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Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

freespeech — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:33:23 MDT

I didn't know MDk was a big seller for them??????

freespeech

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Rebelphoenix83 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:25:13 MDT

I will be all over EWJ and Descent like shit on velcro.

Rebelphoenix83

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zensatori — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:08:04 MDT

DESCENT!!! OMFG!! So Happy.... so very happy!! I hope the don't mess it up!

zensatori

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Fullmetalbill — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:07:09 MDT

Now all we need is 3DO to rise from the grave so "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" can finally get released.

*wishful thinking*

Fullmetalbill

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unmarkedone — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:39:38 MDT

MDK is hands-down one of the best action games every created and desperately needs another sequel.

And as much as I don't need another MMO to distract me, Fallout is the perfect universe for it. I will play the crap out of it if they ever finish one.

unmarkedone

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E-Grizzle — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:50:14 MDT

@chinesedentist: good call on the Clayfighter/Brawl idea!

E-Grizzle

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PsycheDiver — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:40:55 MDT

JIM. MUST. RETURN!!!

PsycheDiver

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Skunky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:44:43 MDT

Okay, am I the only one that's drooling over the nausea-inducing thought of Descent on the Wii? The controls are perfect!

Cursor based aiming/tilting, nunchuck stick strafing and thrust, triggers for weapons. It's very simple and would make it extremely easy to really get in and blow crap up. Or very quickly throw yourself upside down, do some spins, and make all your friends toss their cookies from motion sickness. It'll be awesome.

Skunky

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Xerem — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:23:40 MDT

How can they do a Dark Alliance sequel? I'm pretty sure I remember them selling the rights to the name "Dark Alliance" to Snowblind and remember hearing talk about it on Snowblind's forums.

Hrm, they must have hired Snowblind because when you go to Snowblind's website it looks like they are gearing up to announce a new D&d type fantasy game.

Xerem

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TheCleaningGuy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:14:25 MDT

I am humping the first Interplay employee I see.
MDK3!

TheCleaningGuy

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MarshmallowMark — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:07:39 MDT

MDK all day!

MarshmallowMark

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Byakko — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:52:56 MDT

A next-gen MDK = So much win

Byakko

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MrBartokomous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:30:09 MDT

A new ClayFighter with real-time deformable fighters could actually be pretty cool... make it happen pretty please?

MrBartokomous

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interstate78 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:19:33 MDT

If they really do a Fallout MMO, I can kiss my free-of-WoW new life goodbye.

I really hope that this time around, they'll keep the books tight and stay alive because Interplay is like the father of PC gaming or something. It was by far one of my favorites (in the pre-fps era I guess)

interstate78

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Scorpi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:29 MDT

Thank you, Interplay, for not dying on us all those years ago. Now, my avatar wants me to say, "Earthworm Jim! YEAH!" But the rest of me says, BATTLECHESS! BATTLECHESS!

Scorpi

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skrame ☆ — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:50:03 MDT

Don't kill me for saying this, but I think someone should buy Interplay out. Even EA.

They have a great stable of classic games that can be remade or given quality sequels, but they may not have the finances to make them. I don't want to hear of them going bankrupt while they're making MDK3.

The only reason they have money now is because of the sale of the Fallout IP. With a market cap of only 7.24 million, this company is ripe to be picked. The stock is only at $.07 per share.

skrame ☆

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mordennight — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:13:38 MDT

How do I get hired by Interplay for this? I would Kiss Jack Thompson on the lips if it meant I could work on a brand new Earthworm Jim game.

Okay maybe Kissing JT on the Lips would be a little overboard let me rephrase that.

I would gladly allow myself to be sodomized by a retarded half whale half buffalo hybrid monster while watching a nonstop 72 hour marathon of the Gilmore girls if it meant I could work on a brand new Earthworm Jim game.

You know what's funny is that I actually do find that less disgusting than kissing JT.

mordennight

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argh — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:08:59 MDT

I'm scared for the EWJ sequel. EWJ for N64 sucked.

argh

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eugaet — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:56:56 MDT

@QualityJeverage: By the time I got to the second line of your 'Freespace 3'-apalooza, my brain had melded it into 'Threespace' and now I can't think of anything else. Thanks.

eugaet

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Mlata — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:55:59 MDT

EARTHWORM JIM??? What the fuck!?

