Interplay has announced it is selling its library of video game assets and intellectual property.

What this means is the likes of Earthworm Jim, Freespace, Clayfighter, Descent , and Battlechess are up for sale. In total, the sale represents 70 titles and dozens of game characters."With the proliferation of mobile, augmented reality, virtual reality and other new forms of consumption, we believe that consumers are ready to experience and interact with Interplay's characters, stories and game play in ways never possible before," said Eric Caen, President of Interplay."We look forward to seeing how this unique portfolio of interactive entertainment icons will evolve for the worldwide audience."Interplay has been quiet in recent years, functioning more as a licensing house than a developer so this sale comes as no surprise. Interplay also sold the Fallout franchise to Bethesda in 2007. remastered Clayfighter game was supposed to be coming this year, but we haven't heard much about it since its announcement.Last year, a Kickstarter for a Freespace Tactics board game was cancelled after the project got nowhere near its $75,000 funding target.Interplay founder Brian Fargo is now head of inXile Entertainment, which will be putting out Torment: Tides of Numenera early next year

Matt Porter is a freelance writer based in London. Make sure to visit what he thinks is the best website in the world , but is actually just his Twitter page