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Notice how Interplay did not dispute the claims just the accounts.
Given the amount of attention this created, that might have been a good idea. But, IPLY would have taken credit for it, instead of discrediting it as a hoax.
I hope the person/people responsible are caught and appropriately punished.
Having said that, this may lead to more attention to IPLY, which may lead to something.
I tend to think that IPLY was already working with a company, on the release of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. And, whatever company that is may be interested in IPLY's older games. IPLY has a PR guy/firm working with them, that I doubt they would otherwise have or afford.
Or might this have been viral marketing from Interplay to generate interest in their IP for a sale of the company?
It could have come from someone/ones from outside the USA. If a lot of shares started trading it would have made it harder to trace.
Early last year I had stock, in a company that normally had a hard time trading 10-20,000 shares in a day. Volume spiked into the 100-200 million shares traded in a single day (more than the outstanding shares at the time). That kind of volume can hide someone dumping shares.
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Both IPLY's Twitter and Black Isle Studios' Twitter account has posts calling it an hoax.
More about a revived Interplay game called Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury
Originally set for release in November 1997 and later cancelled two years later, a revamped version of Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury is set to be in development in 2022. The game will still take place in the 23rd century and will include fresh new episodes that allow the player to assume the roles of Captain James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Scotty.
https://www.moddb.com/games/star-trek-secret-of-vulcan-fury/news/24-years-later
https://www.moddb.com/company/interplay-entertainment-2021
I just can't imagine those that did this (if completely a hoax) would have enough shares to make it worthwhile. The penalties for such a brazen pump n dump doesn't add up to me. I am not convinced this is a complete hoax.
Yeah, I think they tried to get people excited before that timeline, when it would be hard to buy.
You never know, maybe there is something going on. Interesting they picked October as that is past the OTC rule change date.
It looks like an attempt at a "pump and dump" as suggested.
It fooled me (and a lot of other people), initially.
Herve being quiet about what the company was doing moving forward of the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance re-release, allowed this to happen.
Wonder why they went through that much effort.
Someone Has Been Faking a Relaunch of Fallout Studio Interplay
https://www.ign.com/articles/interplay-fake-twitter-account-fallout-baldurs-gate-clayfighter
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I didn't know they issued a fake press release
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I see on Black Isle Studios (BIS) Twitter page fans were giving IPLY/BIS a hard time for not having plans like the fake.
⚠️ We have found that there are accounts impersonating Interplay across social media platforms.
— Interplay (@InterplayGames) July 28, 2021
The only official social media accounts for Interplay are:
✅ Twitter (This account): https://t.co/fqJpVUhtdI
✅ Facebook: https://t.co/0BN1Zvuh7u
(RTs are appreciated) pic.twitter.com/OF4EqFO7US
Interplay just made official posts on Twitter and under Black Isle Studios saying that they are being impersonated and that it's fake...
I don't know. It isn't how public companies are supposed to act.
I do see someone is gambling (buying shares) on something positive.
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It could be something that doesn't even involve us IPLY shareholders, like just selling the Interplay name, not the company.
The more I think about this, the more I get a bad feeling about it.
I'll look for the reference.
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It's still up at the time of this post.
Well, Interplay said that they are trying to get the Twitter feed removed. They didn't say it was a hoax though
I still see it. How did you find out it's a hoax.
It's a confirmed hoax. The Twitter account will be deleted shortly, if it hasn't been already. Dam, got me excited for a minute
We should find out tomorrow.
Yeah, I tried to do the same... I'm hoping this isn't an elaborate pump and dump scheme...
I tried to do a quick Google search, but, nothing old turns up. Linkdin page turns up, but no other work. But, his positions, to date, would not make the news.
Lots of people are saying that this is a big hoax... Is the guy on LinkedIn a real person. Also they used footage from Fallout... Unless Microsoft bought them they can't use footage from Fallout. Hmmmm, so many questions
I should mention, I just saw, that the "new" Interplay Twitter account is different than the old one.
I'd say caution is needed on this, because of the lack of information.
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New: https://twitter.com/interplayent/status/1419990139447627779
Old: https://twitter.com/InterplayGames?s=20
I'm not sure to what extent people can buy the stock, but there doesn't seem to be much trading on this. I believe the Twitter post was up all day, before I posted it here, so no trading on it yesterday.
We don't know the terms of the change of "ownership" or what the plans are for keeping the company public.
Too many questions.
Usually, I would be cautiously optimistic, but, I don't like how this is unfolding.
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There are a few websites talking about this, but, not ones I recognized.
Seems like exceedingly good news. I think Hervé did not have the best reputation in the industry whereas this new guy should have tons of contacts from his time at Blizzard in a VP role. My guess is Hervé will get to be some type of advisor but not viewed as the company head
No idea. I saw the Twitter post last night, the other stuff this morning.
I'm a bit perturbed by the amount of info available without an official statement from the company.
I'm guessing we need to read the news tomorrow to figure out what it means for us.
Holy crap! Finally some real news! Great find Rick... This is unbelievable. What happened to Hervé?
This:https://www.resetera.com/threads/interplay-entertainment-relaunching-in-october-2021-announcement-to-be-made-on-july-28th.462924/
Led me to this:https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-murdock-126162208/
Twitter:
July 28th, be prepared for the new Interplay.
https://twitter.com/interplayent/status/1419421041454030851
I received my email from Schwab, yesterday, about IPLY.
