Atanas Atanasov

Atanas Atanasov is the President of Masthead Studios, the Bulgarian developer assisting Interplay Entertainment in Project V13 (Fallout Online). He has worked at the company since 2005.

He was also a principal player in the Bethesda Softworks LLC v Masthead Studios Ltd court case.

Project V13 involvement
Following the announcement of Project V13/Fallout Online, Atanas Atanasov approached Interplay through the Interplay Forums seeking a tie up between the two companies. Masthead offered to jumpstart Interplay's development through use of the MMORPG engine used in Earthrise. A short time later, Masthead was able to demonstrate a playable work in process to Interplay, which lead to a letter of intent between the two companies to use the engine. Interplay valued Masthead's planned total contribution at $US20 Million.

Following the Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Interplay Entertainment Corporation court case, Masthead suspended work on the title but was eventually sued directly in Bethesda Softworks LLC v Masthead Studios Ltd where Atanas Atanasov submitted an affidavit supporting Masthead's opposition of Bethesda's proposed default judgement motion against them.