In their yearly earnings press release Interplay have revealed their plans to get back to work on a Fallout Massively Multiplayer Online Game.

Interplay sold the rights to the Fallout name last year to Bethesda (working on Fallout 3) but retained control of a license to create and develop a Fallout MOG.

The company is also looking into bringing back franchises such as Earthworm Jim and Descent. Their statement also confirms they have restarted in-house game development and are currently recruiting development teams. A new company website is also set to be launched soon.

Full press release after the jump.

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Have you ever wondered what a Massively Multiplayer version of Call of Duty would be like? Well it is possible that you should all start pondering. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has talked about the possibility.

“When you think about other properties that we own and control like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment…how do you monetize that?”

I wonder what this means, does it mean that Activision are making realistic plans for a MOG (Multiplayer Online Game) Call of Duty or is he just pondering the future?

I don’t think he would have mentioned it if there weren’t any plans for a MOG CoD, so one has to wonder what kind of approach they would take? My early thinking points towards either a WoW or a Battlefield Heroes esque type. My money would be on the latter, just without the cartoon graphics and what-not. CoD4 introduced perks and lots of customization so I expect that would be a probable area to pick up the money while offering free or very cheap regular required payments.

Then again I am probably putting my thinking cap on for no reason!