Thanks for looking it up.
Oops, I was wrong...
Claymates is a video game for the Super NES. It is one of Interplay's Clay animation titles which also included the ClayFighter series. A Sega Mega Drive version was planned but never released.[16]
Claymates
Claymates Coverart.png
North American cover art
Developer(s)
Visual Concepts
Danger Productions (animation)
Publisher(s)
Interplay Productions
what's what I thought, but the article credits IPLY (at the end) for Claymates. I was too lazy to research it and posted the article.
I don't think any of these games are from Interplay. One of the games is Claymates not Clay Fighter... Clayfighter is an Interplay IP
Nintendo News: Shape Your Next Adventure With Three Additional Super NES Games Arriving to Nintendo Switch Online
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210720006106/en/
Oops, I misposted. Black Isle Studios only did some viral marketing on Twitter today, not on Facebook... that is a bit odd to me when the link is on the Facebook page from the interplay website not Twitter
it wasn't me. I'm still on pause.
I'm assuming someone on this board is selling. How about it guys?
As for me, I'm holding for the Long Haul. The CEO has many millions of shares, 9 million shares listed but 65 million are held in a confidential trust in Luxembourg, which I'm assuming he owns a big chunk of. I'm assuming at some point he will try to sell or merge the company otherwise what is the point of owning that many shares. Heck, I think Earthworm Jim is worth twenty million alone which would value the stock at $0.20 per share. Earthworm Jim has potential to be a cool game as well as merchandise cartoons Etc
Interplay is continuing their marketing campaign for Dark Alliance... they just posted again on Facebook under their black Isle subsidiary
Thanks. I see it now. I didn't see it, before.
Some of the symbols seem out of alphabetical order.
The OTC Non-compliance list is located at https://www.schwab.com/resource/otcexpertmarket
Do a search for IPLY.
Additional info on the new rules. https://www.mmlawus.com/newsitem/pdf/Rule_15c2-11_amendments_memo_09282020_2662387465613786115.pdf
Charles Schwab has confimred per FINRA modification 15c2-11 that IPLY will be reduced to closing only trades in late August. Call them for confirmation or call your broker and inquire. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-212
More info here. https://www.hinckleyallen.com/publications/sec-revises-exchange-act-rule-15c2-11-key-changes-to-retail-investor-protections-and-quotations-for-over-the-counter-securities/
"Amendments generally prohibit broker-dealers from publishing quotations for an issuer’s security when issuer information is ------not current---- and publicly available,
subject to certain exceptions. The amendments impose the following new requirements on broker-dealers:
A broker-dealer or qualified interdealer quotations system (“IDQS”) must obtain and review certain current and publicly available specified documents and information regarding OTC issuers before commencing a quoted market in an OTC issuer’s security (“information review requirement”). Depending on the issuer, these documents may include:
a prospectus as required by 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1993 that became effective less than 90 days prior to the day a broker publishes or submits the quotation (the “quotation submission”);
an offering circular provided for under Regulation A, that was qualified less than 40 calendar days prior to the quotation submission;
an annual report (together with any periodic reports and any current reports filed at least three business days prior to the quotation submission, as applicable) filed pursuant to various sections of the Exchange Act, Regulation A or Regulation Crowdfunding; or
certain information specified in the Rule for “catch-all” issuers (e.g., OTC issuers that are not SEC registrants, and not otherwise required to file reports or make disclosures).
Basically IPLY will be dead money come late August unless they get current. Having access to the capital markets would be a good move.
I believe from most of the consoles, the Playstation has the most devices available. BG:DA made the top selling list for about a day (not several days or months). It was competing with older games or several week old new games.
Older games (not re-released games) would not have high sales numbers, BG:DA seem to fall into the category of good sales for about a day, then sales dropped off the map.
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It's hard to say how much they made, without knowing how the re-release was funded and who did the work on it.
I'd guess IPLY's end was in the 5% to 20% range of sales after, the gaming services took their cut.
What type of Revenue do you think interplay made on the rerelease. Why do you think it's less than 500,000?
I think it's sold more than enough to do the PC version... they always said PC version release date was TBD and not until later this year
What type of Revenue do you think interplay made on the rerelease. Why do you think it's less than 500,000?
I think it's sold more than enough to do the PC version... they always said PC version release date was TBD and not until later this year
The last time IPLY/Herve filed an 8K was in April of 2012. The last Earning's report was June of 2011.
I don't expect IPLY to start filing again. I'm expecting the company to keep running the same as the last decade or to be sold off. I'm no longer looking for the company to grow and start SEC filing.
It doesn't look like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance re-release is making the type of revenue I had hoped for (half a million or more on IPLY's end), making a comeback for the company more likely. There haven't been any updates for weeks on PC-mobile releases.
Shareholder interest in holding the stock has dropped off.
I talked to a broker at TD Ameritrade. He said as soon as Interplay starts reporting earnings, trading would resume. I'm sure Hervé is well aware of this. Hervé has tons of shares. He is going to want to be able to trade them at some point. Probably he will wait to start reporting earnings, until either earnings are way up on a consistent basis or when he is starting to think about selling the company or his shares
I found an email from Schwab, sent back in April, about "Caveat Emptor" securities being restricted to liquidation only, starting May 25th. I did not see IPLY on the list.
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