Interplay’s Resurrection Continues

Gamasutra has summed up the results of Interplay’s latest 10-Q filing, which reveals that the sale of the Fallout franchise to Bethesda Softworks has more-or-less wiped out the company’s remaining debt.

Said Interplay chairman and CEO Herve Caen, “I am pleased with the progress the company has made, particularly with our debt load, which has improved from $59 million in December 2001 to less than $3 million today. With that difficult period behind us, we are focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular Fallout franchise. Along with our strategy of leveraging our existing portfolio of intellectual gaming properties, Fallout Online will play a key role in the future of Interplay.”

But if Fallout Online fails, won’t that put them right back where they started? Why not start with something less risky?