But please only with HIGH-QUALITY 2D graphics!

Hate it when they 3d-alize the shit out of good 2D plattformers like Sonic 'n Stuff.

DONT EVEN TRY! Unless you're Nintendo...

Mlata

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Itri — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:41:47 MDT

@PaddyStardust: Yeah dude I don't know why people are not more excited about Dark Alliance. It truly is an amazing game and I just can't wait for this. Now all I need is my damn Knights of the Old Republic 3 announcement!!!

Never played MDK, guess I should check it out.

Itri

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3xch4ng3 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:34:58 MDT

Now hopefully Interplay with resurrect the recently canceled Carmageddon and maybe a next-gen Redneck Rampage! Who's with me?

3xch4ng3

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ShaggE — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:26:03 MDT

MDK3!!! Fuckin' A! *nerdgasm*

ShaggE

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Drakron — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:19:19 MDT

@juv3nal:

As said, they sold "Fallout" to Bethsoft.

Interplay is still dead, the staff was laid off years ago and what is left is simply a skeleton of company.

They have NO development teams and more important NO money, 5 millions is nothing to set up a new team, let alone being able to develop any of those titles without running into the red in the first month.

That is why Herve is still trying to sell the Fallout MMORPG to investors.

Drakron

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QualityJeverage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:17:18 MDT

The more I say Freespace 3, the more likely it is.

Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3, Freespace 3...

Please. Please. I will sell my soul and all of my possessions (Save for the PC the game will be played on).

QualityJeverage

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Volomon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:12:14 MDT

Fallout rights, aside from that nothing. Seriously though wtf have these guys been doing this whole time they man some damn good games. I don't understand how you go from success to nothing.

Volomon

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juv3nal — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:52:47 MDT

Revenue? What have they even sold in the last year?

juv3nal

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JohnnyLA — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:45:59 MDT

I was on the Freespace 2 team back in the day and the only thing I can say is..

..f&*k these guys.

The punks couldn't market the game correctly, any royalties were gone because they went under, and we crunched hard to ship it 1 month early to get it in "the quarter for them". Who the hell does that nowadays and still turns out a great game?

Unless the Descent IP is going to Volition and V has a great contract with them to make it, then they can walk off a short pier.

Yeah, I'm grumpy today :)

JohnnyLA

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Mezodon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:44:47 MDT

I'd play a Descent IV... even though I always sucked at the previous games.

Mezodon

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Grauw — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:36:36 MDT

Descent! Earthworm Jim! Yes!

Grauw

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chinesedentist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:34:46 MDT

Interplay needs to bring back Boogerman.

For Wii, even.

Boogerflinging with waggle!

chinesedentist

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spartan.blue — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:29:48 MDT

Awesome! I'd love to see Freespace 3! That would probably be the best thing ever.

spartan.blue

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Alecsander_C — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:26:15 MDT

OMFG!!

Please make an earth worm jim game!

No clayfighters though
thank you very much

Alecsander_C

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psychobaka — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:49:04 MDT

Always nice to have good news come down the pipeline. : ) Here's to a decent Fallout MMO and a suitably modern Descent 4! My roommate is a little worried that a Fallout MMO would be difficult because the aspect of the original is that you could do anything in the world and would have to deal with the consequences for the remainder of the game.

psychobaka

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Mohrdikai — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:36:46 MDT

I don't see why everyone's so excited... maybe I'm just a pessimist. The only thing I see neo-Interplay has going for themselves is that they own a lot of names. Names don't mean much if you don't have good devs to back that up, and there's been little indication so far what kind of devs these sequels will end up with.

Mohrdikai

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supercrap — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:34:21 MDT

Oh man, MDK 3. Talk about a reason to live.

supercrap

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AceKicker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:31:31 MDT

@Zenshai: They sold the rights to the single player rights, but retained rights to make an MMO, provided they make a certain amount of funding and get started on it within a certain timeframe.

AceKicker

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Genjitsu — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:29:53 MDT

Wow, Descent? Fond memories of slight motion sickness and having an advantage with my CH Flightstick Pro - the 4-way toggle on the top of the joystick was GREAT for strafing up and down!

Genjitsu

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Zenshai — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:26:38 MDT

So... explain to me how they still plan to do a Fallout MMO if they sold the IP?

