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Contact:
Tom Richardson
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GAMING LEGEND BRIAN
FARGO RETURNS
WITH INXILE ENTERTAINMENT
Newport Beach, CA (September 30,
2003) –
Brian Fargo, considered one
of the early architects of the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment
industry, has returned to the world of gaming with a new company dedicated to
bringing quality video games to the market. inXile entertainment’s first title is based on one of the most
highly successful original computer role-playing games
(RPG) and number one hit, The Bard’s Tale®. inXile will satisfy the
original game’s cult-like fans, who have generated a decade of frenzied rumors and
web petitions, by creating a modern interpretation of the classic genre for
next generation console gaming platforms and the PC. The name of the title will
be The Bard’s Tale worldwide (the
final name is undetermined for the
United States
, pending trademark
proceedings).
Headquartered in
Newport Beach,
California,
inXile entertainment is striving to be the benchmark for a new generation of
computer game publishers by modeling their production and financing after
Hollywood production companies like Miramax and New Line
Cinema. Similar to a motion picture production company, inXile is funding its
production by selling off territorial distribution rights and taking additional
financial risk itself for increased profitability.
“After a nice break from the
industry I’m recharged and anxious to make great games again,” said
Brian Fargo, CEO of inXile entertainment. “I have collaborated with some of the top
people in the industry to create inXile. We believe our success will lie
in our business model, our intensive pre-production development philosophy, our
commitment to creating an enriching atmosphere for creativity and teamwork and our
focus on developing a limited number of triple A titles
at a time.”
The Bard’s Tale combines the development team’s collective knowledge of compelling RPG gameplay
with brilliant graphics and major motion picture quality story and dialogue.
Unlike most RPG games produced today, The Bard’s Tale will eschew genre clichés
in favor of intelligent humor for an original and truly entertaining
experience. inXile’s development focus on the RPG
genre comes from
Brian Fargo’s long legacy of delivering standard-setting RPGs to market. While inXile’s principals headed production
at their previous game company they won RPG of the Year crowns four years in a
row.
The initial The Bard’s Tale, produced by
Brian Fargo and published by Electronic Arts,
originally shipped to market in 1985 on the Apple II computer and quickly
achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. It quickly became a #1 seller and later
spawned two sequels and a series of books. The series went on to sell over 1
million copies worldwide. The game
achieved numerous awards and industry fame and eventually was inducted into Computer Gaming World magazine’s Hall of
Fame and GameSpy’s Hall of Fame. Because of the resurgence in pop culture of fantasy-based stories and the intense popularity of the RPG genre, bringing back
this classic franchise utilizing the latest technologies is sure to be a success
with gamers around the world.
inXile entertainment was founded in 2002 by industry veteran
Brian Fargo, who turned one of the
first small game developers from the early 1980s into one of the top 5 PC game
publishers of the 1990s. Development
focus is on producing Role-Playing Games (RPGs) from
a legacy of releasing iconoclastic RPGs to market
like Wasteland, Dragon Wars, Fallout,
Neuromancer, and Baldur’s Gate. For more information, visit
www.inxile-entertainment.com.
All trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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(Press release archived by The Bard's Tale Compendium)