inXile Founder Brian Fargo to Retire After Wasteland 3

While he’s far from the most iconic name in the gaming industry, there’s a rather big chance you’re a fan of industry veteran and inXile founder Brian Fargo. The dude has worked on some seriously impressive games: The Bard's Tale, The Lost Vikings, Fallout, Baldur’s Gate, Wasteland 2, and his latest masterpiece, Torment: Tides of Numenera. Well, he and his team are hard at work on Wasteland 3, which is set to come out in 2019, but once It’s released, it seems his Wikipedia page is finally going to get a rest, because he claims it’s going to be his final game before retirement.

Speaking with Eurogamer:

"I love this industry, but I've been at this since 1981. I've been at it with Ken and Roberta Williams [co-founders of Sierra], Trip Hawkins [founder of EA], the guys from Broderbund - I look at my friends, they have a lot more spare time than I do. It's a very intense business. It's all encompassing. It seems like I should relax for a little bit."

Sad, but understandable. He’s been around for over thirty years, the dude deserves to retire after everything he’s worked on. But if you’re worried about his company’s fate upon his retirement, don’t: they have it under control.

"We don't owe any external people any money. We don't have any debt. The other shares are with some of the employees of the company. So as long as it continues doing good product it should be fine."

The full chat is worth a read, but for our purposes, it means Wasteland 3, the follow-up to the insanely well-received Wasteland 2, will be the final work of a great developer… and hopefully, his magnum opus. Still, it’ll be sad to see him go, the industry always needs new talents and familiar faces… but at least it means there’ll be room for some new blood.