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| Type | defunct (2003) |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Orange County, California, USA |
| Key people | Feargus Urquhart: founder, division director |
| Industry | computer and video game industry |
| Products | video games |
Black Isle Studios was a division of the computer and video game developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment, created specifically for the development of computer role-playing games. It was based in Orange County, California, USA.[1] The division was formed during 1996, adopting the name "Black Isle Studios" during 1998.[2] The idea for the division's name came from the Black Isle in Scotland - founder Feargus Urquhart's native country.[3] Black Isle Studios is most famous for working on Planescape: Torment, though they also achieved success with the Fallout, Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate series of computer role-playing games, though it merely published the Baldur's Gate series.
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In 1998, several key members responsible for the division's first title, Fallout, left Interplay to form Troika Games after they "were unable to come to an agreement with Interplay as to how [their] next team should be structured".[4] On December 8, 2003, in the midst of serious financial difficulties, Interplay laid off the entire Black Isle Studios staff.[5] By then, most members had moved on to found Obsidian Entertainment.
Among the products whose development Black Isle assisted are:
Two compilations bearing their name were also released:
Canceled Projects include:
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A division of Interplay Entertainment.
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| Type | Public Defunct as of December 8, 2003 |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Orange County, California, USA |
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| Parent Company | N/A |
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Black Isle Studios was a developer for some of the most critically acclaimed PC role-playing games, like Planescape: Torment and Fallout. They were shut down by Interplay in 2003. The remnants of the team started a new developer, Obsidian Entertainment, who developed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
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   | GameSpot: "Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios" (8 Dec 2003) - Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios - PC News at GameSpot |
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| | Black Isle Studios - IGN: Black Isle Studios |
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| | The Rise and Fall of Troika - The Escapist : The Rise and Fall of Troika |
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