KT Chong wrote...
Interesting that GOG is giving them away for free - because I've read GOG will remove Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics after December 31. People who have already bought them will keep the games in their library, but in the future GOG won't be selling them.
What I've been able to gather is that it has to do with the Interplay license expiring on December 30th or 31st, after which time GOG won't be able to sell the Fallout games. However, I haven't seen any article about this.
Okay, I found this:
A second issue drawn into the greater case was Interplay's limited right to continue to sell Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. Under the original terms of the APA Interplay could continue to sell these games through to the end of 2013, after which all rights would revert to Bethesda.
Controversy erupted when Interplay began packaging these games together as the "Fallout Trilogy". Bethesda argued that this was both deceptive marketing (as trilogy would typically imply 1, 2 and 3; rather than Fallout 3 being included purchasers would receive Tactics) and was a breach of the parts of the APA which gave Bethesda control over how the games were to be marketed.
In response, Interplay stated that the Trilogy marketing was not new, and that Bethesda had been interfering with deals interplay was negotiating with digital distribution channels by threatening these retailers not to stock the earlier Fallout titles.
This Element of the case was mostly dropped pre trial.
And this:
Summary of terms of Settlement
As per prior agreements, Interplay could continue to sell the older fallout titles until the end of 2013.
- Interplay are prohibited from porting the games to any non PC platform.
- Interplay are prohibited from modifying the games, except for patches to allow it to work on PC
- Streaming Deals, beyond a completed deal with OnLive are prohibited.
http://fallout.wikia...ent_Corporation
Modifié par OdanUrr, 12 décembre 2013 - 08:38 .
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