Fallout Was Sold, Not Saved | The Rise and Fall of Interplay

Everyone knows Bethesda saved the Fallout franchise, right? That’s where you’re mistaken. Fallout was a successful series years before the IP was ever for sale. Let’s look at the business practices that caused the fall of Interplay Entertainment, and the cancellation of Fallout 3: Van Buren, Fallout Tactics 2, Fallout Extreme, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 and Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound. This is a one-hour deep dive into the drama surrounding Fallout, BioWare, Interplay, Titus Interactive’s buyout, Snowblind Software and the fight over Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Fallout's development, the cancelled Fallout Online project, and the franchise's controversial sale to Bethesda Softworks. I hope you enjoy this deep dive into the fascinating and tumultuous history of Fallout! I highly recommend checking out Tim Cain on YouTube (@CainOnGames) for more insight into Fallout's development. 0:00 - Intro 2:33 - A Success From the Start 5:40 - The Road to Fallout 12:48 - Interplay’s Downward Spiral 23:12 - The Rise of Titus 40:46 - Bethesda v. Interplay 56:03 - A Broken Industry #FalloutVanBuren #Interplay #BlackIsleStudios — MUSIC CREDITS Fallout 1 & 2 soundtrack by Mark Morgan Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 soundtrack by Michael Hoenig, Inon Zur & Howard Drossin Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance soundtrack by Jeremy Soule Featuring covers of music composed by The Ink Spots Additional music by: Niklas Gabrielsson & Martin Landstrom Red Octopus Luca Francini Alan Carlson-Green Rand Aldo Got Happy Crypt of Insomnia Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Dex 1200 Golden Age Radio Walt Adams — FULL LIST OF FOOTAGE CREDITS & SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IgDboUpAsulsKDcvwMjZcRnHGkM-6OSPsem2JAWOhZk/edit?usp=sharing — BECOME A MEMBER ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRohxutThBffdcP3H6O0Zg/join PATREON ► https://www.patreon.com/IndigoGaming KO-FI ► https://ko-fi.com/indigogaming TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/TheIndigoGaming LIVESTREAMS ► https://www.youtube.com/c/IndigoGamingArchive TWITCH ► http://www.twitch.tv/indigogamingchannel DISCORD ► https://discord.gg/j98gDah