Interplay buys FreeSpace IP for $7,500

Don't get too excited people. Interplay doesn't _make_ anything. They are a zombie holding company for valuable IPs. If THQ kept it then it does us no good. If Volition or (their new parent) Koch Media owned it then there would be some snow-cone-in-hell chance of seeing a new Freespace. But Interplay? Not much better than dead THQ owning it. Nothing good will come from this.

Does this IP includes the right to sell the game or only the possibility to use the trademark? In any case, it's dirt cheap.

It's only bought because somebody thinks it can make a comeback! ... there must be plans for it.

Dirt cheap for a classic IP, nice deal.

So cheap. I would not be surprised if the administrative costs, lawyers, etc. etc., needed to do this deal actually cost more than $7500.

What an awesome game that was. It SO needs to make a come back! Of course, people will try to say it's ripping off Mass Effect, but Mass Effect ripped this off! Loved killing Shivans!

yeahhhhh

YYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! $7500 for the best space sim franchise to ever exist! (kudos to Wing Commander, but EA drove that into the ground). That would be an awesome follow-up - alas, I doubt there is any 'space' left for more than one franchise after Star Citizen comes out though.

$7500 for this IP? That's dirt cheap.

Man, and here I thought Interplay was long retired.

Holy sh!t. Can it be. Will there finally be a true Freespace 3 soon to be released? No game will be more anticipated than this game for me. That's what the gaming industry needs more than anything right now. There's plenty of shooters, rpg, rts, mmo, but there's been a dearth of true space sims. Hopefully, this will revive the genre.

FS 2 <---Best Space simulator EVER. THE END.

I hope that they make a FS 3 since the story is far from complete. The story for FS 2 was freaking amazing! Go to Gog.com for those who haven't played the game yet. Its definitely a MUST PLAY!

Yes!!! FS is not dead! Please release FS3 on PS4! I really loved FS and would be the first in line to buy FS3. Hope springs eternal.

Not bad but you guys still owe us a second Rock N' Roll Racing game! It's long overdue. And no, Red Asphalt was a horrible substitute!

wow, if i knew it was that cheap, i would have bought it! Freespace was so amazing and i would love to see another one.

Oh, man, I should have bought this!

Fucking love FS 2.
Especially with the new texture updates. Great to see so much mod support for a game older then the average Gamespot user.

Nice.

Interplay? Why Interplay? I got a feeling they are going to crowdsource this.

$ 7,500?! I could've picked that up then flip it over to EA for $75,000 easy. Shazbot!!

Yes: Now announce a new Freespace game please.

It really is time for more serious space shooters; with that and Star Citizen coming out it will make for a brighter future of games.

Whoa, Interplay is still around? I had no idea they still existed. I used to play their adventure games back when they used to make stuff like Out of This World, Flashback, and Blackthorne.

$7500 less and it really would have been FreeSpace.

My last memorable Interplay game was Cyberia. It was excellent at the time.

Well shit, I was hoping Koch would pick this up since they have Volition.

Interplay hasn't been relevant to gaming since for a long time now and I doubt they can do a worthwhile sequel.