Zenshai

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execrationist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:25:33 MDT

Oh gods please let this be a new Freespace!

execrationist

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Koztah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:24:57 MDT

@Cupajo:

Clearly you have never been subjected to Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, the console game.

Koztah

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FelicioLostHorizonPT — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:17:44 MDT

Descent? All hail the king of Vomit!

FelicioLostHorizonPT

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TearsandScreams — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:15:37 MDT

@PaddyStardust: I hear ya! Bloody loved Dark Alliance :) I fail to see any bad news in this announcement though. All franchises that I welcome a sequel to.

TearsandScreams

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rustingmiller — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:13:17 MDT

if they do make a new earthworm jim, and his creator doug tennapel is not on board...you can pretty much expect it to suck

rustingmiller

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SkutSkut — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:03:37 MDT

Best. News. EVER.

SkutSkut

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BlackIceJoe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:03:29 MDT

I can't wait to save Princess whats her name again in Earth Work Jim. Just so you know that really is her name.

BlackIceJoe

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firesign — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:51:17 MDT

new descent?? oh HELL yes!!!

firesign

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Ghede — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:43:43 MDT

Celebration time!

Ghede

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Ketzerei — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:41:22 MDT

Why in God's name would you bring back Dark Alliance instead of the real Baldur's Gate!?

Someone at Interplay needs a thorough whompin'.

Ketzerei

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ZagZagovich — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:37:12 MDT

I'm too happy to even write something more interesting. Also MDK with new engine? HOLLY SHIT! THAT'S AWESOME!!!

ZagZagovich

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deathless — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:36:33 MDT

*sob* Freespace 2... One of the finest game that few had heard of :( I would love a sequel but looking back at the series' past sales' record, a sequel/remake is unlikely to happen.

Interplay, prove me wrong.

deathless

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railskins — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:33:29 MDT

I was just thinking about Descent1+2 this morning, my favorite 3d space (mines in space) shooters. thiefbot sucked though, and was your very first priority to destroy him on every level.

D3 sort of took a kitchen sink approach and lost my interest halfway through.. they kept throwing newer, tinier, uninteresting super powerful robots at me until I just got bored..

I sure would rather have a Sacrifice sequel more than any other thing on their list. the voice talent on that game was great (brad garret, tim curry) and you have to play it through about 15 times to hear and see everything.. most replayable game ever plus lots of free maps!

railskins

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Maleficence — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:32:24 MDT

FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW

Maleficence

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red — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:29:14 MDT

thats quite an announcement. theyve gone and dug up some of the most memorable, genre defining titles from ages past and promised to reanimate them. i mean, mdk? first sniper rifle in a game - think about what they did there. descent? the first game that used 3d models instead of sprites - quake 1 didnt happen for nearly 2 more years, and the six axis gameplay was mind bending. earthworm jim spawned a tv show it was so popular and unique, and itd be on anyones list of first class 2d sidescrollers.

i wont even touch freespace, because afaik derek smart is involved with it now and i dont want to attract his attention (i wouldnt have even said the name if i thought the kids would know who he was today), and also because the idea of a freespace 3 is possibly the only 'perfect world' dream game i have left.

personally i think they just casually threw those names in a press release to use what little buzz they still have after over a decade to drum up interest. we'll either never see them, or we'll regret that we did when we do.

red

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chinesedentist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:23:58 MDT

As far as a new Clayfighter goes, that could actually be interesting but it would probably work best if they readjusted their sites a little bit.

The original games worked mostly as direct satire of Mortal Kombat specifically and action movies in general.

Their humor was enough to get kids interested, and the actual fighting itself was solid enough to keep them interested.

With the irrelevance of Mortal Kombat these days and the decreased interest in fighting games overall, a new Clayfighter might do better to set its sights broader.

I would actually like to see a Super Smash Brothers Brawl style game that actually satirizes video game characters across multiple platforms while also skewering Nintendo's idiosyncrasies more specifically.

Imagine a Master Chief surrogate vs a Chell from Portal surrogate vs a Zelda surrgoate vs a Colossus surrogate (From Shadow of the Colossus of course).

They could have a lot of fun with gameplay mechanics, and the sky's the limit as far as who or what they chose to parody.

chinesedentist

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rannic — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:22:30 MDT

Please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up...

rannic

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Krackatoa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:20:41 MDT

YOU GO INTERPLAY! YOU GO!

