Too bad. InterPlay is already making one (Search for ‘Fallout MMO’). Yes, that Interplay. And they seem to be ready to spend about, ohhh, $75M on the title. That’s a lot of coin from a company that was rumored to be practically insolvent just a couple years ago.

Could Fallout succeed? Possibly. Post-apocalyptic is deceptively difficult to build an MMO around – players are choosing to live in your online world, and the end-times generally do not provide an inviting experience. That being said, the Fallout universe sidesteps that with charm and wry humor, and most importantly by not taking itself too seriously.

So I have comparatively high hopes, provided they realize that’s where the magic lies. I’d give it at least better odds than the Firefly incursion.

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