Black isle is back !!!!!

And so do I.

Originally Posted by Andhaira
Meanwhile, Trent Oster of Overhaul Games retweets the following:
Black Isles is back! Is this somehow connected to BGEE or might be?
And adds:
Excellent question.

Hm, it wouldn´t be a surprise if the guy´s involved in the scheme.

Maybe they dug up the name to make a kickstarter and say 'From the same company that brought you …'

Well a name is important - as much as people pretended that it wouldn't have made a difference if Bethesda didn't name their game Fallout.

They sold the rights to most of their important properties a long, long time ago, including the assets. Icewind Dale's were picked up by Obsidian almost as soon as they were founded.

I'm surprised that Interplay even still owns the logo for BIS. And it is Interplay: i just did a whois on the URL.

Originally Posted by Lucky Day
Well a name is important…

Except that anyone who recognizes the name nowadays is also cognizant of the fact that most of the studio's people have long-since moved on. And that the same sleazeball that is capitalizing on its brand recognition is also the imbecile who sunk it in the first place. So, in my opinion, this ploy is going to backfire because, quite frankly, it's insulting.

Regardless, Herve Caen has as much business sense as a squirrel; this will go nowhere fast as has been the case for all the other PR stunts he's pulled over the years.

Black Isle was never exactly a household name to begin with. crpg fans of course knew who they were, but that was mostly a niche group back then.

Originally Posted by GhanBuriGhan

Looks like it, besides we're in 2012.