Krackatoa

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photoboy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:17:38 MDT

@cactaur: Yeah I wasn't very keen on MDK2 either, but the first was brilliant and it still plays well today.

photoboy

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Saint Anima — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:16:59 MDT

Ah, Earthworm Jim. Could either be a great comeback or an abysmal one. Would be cool to see an HD remake of the first two games, if possible. If they make a sequel, I'm somewhat hoping for a little "2.5D". Earthworm Jim 3D was sorta...eh.

Saint Anima

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fuchikoma — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:16:03 MDT

DESCEEEEEENT!
Please not Freespace!

fuchikoma

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cactaur — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:13:47 MDT

Hope they stick with the MDK 1 formula. MDK 2 with the Max and the Doc was a serious let down.

cactaur

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AceKicker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:11:37 MDT

@Pibe38: You know back in the days of the Freespace Developers List, I was the one that suggested to Volition to create battles in reactive nebulas for the sequel?

I'll cherish that till the day I die. :D

AceKicker

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chinesedentist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:09:05 MDT

I would LOVE a new Earthworm Jim, if they could somehow get Doug Tennapel involved and create some new characters and a very inventive storyline worthy of his current work in comics.

I'd love to see a 2.5 D sequel for DS/PSP but if they must do a 3D version, here's hoping they borrow ideas from Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess...

chinesedentist

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Uchikoma — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:03:49 MDT

Descent. Did I just see Descent? Damn, if that's true, this news post has officially made my day.

Uchikoma

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Pibe38 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:02:29 MDT

If they come up with good sequels for the Descent and Descent: Freespace games my life will be complete! Well, not really, but it sure be awesome!

I have a copy of Freespace 2: Game of the Year Edition still shrinkwrapped... maybe it'll go up in value! Hahaha!

Heck, the site is still up - [www.freespace2.com]

Anyway, here's hoping to kick some Shivan a**!!!

Pibe38

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SirGeekelot — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:58:58 MDT

If they are going to go back and make sequels for games then why not Sacrifice. That game was awesome and would be great with todays graphics.

SirGeekelot

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Loyal2none — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:58:12 MDT

Freespace is such an amazing game. The scale of the ships... Just Youtube it dam it!

Loyal2none

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brent_w — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:57:39 MDT

@brent_w: AND Descent?

This is is my new of the week ... hell ... the month.

brent_w

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:57:02 MDT

Descent! I feel with today's Multi-core CPU and GPUs...I could puke! Nausea ftw!!!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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TheLandmark — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:56:17 MDT

Is it wrong for me to get my hopes up?@

href="#c5100617">DorkimusPrime: Funny, I was thinking a new Clay Fighter would be great also.

TheLandmark

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Eldragon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:56:03 MDT

Descent Freespace 3... Im looking forward to it already. The space sim genre has been pretty much dead ever since.

Eldragon

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AceKicker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:55:49 MDT

That's great and all, but where the hell is my FreeSpace 3??

AceKicker

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brent_w — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:55:35 MDT

EARTHWORM JIM!!!!!!?????

Now I can die happy.

brent_w

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CockroachMan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:54:00 MDT

EarthWorm Jim and MDK! Loved both series!

CockroachMan

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MisterSleep — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:52:47 MDT

@jayntampa: I'm with you... every time I hear about a new addition to an old and loved franchise, my heart screams with joy but my brain tells it to shut up. We've all been burned before by studios phoning it in, so Interplay has some big expectations to live up to. I fully echo the 2.5D EWJ sentiments, and I would murder, die, or kill for another MDK, but they have to be done right. And somebody please hide this from Uwe Boll. I don't want him crapping on any more of my memories.

MisterSleep

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MURDERFACE — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:51:17 MDT

@mangajunky: Yeah that would be awesome or even to put the cartoons on a extra DVD. well they did if for Sam & Max iam sure they can do it for EWJ.

MURDERFACE

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MURDERFACE — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:48:55 MDT

Earthworm jim?! wow all i can say is...........

grooovy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MURDERFACE

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I Spit On Your Comments — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:48:19 MDT

Earthworm Jim needs to be put on the XBLA.

