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Bring In The Suits…

Brian Fargo, the founder and CEO of Interplay has quit. He founded the company in 1984. Interplay has new financial backers, the French owned Titus Interactive. It is rumored that tension between Brian and Titus lead to his resignation.



Good luck Brian. I hope you continue to create more kick ass games in the future…

Top 20 Games for August, 2001 Released

NPD Intelect released the top 20 selling games for August. A very “deserving” add-on takes the #1 spot. The Sims continues to amaze me as three offerings stay in the top 10. (You better believe Sims Online is going to make some major cash!) The boys at Interplay round out the bottom rung at number 20. Guess they did such a good job with the main game, people didnt need the add-on to make it look and play better, unlike our number one contender, which was a necessary update to the outdated engine used in Diablo II. Continue reading Top 20 Games for August, 2001 Released

Top 20 Games for July, 2001

NPD Intelect released the top 20 selling games for the month of July. Most of the list is exactly what you would expect to see, Diablo 2, The Sims (everywhere), Black & White. The most interesting item on the list is at number 18. It is the only MMORPG to make the top 20 sellers. What is even more interesting is that it was not in the top 20 last month and in my humble opinion has been one of the slowest growing MMORPG of the first 3 major releases. Could the tides of gaming be changing? If Ive peeked your interested, take a look inside for yourself. As always, your thoughts and opinions are always welcome. Continue reading Top 20 Games for July, 2001