Company News Herve Caen finally packs it in - Interplay IPs to be sold off

[AArmanFV]

I would like an Earthworm Jim 4.

 

[Zed]

I guess this spells the end for the Black Isle revival.

 

[ROARRR]

Black Isle revival.

Never needed a revival, because people don´t get younger!
The dice, pen and rock & paper times are over. Time to accept the present!

 

[Kz3r0]

Time to accept the present!

Never!

 

[Darkzone]

Oh haha, he just told me it's fine! You see? Herve did nothing wrong!

https://mega.nz/#!R8RUHTqK!t5CedI6c-PVPY0MRqxX50EWe7THqxcq0UXy1RRWGvy0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0hZJzkirJPYmlaRV9GTU5OTFk/view

After 20 years this all is worthless. Besides:

So Dragon Wars is up for sale too? That way Burger Becky can get rid of the stupid Dragons of the Rip title.

Agree. Heineman can buy it and make a legit Dragon Wars 2.

Interplay have the IP rights to Cauldron and Barbarian and still think they can make money out of them? That's the long game right there.

I would buy the Barbarian IP for 100 euros, just to call myself the owner of Barbarian. (But i thought it belonged to Epyx or Palace Software) Hey i would even make a sequel: Barbarian III with decapitation and more Bikini Girls.

 

[ROARRR]

Never!

Good! Some smart response from a dumbfuck and everyone else who dumbfisted my comment
Still don´t forget the present or else there will be no games with new flow combined with the spirits of old

 

[Unkillable Cat]

*reads Interplay's IP catalog*

Star Trek, Descent and Earthworm Jim are a guaranteed sale in the "Premier League", even though the Star Trek thing is probably just a partial rights thing. Surely someone is hoarding all the Star Trek rights and IP into one place...right?

The Major League is a different kettle of fish. Prehistorik, Titus the Fox and (hopefully) Stonekeep have potential, but all the other titles are a bust. If Mastertronic could release a title called Barbarian alongside the Barbarian title in Interplay's catalog, there's no reason to even try flogging it off.

Challenger League is just LOL, though Cauldron has potential to be made into...something in today's gaming environment. One exception though is Toonstruck, which I recall was being considered for a sequel back when it was released on GOG. Maybe this will help speed that up...or maybe Christopher Lloyd will snap it up just to keep it out of other people's hands.

But the big fish here is Earthworm Jim, but it'll be interesting to see who'll try to snap up some desicated relic and try to make a buck on it.

 

[Jaesun]

I highly doubt they own the rights to MAKE any new Star Trek games, but I assume you could buy the rights to the Star Trek games they did Publish. Same with Dark Alliance™. You COULD do a new Dark Alliance game, but you would have to craft an entirely new IP and ruleset, or negotiate with Hasbro/WoTC for an actual D&D game.

 

[Illuvatard]

Just use d20.

 

[Santander02]

Dammit! I hope the Freespace IP doesn't get sold off to some IP troll that will just sit on it and bring the hammer down on the Source Code Project. If Freespace Open gets a Cease and Desist letter I'm going to flip

What's wrong with inxile? Haven't been following the news so I don't know.

Here you go, enjoy the DRAMA: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...orment-gamescom-appointment-cancelled.110327/

 

[LESS T_T]

Some nice comments here: https://www.facebook.com/brian.fargo/posts/10153863146542196?

Bill Fisher Just received the briefing materials. Right now, they're looking to sell the entire portfolio, not individual titles. But there are still many possibilities depending on how the initial IP presentation goes and who ends up bidding on it.

 

[Lady_Error]

So Dragon Wars is up for sale too? That way Burger Becky can get rid of the stupid Dragons of the Rip title.

Agree. Heineman can buy it and make a legit Dragon Wars 2.

Admittedly, she'd need money to do that and according to her statement in the general gaming thread that doesn't seem to be the case. Though who knows, Dragon Wars is in the lowest tier of Interplay's IP's, so it should be among the cheapest too.

 

[janjetina]

So Dragon Wars is up for sale too? That way Burger Becky can get rid of the stupid Dragons of the Rip title.

Agree. Heineman can buy it and make a legit Dragon Wars 2.

Admittedly, he'd need money to do that and according to his statement in the general gaming thread that doesn't seem to be the case. Though who knows, Dragon Wars is in the lowest tier of Interplay's IP's, so it should be among the cheapest too.

