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  1. Black Isle Studios is a division of the developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment formed in 1996 that develops role-playing video games. It has published several games from other developers. Black Isle is based in Irvine, California. [1] The idea for the division's name came from the Black Isle in Scotland – founder Feargus Urquhart 's ...

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    Foundation

    The division was formed in 1996, adopting the name "Black Isle Studios" two years later. The idea for the division's name came from the Black Isle in Scotland - founder Feargus Urquhart's native country. 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 Gateseries.

    Closure

    In 1998, several key members responsible for the division's first title, Fallout, left Interplay to form Troika Gamesafter they "were unable to come to an agreement with Interplay as to how [their] next team should be structured". In December 2002, Feargus Urquhart suggested that the division was profitable throughout its initial life, saying to Kotaku "We did fine... Our product made lots of money, and internally, the BioWare stuff made even more money. It was great, Black Isle. We were doin...

    Black Isle Reborn

    In August 2012, Herve Caen announced that Black Isle Studios was, once again, fully operational. Out of the original Falloutteam, only Mark O'Green and Chris Taylor were a part of it. The studio was shut down once again in early 2014.

    Planescape: Torment(1999)
    Icewind Dale(2000)

    Original

    The studio used to code-name its projects after U.S. presidents and vice-presidents. The system was reportedly created by J.E. Sawyer, who joined the company in 1999. A list of some BIS projects with their code names: 1. Project King- Stonekeep II, canceled in 2001 2. Project Adams - Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter 3. Project Washington - Black Isle's Torn; announced and canceled in 2001 4. Project Madison - Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster 5. Project Monroe - Icewind Dale II 6. Project Q...

    Rebirth

    1. Project V13 (Original) - Fallout Online; canceled after the loss of Fallout MMO license. 2. Project V13 (Reused) - Untitled Strategy RPG

    With the addition of the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout, there are numerous references to an Isla Negraland development company, which translates from Spanish as "Black Isle."

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  3. obsidian.net. Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Irvine, California. It was founded in June 2003, shortly before the closure of Black Isle Studios, by ex-Black Isle employees Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, and Chris Jones. Although they have created original intellectual ...

  4. Black Isle Studios released Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance remastered in May 2021. Black Isle Studios is a division of the developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment formed in 1996 that develops role-playing video games. It has published several games from other developers.

  5. Planescape: Torment. Planescape: Torment is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows. The game takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game's engine is a modified version of the Infinity Engine ...

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  6. Aug 22, 2012 · Black Isle Studios is a development division of developer and publisher Interplay. Originally formed in 1996, it started using the name in 1998 and it was based in California, USA. The division's name refers to Black Isle in Scotland, the native country of founder Feargus Urquhart. The studio was a continuation of Interplay's DragonPlay, not a ...

  7. Mar 31, 2022 · The Black Isle isn't even an island, in reality. ... Yet that's the spirit with which Black Isle Studios was founded—an enthusiasm for extrapolating mystery and adventure from a mundane world ...

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