Forum Overview :: Mass Effect 3 :: BioWare came to Interplay pitching an MMORTS called Battleground: Infinity

[quote name="Jerry Whorebach"]Interplay wasn't interested, but saw potential in the tech demo for BioWare's real-time, multi-player "Infinity Engine". So they hired BioWare - who at that point were known only for the mediocre MechWarrior clone, Shattered Steel - to produce a Fallout-style RPG based on the Dungeons & Dragons license. How much influence Interplay had after that is a matter of some debate. Oh, and <a href="http://www.1up.com/news/baldurs-gate-was-originally-mmo">this</a> came out in a GDC panel a couple years ago: [quote]Other tidbits from the panel include how the aforementioned Battleground Infinity tech demo was, in reality, just a DirectX3 tech demo that originally had asteroids crashing into each other -- but completely reskinned with monsters substituting for said asteroids.[/quote][/quote]