The Latest Breaking News from InterPlay

Fallout's creator reveals you could have played as a snoring cow hater who believes in UFOs, had Black Isle stuck with its original licensed roleplaying system

Tim Cain spills the tea on "GURPS Fallout".

PC Gamer · May 16

MMO vet Matt Firor was going to make Fallout Online in 2007, but Interplay 'went totally dark on me' and he went to Bethesda to make ESO instead

What could've been.

PC Gamer · Apr 30

Fallout co-creator wants to make one last game before he retires 'for the second time'

Tim Cain's considering dipping back into the industry for one last go.

PC Gamer · Apr 28

D&D's most annoying rule helped Fallout co-creator Tim Cain get his big break at legendary RPG studio Interplay after he flexed on the job interview

THAC0 comes for us all

GamesRadar · Mar 10

Most of the original Fallout's "dark humor" was added just to make co-creator Tim Cain laugh: "We made this game for each other. When it shipped, we were like, 'Well, I hope other people like it!'"

If it weren't for The Simpsons, we would have no Radiation King

GamesRadar · Feb 13

Fallout was a "B-tier side project" for its original dev and lost two huge licenses, but its creators are glad — "So many negatives turned out to be positives"

The original creators of the Fallout series have revealed it was a "B-tier product" for a while, and failed to secure two major licenses during development.

Windows Central · Feb 10

Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw

But were there anchovies?

PC Gamer · Feb 9

Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'

The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.

PC Gamer · Feb 8

Fallout was a "B-tier side project" compared to the D&D "money teams" at Interplay, says series co-creator Tim Cain: "We're off in the corner"

Not so B-tier anymore!

GamesRadar · Feb 6

Fallout lead Tim Cain worked 70+ hours a week for 2 years to make the classic RPG: 'I'm glad things have changed, that was unsustainable⁠—but it was also absolutely amazing'

"I often drove to work in the dark and drove home in the dark."

PC Gamer · Jan 24