Brian Fargo, an industry veteran who worked at original Fallout developer Interplay and now heads up inXile, has announced that he will retire in 2019 after his studio`s latest game, Wasteland 3, comes out. Fargo told Eurogamer, `It seems like a good time to drop the mic,` adding that Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera `came out great.` Some of inXile`s other in-development projects include The Bard`s Tale and the virtual reality game The Mage`s Tale. Fargo told Eurogamer that after decades of work in the video game business, it`s time to take a break.`I love this industry, but I`ve been at this since 1981. I`ve been at it with Ken and Roberta Williams [Sierra co-founders], Trip Hawkins [EA founder], the guys from Brøderbund,` he said. `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.`It remains to be seen who will replace Fargo as inXile`s top boss, though he said he`s confident in his team and their abilities. `I`ve been training these people for years to make me obsolete. That`s what you have to do as a leader of a company,` he said.Finally, Fargo stressed that inXile, as it stands today, is a profitable company with a bright future.`We don`t owe any external people any money. We don`t have any debt,` he said. `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.`You can read the full interview here at Eurogamer.
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