Black Isle Studios was a division of the computer and video game developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment, created specifically for the development of computer role-playing games. It was based in Orange County, California, USA.1 The division was formed during 1996, adopting the name "Black Isle Studios" during 1998.2 The idea for the division's name came from the Black Isle in Scotland - founder Feargus Urquhart's native country.3 Black Isle Studios is most famous for working on the Fallout and Baldur's Gate series of computer role-playing games, though it only published the Baldur's Gate series.
Closure
In 1998, several key members responsible for the division's first title, Fallout, left Interplay to form Troika Games after they "were unable to come to an agreement with Interplay as to how [their] next team should be structured".4 On December 8, 2003, in the midst of serious financial difficulties, Interplay laid off the entire Black Isle Studios staff.5
Products
Among the products whose development Black Isle assisted are:
Two compilations bearing their name were also released:
- Black Isle Compilation (2002)
- Black Isle Compilation Part Two (2004)
References
- ^ "Black Isle Studios". IGN. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
- ^ Cheong, Ian. "Game Info". Lionheart Chronicles. GameSpy. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
- ^ Keefer, John (January 2001). "Black Isle Studios: We are not BioWare". GameSpy. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
- ^ Blancato, Joe. "The Rise and Fall of Troika". The Escapist. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Thorsen, Tor (2003-12-08). "Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios". GameSpot. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
- ^ "Black Isle Studios Website". Interplay. Archived from the original on 2003-06-04. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
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Black Isle Studios video games |
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| Icewind Dale series |
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| * Fallout was released prior to the studio's official naming, and with a markedly different development team. |
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