Resurgent US publisher Interplay has said it is working on Fallout Online, a game that will play a key role in its future plans.
The comments were made in a money-matters talk by big cheese Harvey Caen, who boasted double the amount of profits over this time last year.
"With that difficult period behind us, we are focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game based on the popular Fallout franchise," said Caen in a statement.
"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."
Nearly all of the increased cash intake by the publisher was made by selling the majority of the Fallout license to Oblivion creator Bethesda earlier in the year.
It isn't yet clear which platforms Caen has in mind for the MMO, or who will be handling development. Interplay was responsible for the original Fallout game made by Black Isle Studios in 1997.
Head over to our Fallout 3 gamepage to see how Bethesda's take is shaping up.
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Eh I don't think they will do it, the Oblivion engine doesn't have any sort of multiplayer whatsoever, and using it for a MMO is even more improbable. Not even a co-op mod for it. But I guess it is doable, some guys made a multiplayer mod for GTA: San Andreas
They should use the engine they are using for Fallout 3 (an adaptation of the Oblivion engine) and adapt the ruleset to a PvP angle. I think it would be a pointless waste of time and energy to use a completely different engine as the Oblivion engine has always been a perfect engine for MMO gaming. Adapt it and we have a winner.
Make it somewhat like Planetside / WW2O and I'll be a happy kid. I mean, what else could they do with it if not make it a great PvP game ? Since you can play Fallout 3 (and 1 & 2) for all the 'pve' stuff (which is too awesome and can't be recreated in a MMO yet) when this MMO comes out. Especially if Fallout 3 gets some kind of Co-op mode