Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios

Yea i agree.. Seems like with Black Isle gone a lot of the good p/c games are gone now too.

The saddest day for every RPG gamer in the world. I don't even play modern RPG's, they aren't worth my time

what a sad day that was.

Bethesda and BioWare, although great in their own regards, can never cover the hole left in my heart. CURSE YOU INTERPLAY!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *cry cry cry*

@suresh I just love how righteous your anger is.

The death of this company has now spawned the entrance of shallow games like Dragon Age. I miss Baldur's Gate series. Will there be a time again when we can play games like Baldur's gate? I guess not. The blind rush to games like Dragon Age that scored 9.5/9/10 on review sites by customers who don't know anything about RPG games have just nailed the coffin.

I know I'm beating a dead horse here but funk it....... To this day Black Isle Studios is one of the few studios I was devastated to see go next to Ion Storm [mostly for Warren Spector and Deus Ex], I love the Dark Alliance games I also liked everything else they did.......

Dang!! I really wanted to explore my hometown! Screw this.

No more Dark Alliance!

I know this is six years belated but: WHY GOD WHY!!!!! THIS IS THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN SINCE THE BLACK DEATH!!!! anyway, these guys are responsible for the greatest RPGs of all time: Baldurs gate, Icewind Dale, Fallout, Planetscape: torment The fact that black isle no longer exists, despite thier amazing portfolio is surely a sign of the apocalypse

Worst thing ever to happen to RPGs... Black Isle(Only just)>Bioware>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bethesda

Planescape Torment was the best game ever so RIP. Oh and dash9099, Black Isle Studios games would've sucked on any console, they're home is on the PC.

If Interplay had gone with the PC Market instead of the console it'd be a different story today.

I was wondering....such a shame I as well thought they made great rpg's...But like someone else said they really just turned it into obsidian.

Duh, Baldur's Gate was programmed by BioWare, they are still around.

i still can't believe there wont be any more baldurs gate :(

Wow, that was a sad day! No matter, Black Isle still lives, only it's called Obsidian now. :)

Why God, why?! Time to abolish money so all games will be labors of love. They may not all be good, but they will be from the heart.

oh thats a real bummer i loved all the BIS games......*crys* hated intreplays games though they just sucked. To bad BIS had to suck up to the actually weaker people at interplay.... BIS - gone but not forgotten.

I still miss Black Isle and their kick a$$ Baldurs Gate series, the console games weren't that good (goodjob interplay) but they made one helluva Pc game.

Damn! So this is what happened to Black Isle. They made so many great games. Just purchased the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale Collection packs and this Lionheart. Already had BG1 BG2+shadows of amn and IWD2 but now bought the whole package. This is sad news for us all.

So this is why Black Isle Studios closed down. A moment of silence please.

I loved the Fallout genre, and the closing of Black isle studios was a hard hit to me. I hope that the new owners of the Fallout franchise (Bethesda studios) are good to the title and make a great game out of it.