Interplay says it will develop new Descent

Trackball · Post by **Trackball** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:25 pm

Among the projects Interplay has said it wants to develop are sequels to Earthworm Jim, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Descent, and MDK, provided it can find the financing.

Source: GameSpot

More false hope?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:18 pm

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:26 pm

Ferno wrote:LOL

x2

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:27 pm

I guess its a race between OD, CD, and this. Let's all hurry up and wait to see who wins...

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:59 pm

Yesterday I was looking at some Red Faction stuff and there were rumors about Red Faction 3 comming out in 2009, I was hoping they would do a D4 as well especially since Red Faction was originally slated to be D4.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/761/761058p1.html

Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:52 pm

Even if they did, they would probably turn it into some (spit) ground pounder.

ReadyMan · Post by **ReadyMan** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:52 am

OD?

the link doesnt work

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:11 am

Open Descent Foundation

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:22 am

Sounds like fishing.

\"We'll make Descent if we can get the financing.\" *cough* GIVE US MONEY *cough*

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:25 am

ccb056 wrote:Yesterday I was looking at some Red Faction stuff and there were rumors about Red Faction 3 comming out in 2009, I was hoping they would do a D4 as well especially since Red Faction was originally slated to be D4.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/761/761058p1.html

Volition is owned by THQ, and at last check still had a decent slice of the original Descent team still working there. While it would have been a completely impossibility a few years ago, Interplay might be desparate enough to license the IP to THQ.

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:20 am

Heh, one can hope cane he not? I mean Starcraft got a sqeual after gawd knows how many years...then again we don't have a ravenous following in Korea...

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:28 am

*GROAN*

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:31 am

Wait, I thought there was already an EJ Wii game in the making.

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:26 pm

OMG!!! YAYES!!!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:22 pm

Don't any of you remember how this all works? Even Interplay can't make a new Descent sequel without Parallax Software waving their rights to make it first, and the odds of that happening are precisely: zero.

ReadyMan · Post by **ReadyMan** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:45 pm

if there is a piece of the monetary pie for everyone, then rights will be waved...

Interesting though, that interplay still recognizes Descent as a viable project for expansion/sequals.

I'd be happy with a decent flight game (props not jets)at this point. how about a sequal to Red Baron 3D?
heh.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:47 pm

Krom wrote:Don't any of you remember how this all works? Even Interplay can't make a new Descent sequel without Parallax Software waving their rights to make it first, and the odds of that happening are precisely: zero.

Well, that's true if Interplay wanted to develop it in-house, or have someone else develop it. But since Interplay is starving for cash to fund the development of its planned MMO, I wouldn't be surprised if they're not considering licensing the Descent IP to another publisher. That publisher could then buy out the rights from Parallax. Since Mike Kulas now works for THQ as head of Volition, it might be possible for the parties to come to an agreement.

But you're right, that's why nobody has ever been legally able to develop a Descent 4.

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:00 pm

Heh, anybody win the lottery recently? And doesn't mind parting with some of the cash?

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:33 pm

d3jake wrote:Heh, anybody win the lottery recently? And doesn't mind parting with some of the cash?

Man, if I did. I know I'd put the cash in!

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:45 pm

ReadyMan wrote:Interesting though, that interplay still recognizes Descent as a viable project for expansion/sequals.

Esp. since they let their Descent (tm) expire in '02..

Nergen-Ak1-Defender · Post by **Nergen-Ak1-Defender** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:24 pm

Well hopefully they can hold on long enough that they can do this again. My guess is about 2009 they will get back on their feet entirely. But good old interplay. Ahh the descent memories. I remember back in about '97 i first played descent on my playstation. i am 16 currently so i must of played it when i was about 6 years old. Woo for me!!!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:15 pm

Nergen-Ak1-Defender wrote:Well hopefully they can hold on long enough that they can do this again. My guess is about 2009 they will get back on their feet entirely.

HA! hope I LIVE long enough!

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:02 am

This thread is more of a tease than Bunyip's mother.

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:50 am

Money! wrote:This thread is more of a tease than Bunyip's mother.

Red_5 · Post by **Red_5** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:12 pm

>Giddy with excitement< If what I've gathered is correct, we may see the release of Descent IV?

If so....

WOOOHOOOOO! Descent RULES!

P.s. Correct me if I'm wrong.

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:19 pm

\"may\" is a very operative word there, I wouldn't personally hold my breath for it, if it never comes out, that's fine, we still have good ol' D3 to entertain ourselves with.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:25 am

Heh. Problem is it doesn't entertain many of us any more (although maybe that argument is doomed to fail since such people cease to be \"us\", except for the people like myself that stick with even older releases).

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:14 pm

Oops. My bad. Turns out that the EWJ game I was thinking of was for the PSP, and is now cancelled anyway.

Red_5 wrote:>Giddy with excitement< If what I've gathered is correct, we may see the release of Descent IV?

Keyword: 'may'. The chances of a D4 are still very small.

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:00 pm

DESCENT 4 BABY!

Yes, it may be a \"may\" but it is better than never. If Descent 4 launches, it will be 10x better than Crysis, Halo, and Battlefield combined! Gogogo!

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:39 pm

Think of the crop of newbies that would be flooding in.... Time for a bea--I mean education...

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:52 pm

I'll believe of a floating castle with polka dotted circus midgets inside before this.

Or

This community where everyone respects the rules and everyone is nice to one another.

SirWinner · Post by **SirWinner** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:07 pm

Clicked on \"Self Support\" for Descent 3 just for grins:
http://www.interplay.com/support/product.asp?GameID=106

msxml3.dll error '800c0005'

The system cannot locate the resource specified.

/support/product.asp, line 106

It figures.

I'd be very surprised to see Interplay ever make any games again.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:19 am

Never gonna happen. Why cant they just die already...

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:59 am

TigerRaptorFX wrote:This community where everyone respects the rules and everyone is nice to one another.

There's actually a pretty good chance of that happening, really.

If course, it would depend entirely on the forum being completely deserted.

Spaceboy · Post by **Spaceboy** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:51 pm

Only $75m. Get one today!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:52 pm

The upshot of this is that if it DOES happen, look at the engines that are out there now that it could be built on. The Crysis and CoD4 engines are amazing. ...of course we'll all have to upgrade

..er.. didn't we wind up doing that with D3?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:42 pm

d3jake wrote:Think of the crop of newbies that would be flooding in.... Time for a bea--I mean education...

I think any descent from here on would have it's flight controls extreamly watered down. So that to you or me, (probably just you as I havn't played since the last Califest), it wouldn't feel like the same game.

Name a modern game where it takes someone a month+ just to adiquitly control it? That crucial month where people tell their friends that they need to go buy this game.

What we love about Descent, is what makes its sales suck.

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:44 pm

Gooberman wrote:Name a modern game where it takes someone a month+ just to adiquitly control it? That crucial month where people tell their friends that they need to go buy this game.

What we love about Descent, is what makes its sales suck.

Right... so your definition of a good game is one that takes over a month just to get used to how to play?
Don't worry Goober, the men in white coats are coming to take you away now...

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:11 pm

It takes roughly a month to get used to the controls, and about a year or so before you're halfway decent, so to speak...

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:44 pm

Gooberman wrote:.. adiquitly control it?

you mean "adequately".

you're right of course.

Interplay says it will develop new Descent

Interplay says it will develop new Descent

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re:

Re: