Hervé Caen



HervÃ© Caen founded Titus Interactive with his brother Eric in 1985. Titus acquired Interplay in 1999, and HervÃ© Caen became president of Interplay. In 2001 Brian Fargo, the CEO and original founder of Interplay, resigned, citing creative differences with Titus, and HervÃ© Caen became CEO of Interplay. The Van Buren project was postponed by Caen in favour of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, and then cancelled to start pre-production of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2. BOS 2 was never released, as Interplay ran into severe financial problems, commonly attributed to Caen's mismanagement.

During this time, the employees did not receive their salaries, medical insurance, worker's compensation, and other benefits for many months. The state of California filed charges against the company for multiple labor violations, forcing the company to cease operations until the problems were corrected. A $79,000 fine was levied against Interplay, in addition to $179,000 that they owed California in unpaid taxes. Eventually, the company was closed when the owner of their corporate headquarters evicted Interplay for not paying their rent, reportedly totalling $432,000.

At the present time, Caen runs Interplay with a staff of four people, and has recently signed to publish the MMO game Ballerium.