I Spit On Your Comments

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crescentfresh — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:47:39 MDT

Earthworm Jim was some of the funniest, weirdest gaming I ever experienced. I hope they can pull off a sequel after all these years (was the N64 game any good???).

crescentfresh

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egoodchild — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:41:04 MDT

april 1st was a week ago.

egoodchild

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the-hypnotoad — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:40:45 MDT

YAY for the material defender! 16 player descent matches on Live plz (not asking for 32 player matches on my PC - no chance what I have now could run a new Descent game)

the-hypnotoad

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concerning — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:38:35 MDT

Earthworn
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concerning

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Mit — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:37:28 MDT

Please let them get hilarious writers for Earthworm Jim, and keep the gameplay 2D (DS game plz). I would be all over that.

Oh and, keep the difficulty up, none of that super easy die-two-or-three-times-on-a-few-bosses-b... stuff.

Mit

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ndsOtaku — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:37:26 MDT

I still want my Wild 9 sequel

ndsOtaku

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mangajunky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:36:46 MDT

A new Earthworm Jim + the cartoons + an archive collection of all the old games in one package would make me totally happy.

Hell, just make Earthworm Jim DS. It's a perfect game for the DS. I can just imagine the great control with the touchpad.

mangajunky

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Eville1 says SKUse me a sec. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:35:56 MDT

[en.wikipedia.org]

That is all. One 3.5 inch disk. 16 colors on your 386. Animated Gif battles. I need to find a way to emulate it for my Dual Core. I don't think it'll work for Dragon Wars the way it did for Rise of the Triads.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

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iameleveneight — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:35:26 MDT

EARTHWORM JIM?! /faint

iameleveneight

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我不是中国人。 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:32:54 MDT

@blackadvent: If you're asking what MDK stands for, there's some confusion over that. It's most commonly known as Murder Death Kill, but it goes by a slew of other names as well. The official name for the game and what appears on the box is MDK, so technically it doesn't stand for anything, and it stands for lots of things.

我不是中国人。

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SpiralJacobs — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:32:07 MDT

Descent! Give me a new Descent, for the love of God!

SpiralJacobs

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Ehrich Blackhound — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:31:46 MDT

What about Out Of This World?! BAH!

Ehrich Blackhound

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我不是中国人。 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:30:37 MDT

Oooh! New MDK! Been wanting one of those for years!

I loved the first on Playstation and the second on Dreamcast.

My local GameStop has MDK 2 the PS2 version for like 2 or 3 dollars. Anybody played that version? Is it good?

我不是中国人。

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

blackadvent — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:28:56 MDT

BTW.... someone explain to my ignorant self what MDK is, please.

blackadvent

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Stormrider — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:27:11 MDT

For some reason I thought Atari owned Earthworm Jim.

Still, I have to admit that I'm skeptical about this news. Interplay went under for a reason: the guys running the show made some truly abysmal business decisions. Maybe they've learned their lesson since then, but after their fuckups the first time caused Black Isle Studios to shut down, they've got a lot left to prove for me, personally.

Stormrider

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

goldwings — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:27:04 MDT

Yes please! Hopefully they don't make EWJ into 3D - unless they can pull it off that is.

goldwings

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Wolfers — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:23:51 MDT

Awesome! I want all those games to come back.

Wolfers

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Dakobah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:23:37 MDT

Since we are on the Nostailga train with interplay i would like to see Battle Chess remade on XBLA/PSN/VC or ported with extra features like multiplayer over network or something.

Also Descent 1 was the first game i did modem to modem connection to play online with someone. It was also the first game i played where i could make levels for it, add enimies, powerups.

oh the memories of descent, we laughed and cried together.

Dakobah

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Armagetiton — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:22:48 MDT

/facepalm at hopeful fanboism

Armagetiton

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

mike566 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:22:09 MDT

See avatar: /cheer

mike566

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:21:09 MDT

Witz! MDK! HAHAH Oh man. What about DRAGON WARS??????? Where's my modern remake? I want to wrestle Enkidu in all his half naked 3d glory.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

blackadvent — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:21:07 MDT

Jim? JIM?!? Praise the Lord, my prayers have been answered.

blackadvent

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

anoffday — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:20:51 MDT

New MDK! YESSSS!

anoffday

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Troyd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:20:26 MDT

For the love of god... i hope descent includes freespace >.

Troyd

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

dashyt2dafulliz — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:20:25 MDT

Okay, MDK was one of my favorite games along with Earthworm Jim but why couldn't they finish the sequels for Oddworld and make it like the one for PSone and not that crap they made on the xbox.

dashyt2dafulliz

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Fishballs — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:19:03 MDT

YAAAAAAY MDK!!!!!!