Corrected.

 

[A user named cat]

Vault Dweller should snatch up Lionheart. Redo the entire Barcelona opening area in new engine, forget rest of shit game and fill in the blanks with turn-based goodness in that setting. So much wasted potential.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Admittedly, she'd need money to do that and according to her statement in the general gaming thread that doesn't seem to be the case.

Wait, what?

 

[Lady_Error]

Somebody quoted what Heineman said on Facebook about buying the Dragon Wars IP. It's in some thread somewhere, that's all I remember.

 

[Kane]

What has Herve been up to, anyway? Let's find out: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hervé-caen-8a2721a

Co Founder
Company Pasta
December 2014 – Present (1 year 10 months)Greater Los Angeles Area

Company Pasta is a creator and developer of culinary concepts. We strive to provide smart and affordable food for diners of all ages. Our first business launched in 2016 – Z Pastabar

He's found his inner Frenchman. This is how things should be.

I always thought of Herve as a good, honest, balanced and intelligent man, standing with both feets on the ground. This is the proof I needed.

 

[ghostdog]

In before Pasta Apocalypse Replacement Program.

 

[Lady_Error]

Admittedly, she'd need money to do that and according to her statement in the general gaming thread that doesn't seem to be the case.

Wait, what?

Found it:

https://www.facebook.com/burgerbecky/posts/10154032229062637

Robert Seidelman Would you be buying back some of your IPs?

Rebecca Heineman If I had money.

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Charles Battersby Battle Chess, eh?

Rebecca Heineman Yep. And they owe us money. This is going to be interesting.

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Christopher Robert Adams I mostly wish the folks who created the ip's would get them or at least get money owed but I realize I'm probably more than a bit naive to think that. Maybe a company like THQNordic? They seem to be doing a good job updating ip's like Titan Quest.

Rebecca Heineman In that case, all rights to some of those ips should come to me. They do owe me a lot of money.

Well, Dragon Wars?

 

[Illuvatard]

Burger Bill should see if he can get a lien on the assets in question or a court order to block the entire IP liquidation since money is still owed. You can't force people to pay you money but there's a lot of ways to fuck with them if they try not to. And this is the perfect time to strike.

 

[Jaesun]

I do wish Rebecca could at least get the Dragon Wars IP.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Burger Bill should see if he can get a lien on the assets in question or a court order to block the entire IP liquidation since money is still owed.

How's that possible? They're selling those IPs precisely to settle debts, and then get out of business or whatever.

 

[Illuvatard]

How's that possible? They're selling those IPs precisely to settle debts, and then get out of business or whatever.

I am not 100% sure you can put a lien on an IP, but you can put a lien on property easily if you did any work to improve it and money is owed. At that point if they try to sell it then they either have to settle the lien first or else agree to pay off the lien from the proceeds. I suspect it's possible but probably has extra requirements.

You can also get an order to stop the sale/bankruptcy easily if they owe you money. Then they have to either pay you off out of hand (very likely if the amount is not huge) or else give you a certain amount of time to gather documents and present your case to the judge so that you can ensure you actually get a settlement.

Since they no doubt want to GTFO and sell everything as soon as possible then if the money owed is enough there is even a good chance that 'she' could get the Dragon Wars IP as part of the settlement. Especially since it's probably not worth much of anything.

If you just let them sell off the property then you can kiss that money goodbye. You definitely need to stake your claim and get in touch with the judge who is handling the bankruptcy if you ever want to get your money back.

 

[Fargus]

Time for Kingpin sequel, mothafucka

 

[Fairfax]

Wonder if Fargo and Obsidian are considering any of these.

The Lionheart franchise might offer a good compromise solution for Sawyer's historical RPG project.

People love to trash it, but Lionheart had a more interesting setting than any of the Kickstarter RPGs.

I will buy him the Descent IP so that he can make Descent to Undermountain 2.

--EDIT--
The "major league" titles are really sad. Fire & Forget? Solitaire Deluxe? It's pretty sad the games that Conquest of the New World, Toonstruck, and Dragon Wars get slotted beneath. I guess Shogo is in the lower league because they don't actually own the IP.

Descent to Undermountain isn't trash either!
A Descent to Undermountain 2 would actually have a lot of potential.