Interplay Announces E3 2002 Product Lineup

Wow, another role-playing game from Black Isle! Hmm… Fallout 3, perhaps? Or maybe Planescape: Torment 2? Time will tell, I guess.

Black Isle Studios set to unveil new role-playing game

Irvine, Calif., April 30, 2002 – Interplay Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ:IPLY), announced today its exciting lineup of highly anticipated game titles to be shown at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) taking place May 22 – 24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Interplay will be showing demonstrations of Hunter: The Reckoning(r), Run Like Hell(tm), Baldur’s Gate(tm): Dark Alliance(tm) and Galleon(tm). Black Isle Studios, the renown, role-playing game (RPG) division of Interplay, will be showing (by appointment only) Icewind Dale(tm) II, and an exciting, new RPG title to be announced in the coming weeks. Interplay’s booth will be located in Concourse Hall, booth #5010.

Icewind Dale II for the PC, in development internally at Black Isle Studios, offers a classic dungeon crawl experience, using the new Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons(r) license from Wizards of the Coast. Based in part on the series of books by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, Icewind Dale II will amaze players with new monsters, spells, and areas to explore within the popular FORGOTTEN REALMS(r) campaign setting.