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Earthworm Jim, Clayfighter Coming To Virtual Console
I know, you're a little over the Virtual Console. Sure, pleasant surprises like C64 games get your attention now and again, but for the most part, you're done with it. Just...look, give it one more chance, OK? For Interplay's sake. Because, yes, they're releasing some of their classic titles onto the service, including Clayfighter, Boogerman and both Earthworm Jim titles. All four are due "later this year", and if this is a deal-breaker, they'll be the Genesis/Mega Drive versions.Earthworm Jim, Clayfighter to Virtual Console [1UP]
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Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK
Interplay Entertainment sure is making a come back. Late last year they were talking about securing cash for their proposed Fallout MMO, then they set up a sexy new website and now they're gushing about their 520 percent jump in revenue and churning out sequels.
During their annual earnings report the company said that their net revenue for last year was just over $6 million, with a net income of $5.86 million, most of which came from the sale of the Fallout IP.
The company also went over what they called a two-pronged strategy for 2008. Prong one: Secure loads of money to turn Fallout into a money-printing MMO. Prong two: create sequels, lots of sequels.
At the same time, the company will leverage its portfolio of gaming properties by creating sequels to some of its most successful games, including Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, and MDK.
Interplay says they want to do all of this in-house and is currently on a hiring binge.
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Interplay Readies Sexy New Website
Ahhh, now there is a sight for sore eyes. Up until recently, Interplay.com looked like this. Ugly, right? I wasn't kidding about he sight for sore eyes bit. Now they're getting ready to resurrect their website just as they have resurrected their intellectual property. All of the players are in place too, making my nostalgia gland pump out extra past-tosterone over images of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Earthworm Jim, Descent, Fallout, and the awesome MDK coil suit. Oh how I've missed you, Kurt Hectic. That's one damn fine lineup right there. Let's see what they do with it!
Interplay.com [Official Website - Thanks Patrick!]
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Earthworm Jim Commercial
From the depths of 1994 comes this bizarre Earthworm Jim commercial. It features a kindly grandma telling the story of Earthworm Jim to a surrounding group of Disney-esque cast of cartoon animals. But things quickly sour as grandma goes from kindly to creepy in a manner of a few seconds. Those with weak constitutions or an aversion to old ladies eating worms may want to skip this one. More »
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Foundation 9 Buys Shiny Entertainment, But Not Earthworm
Foundation 9 Entertainment, which already owns Backbone, Pipeworks Circle of Confusion, Digital Eclipse and Imagine Engine, just snatched up Shiny Entertainment from Atari. More »
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Hollywood and Gaming = Oil and Water
Hollywood and video games haven't exactly been a match made in heaven. The appropriately titled Hollywood and Games Summit in Los Angeles aims to figure out how to meld these two mediums effectively. (And made loads of money in the process.) What did the pundits have to say? More »
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Doug Tennapel isn't Bitter, He's Tangy
Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel is the sort of man I admire, while I simultaneously fear the possibility that I will end up like him. He goes into detail about this duality in a new interview over on Gamasutra. More »
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