"Today, DAC has confirmation that a settlement has, in fact, taken place. It actually took place the day of the trial - and had I been able to get online and sort through the documents I would have reported as much. We do not yet have the details of the settlement - they will be announced this month (January 2012) - but we can report that on the day of trial, the atmosphere in the court room was tense until the judge recessed. This recess was extended, and then they recessed for lunch. After the lunch recess, the court room was locked to everyone except attorneys and clients. When our source asked why this was the case, our source was told it was because they were working out a settlement. The following day, another source called the court reporter to ask what the next hearing schedule for the case was - this source was told there was no schedule as a settlement had been reached.

So there you have it. Bethesda v. gamesas settled and done after these long few years. Stay tuned to DAC in the near future for the settlement details. Will gamesas still be able to develop Fallout: Online? Did they give up the rights to do so for a truck load of money? Hopefully we'll have the answers soon."

[Source:http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/63484/Bethesda-V-gamesas-Ends-With-A-Settlement]


As the title suggests, this is but the PENULTIMATE event in the lawsuit. (penultimate meaning second-to-last). There will be NO trial, NO evidence, NO jury, and NO judge.

IMO, there are only 2 possibilities:
1) gamesas gets the continue to develop FOOL, but B's cut on the revenue doubles to 24% (maximum reasonable figure)
2) gamesas defers the production of FOOL to B, for X amount of dollars. (6.5 million perhaps? Poetic licence considering the original sale of Fallout IP)


What do you think are the terms of the settlement?