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Like some of the games Irvine-based Interplay Entertainment Inc. used to produce, the company is shrouded in mystery these days.
A quarter after the video game developer said it wouldn't be able to pay creditors, workers or its landlord, Interplay's Web site is down. No one answers the phone. And Interplay's stock, at about a penny, is emblematic of a company on the edge of bankruptcy.
About nine months ago, Interplay moved into a tiny executive office suite in Irvine under the landing path of John Wayne Airport. A secretary said no one from Interplay had been in the office for about two months. "But they do pay their rent," she said.
Luke Haase, an Interplay spokesman, said the company still is open but "there are a lot of moving parts right now."
Along with Chief Executive Hervé Caen, who spends much of his time in Europe, there is a "core group of people" working at the company," Haase said.
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