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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darklance" data-source="post: 112156" data-attributes="member: 289">Bioware developed BG I and BG II. Interplay publishes it for them. Straighten me out here.-I believe that Interplay bought the license to develop D&D products and gave it out to Bioware (or gave them permission to make one title maybe?).-BGI is a huge success and all are happy with the sales. Interplay decides Hey, I can steal Biowares infinity engine and crank out another one just like it. Ice Wind Dale is release along with PS Torment.-BG II is released- another big success as far as I know.-Their license is about to go dry and interplay cranks out Bauldur's Gate, Dark alliance. -Bioware is still developing NWN at this time and get into a lawsuit with interplay (reason?) Interplay will no longer publish it so Infrogrames (the new owner of the license) agrees to.-Black Isle Studios (A development team that does Interplays D&D products and a division of the company if I'm not mistaken) gets interplay to buy a new lease of the liscense from Infrogrames. IWD II and BG DA for Xbox go into production.Now....1. How is Interplay (BIS) using the term "BG" with everything? Does Bioware own any rights to the title?2. How the hell are they using the Bioware's Infinity Engine (considering their bad relations with Bioware) now?Any other comments and discussion on the topic would be welcome. I've always been annoyed for Biowares sake that Interplay uses the term BG for everything. And that they could not even make their own engine to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> the stuff out. Thanks.</blockquote>

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