this is a forwarded replay i got about black isle on this straight edge forum i go to. check this shit out man.. and save fallout 3! SIGN THAT PETITION!
Ok I guess the standing is that the console teams are still in place. Though Fallout 3 has officially been cancelled (not that it was ever officially announced). Everyone working on the fallout project were either fired or quit. I guess that something like 88% of the game content was finished.
That seriously sucks, Fallout 3 would have made them a hell of a lot of money. Interplay has gotten retarded as of late.
And there is an online petition for the developement to continue. So far it has 22,125 signatures http://www.petitiononline.com/f3f3fnow/petition.html
edit again...
Here is my favorite commentary on the subject (from pennyarcade forums):
Under the title of 'Worst publishers of the year'...
"The contenders:
Publisher: Interplay
The Why: They raped Black Isle of its soul - one of the greatest development houses ever to exist, fired everyone, cancelled two of the greatest ongoing projects ever conceived, and converted these projects into kiddish hack-n-slash/run-n-gun titles. On top of this, they have the gall to announce a sequel to one of these titles before said title even hits the market, and they have the gall to publically announce that even though they left Black Isle as a hollow shadow of its former self, they are still going to whore out that label to whore out their own products."
***THIS SHIT NEEDS TO STOP!***