Changes: Brian Fargo

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Game company employee

Brian Fargo

Biographical data

Date of birth

December 15, 1962

Involvement in Fallout series

Games

Fallout / Fallout 2 / Fallout Tactics

External links

Wikipedia

MobyGames

Brian Fargo

Other links
InXile Entertainment page with bio on Fargo Facebook

Brian Fargo was the founder of Interplay and was the head of the company when Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics were developed and published. While he did not work directly on any of the Fallout games; He was one of two of the producers for the first Fallout game, Fargo did also work on Fallout's predecessor - Wasteland as a Director; and the intros of all three of the aforementioned Fallout games include the words "Brian Fargo presents".

In February 2010, Brian Fargo mentioned that InXile Entertainment had been working on a game for Bethesda Softworks, which was later announced as Hunted: The Demon's Forge.

Biography

In 1984 Fargo founded Interplay Entertainment, where he worked on most of Interplay's early games (e.g. Bard's Tale and Wasteland). He was the company's CEO until 2002, when majority control of Interplay was acquired by Titus Interactive, and he left the company and was replaced as CEO by Hervé Caen.

In 2003 Fargo founded a new company, InXile Entertainment. In October 2004, InXile released The Bard's Tale for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A version for Microsoft Windows was released in early 2005.

In 2003, Fargo finally acquired the rights to Wasteland. On February 29, 2012, Wasteland 2 was announced on No Mutants Allowed to be developed using fan-funds donated through Kickstarter.

Employment history

From	To	Company	Role
1984	2002	CEO, Interplay
2003	now	CEO, InXile Entertainment

Credits

Fallout series

Year	Title	Credited as/for
1997	Fallout	Publishing
1998	Fallout 2	Publishing
2001	Fallout Tactics	Publishing

Other work

Year	Title	Credited as/for
1988	Wasteland
1992	Mario Teaches Typing games	Executive Producer
2012	Wasteland 2

Comments on Fallout now

On 20th November 2015, Brian Fargo was interviewed about some of his works as current head of InXile Entertainment. One of such comments was that he seamed to dislike how the current holder of the Fallout title was taking Fallout out of its roots and leaning the genre into parts that Fallout was trying to avoid being back in 2003 with Blackisle's third fallout title.

Recapping form an earlier interview he stated in late May of 2015, stating "Bethesda Did A Great Job With Fallout". Which Brian says now that he doesnt know what Beth was doing in the works for Fallout 4. "If we could have saved the title from selling it out back in 2003, then we at Interplay would have caught on and made our own first person style Fallout at some point." Brian concluded.

Behind the scenes

Far Go Traders in the Hub in Fallout are a reference to Fargo.
The character Faran Brygo in Wasteland is a reference to (and, except for the substitution of y for i, an anagram of) Brian Fargo.

Gallery

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-'''Brian Fargo''' was the founder of [[Interplay]] and was the head of the company when ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Fallout Tactics]]'' were developed and published. While he did not work directly on any of the ''Fallout'' games, Fargo did work on Fallout's predecessor - ''[[Wasteland (game)|Wasteland]]'' and intros of all three of the aforementioned ''Fallout'' games include the words "Brian Fargo presents".
+'''Brian Fargo''' was the founder of [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]] and was the head of the company when ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel|Fallout Tactics]]'' were developed and published. While he did not work directly on any of the ''Fallout'' games; He was one of two of the producers for the first Fallout game, Fargo did also work on Fallout's predecessor - ''[[Wasteland (game)|Wasteland]]'' as a Director; and the intros of all three of the aforementioned ''Fallout'' games include the words "Brian Fargo presents".
-In February 2010, Brian Fargo mentioned that InXile Entertainment had been working on a game for [[Bethesda]], which was later announced as ''[[w:c:hunted|Hunted: The Demon's Forge]]''.
+In February 2010, Brian Fargo mentioned that InXile Entertainment had been working on a game for [[Bethesda Softworks]], which was later announced as ''[[w:c:hunted|Hunted: The Demon's Forge]]''.
 ==Biography==
-In 1984 Fargo founded Interplay Entertainment, where he worked on most of Interplay's early games (e.g. ''Bard's Tale'' and ''Wasteland''). He was the company's CEO until 2002, when majority control of Interplay was acquired by Titus Interactive, and he left the company and was replaced as CEO by [[Herve Caen]].
+In 1984 Fargo founded Interplay Entertainment, where he worked on most of Interplay's early games (e.g. ''Bard's Tale'' and ''Wasteland''). He was the company's CEO until 2002, when majority control of Interplay was acquired by Titus Interactive, and he left the company and was replaced as CEO by [[Hervé Caen]].
 In 2003 Fargo founded a new company, InXile Entertainment. In October 2004, InXile released ''The Bard's Tale'' for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A version for Microsoft Windows was released in early 2005.
-In 2003, Fargo finally acquired the rights to ''Wasteland''.
+In 2003, Fargo finally acquired the rights to ''Wasteland''. On February 29, 2012, Wasteland 2 was announced on No Mutants Allowed to be developed using fan-funds donated through Kickstarter.
+==Employment history==
+{{Employment history table|start}}
+{{Employment history table|row
+|from    =1984
+|to      =2002
+|company =CEO, [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]]
+|role    =
+}}
+{{Employment history table|row
+|from    =2003
+|to      =now
+|company =CEO, InXile Entertainment
+|role    =
+}}
+{{Employment history table|end}}
+==Credits==
+===''Fallout'' series===
+{{Credits table|start}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =1997
+|title  =FO1
+|credit =Publishing
+}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =1998
+|title  =FO2
+|credit =Publishing
+}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =2001
+|title  =FOT
+|credit =Publishing
+}}
+{{Credits table|end}}
+===Other work===
+{{Credits table|start}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =1988
+|title  =[[Wasteland (game)|Wasteland]]
+|credit =
+}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =1992
+|title  =[[Wikipedia:List of Mario educational games#Mario Teaches Typing games|Mario Teaches Typing games]]
+|credit = Executive Producer
+}}
+{{Credits table|row
+|year   =2012
+|title  =[[Wasteland 2]]
+|credit =
+}}
+{{Credits table|end}}
+==Comments on Fallout now==
+On 20th November 2015, Brian Fargo was interviewed about some of his works as current head of InXile Entertainment. One of such comments was that he seamed to dislike how the current holder of the Fallout title was taking Fallout out of its roots and leaning the genre into parts that Fallout was trying to avoid being back in 2003 with Blackisle's third fallout title.
+Recapping form an earlier interview he stated in late May of 2015, stating "Bethesda Did A Great Job With Fallout". Which Brian says now that he doesnt know what Beth was doing in the works for Fallout 4. "If we could have saved the title from selling it out back in 2003, then we at Interplay would have caught on and made our own first person style Fallout at some point." Brian concluded.
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*[[Far Go Traders]] in the [[Hub]] in ''[[Fallout]]'' are a reference to Fargo.
+* [[Far Go Traders]] in [[the Hub]] in ''Fallout'' are a reference to Fargo.
-*The character Faran Brygo in ''Wasteland'' is a reference to (and, except for the substitution of y for i, an anagram of) Brian Fargo.
+* The character Faran Brygo in ''Wasteland'' is a reference to (and, except for the substitution of y for i, an anagram of) Brian Fargo.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Brian_Fargo_and_Mark_Morgan.jpeg|[[Mark Morgan]] (L) and Brian Fargo (R) during Wasteland 2 Development
+Interplay1987.jpeg|Brian Fargo and Interplay in 1987
+</gallery>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Fargo, Brian}}
 {{Copyright Wikipedia|Brian Fargo}}