Black Isle Studios

United States Founded 1996 Website

Black Isle Studios, an Irvine-based division of Interplay Entertainment established in 1996, shaped the landscape of computer role-playing games through the development of the Fallout series and Planescape: Torment, while also publishing the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale franchises. Named after a Scottish isle reflecting founder Feargus Urquhart's heritage, the studio closed in 2003 during Interplay's financial downturn, but was revived in 2012 and continued its legacy with the 2021 release of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance remastered.

Black Isle Studios at a Glance

Black Isle Studios has been active in the gaming industry from 1998 to 2022, with 9 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, with additional titles in Puzzle and Hack and slash/Beat 'em up. With an average community rating of 82.8/100, Black Isle Studios is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 3 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Fallout 2 (89.3/100). Games from Black Isle Studios are available across 10 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux.

Total Games

82.8

Avg Rating

1998

First Release

2022

Latest Release