Fishballs

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

jayntampa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:18:41 MDT

I hope they realize that game design counts ... they can't just throw sequels out there and expect money to roll in, especially since some of those properties haven't seen the light in a gaming eternity.

I really, really want them to be sucessful, though ... some of those properties are awesome -- I'd love a next-gen Descent, among other things. It would be nice to see another publisher be successful.

Personally, if they want to get a cash infusion, they should do what Capcom is doing -- take the original Earthworm Jim and put it into an updated 3D engine with great graphics ... but keep the gameplay 2D.

jayntampa

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

theTOMSTA666 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:18:07 MDT

@PapaBear434:

Seconded.

I loved EWJ and MDK I'd love to see them brought back!
Bring IT!!!!

theTOMSTA666

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

kidko — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:18:04 MDT

Descent and MDK sequels... in the same sentence...

/falloutofchair

kidko

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Cupajo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:16:40 MDT

Actually, scratch that. Fallout *anything* would be full of awesome.

Cupajo

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Master Saji — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:16:26 MDT

@Witzbold: Here here.

Master Saji

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PapaBear434 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:16:22 MDT

Earthworm Jim = awesome

MDK = mega super cannot even describe how awesome...

PapaBear434

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Cupajo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:16:14 MDT

Fallout MMO would be full of awesome.

Cupajo

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

jiSh — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:16:09 MDT

OMG, I will poo myself if a new Descent game comes out!! Those games (the originals and Freespace) totally rocked! Been playing since '94 :)

jiSh

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

PaddyStardust — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:58 MDT

@Witzbold: You speak false sir! All hail Dark Alliance!

PaddyStardust

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

foxwarrior88 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:45 MDT

I would love to see a sequel to Descent!!!
I loved the originals on the Playstation.

foxwarrior88

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

rich8606 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:13:44 MDT

Earthworm Jim!!! when can we expect them? in 2-3 years? I'll wait!

rich8606

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Darkest Daze — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:31 MDT

EWJ and Descent...whoot! MDK was a game I always wanted to try but never did. Looks like I'll have to hunt it down to give it a go.

Darkest Daze

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

PaddyStardust — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:10 MDT

Hell yes! More Earthworm Jim, more MDK, more Dark Alliance! This can only be a good thing!

PaddyStardust

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

DorkimusPrime — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:11:42 MDT

Hope it's better than EWJ3D...that thing stunk to high heaven.

Here's hoping for a new Clay Fighter...that was Interplay, right?

DorkimusPrime

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Witzbold — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:11:26 MDT

Dark Alliance can stay dead though. ;D

Witzbold

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Mr.SithNinja — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:11:03 MDT

EWJ FTW!!

Mr.SithNinja

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

MasterOfPastures — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:09:12 MDT

@Witzbold: well, if you are into necrofilia... godspeed!

MasterOfPastures

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Dakobah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:09:10 MDT

@Dakobah:

please excuse my misspellings, i was to excited to check what i had typed.

correction

"OMG descent Freespace remade would be amazing.com"

Dakobah

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Double J — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:09:08 MDT

Hey, look at that, Interplay remembered they made the Clayfighter games!

Double J

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

MugiMugi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:08:07 MDT

Dying to see more of the Decent Freespace series >< the best space shotter simulator there ever was.

MugiMugi

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

MasterOfPastures — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:07:45 MDT

The will fuck it up. I just feel it. They are just raiding the family catacombs for old corpses to loot.

MasterOfPastures

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Witzbold — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:07:03 MDT

Oh hell yes! Please let this be true. It would be highly win to see EWJ and MDK be brought back from the grave.

Witzbold

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Sean Beanland — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:06:57 MDT

Descent??? OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG...

Sean Beanland

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Dakobah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:06:26 MDT

OMG Decent Freespace: re-made would me amazing.com

Dakobah

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

xanavi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:06:17 MDT

What happened to not being able to beat 100%? Does Interplay just kick reason the curb?

xanavi

Interplay Sequelizing Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, MDK

Dogysamich — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:05:59 MDT

THE RETURN OF EARTHWORM JIM!?!?!? o_o

/me runs to tell his friends

Dogysamich