears.

Also I'm sharing the above MASS EFFECT/PS:T shops with NMA right now.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[EG]

IT IS CLEAR HERVE HAS HAD A PLAN ALL ALONG: WAIT UNTIL TURN-BASED RPGS ARE WANTED THEN UNLEASH THE ISLE.

IT WILL BE GLORIOUS.

YOU WILL ALL SEE.

 

[EG]

Herve wants to "troll" another publisher into funding him a "game"

HE'S SERIOUS NOW - HE IS AN ELITE SUBDIVISION ALREADY!!1

Fix'd.

 

[HanoverF]

Herve can't sucker investors with Fallout MMORPG anymore, dreams up new scheme.

 

[Malpercio]

Herve Caen is back to rape Black Isle's corpse one last time...

Why don't we have a reactionface/smile about him, anyway? Look at that smirk...

 

[Grunker]

Always trust the Codex to turn shitty news into a good thread

 

[GaemzDood]

What kind of guy is Herve Caen?

The kind of guy that starts up a shitty company called Titus (Superman 64, Carmageddon 64), postpones Van Buren for for BOS, cancels Van Buren for BOS 2 (which was also cancelled), & doesn't pay more talented employees their proper salaries & benefits.

 

[EG]

They can't be that talented if BOS was shit.

 

[misha]

I think BOS was developed by interplay not BlackIsle.

 

[CrustyBot]

Herve Caen is back to rape Black Isle's corpse one last time...

Why don't we have a reactionface/smile about him, anyway? Look at that smirk...

 

[catfood]

What kind of guy is Herve Caen?

The kind of guy that starts up a shitty company called Titus

Hey fuck you asshole Prehistorik was awesome.

 

[grotsnik]

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

IWD belongs to Atari, right? Baldur's Gate to Atari or BioWare, and Fallout to Bethesda. So what do they mean with reviving old BIS RPG franchises? I'M TORN!

 

[DwarvenFood]

I'm not torn. Caen awakend from slumber, notified by his minions to the successful cash grab scheme done by Oster. He needs to rise again to prove he is the bigger troll, years of battle over Fallout MMO will only give so much of satisfaction.. the hunger grows in him even as we are speculating how shit shit can be.

While awakening, he sees his former puppets all left, in the Obsidian castle or living free lives outside the kingdoms of dev. But it does not matter, he has the power to create illusion of progress on a project, keep it up for years, for minimal costs. He will stamp Black Isle on the BG:EE scam project, only for name awareness and media exposure. After that, he will troll Atari of WotC or whatever, for Torment 2 or IWD3 or something like that - Kickstart that shit, and after that, well, it will be hookers and blow.