Co-creator Tim Cain of Fallout jumped into Bethesda's Fallout 3 "as soon as it came out," and he enjoyed the ride and even replayed it. It showed they had a "deep understanding" of the Fallout universe, and knowledge of "key aspects". Cain would have "done things differently".
Microsoft has added Street Fighter IV to the Games on Demand marketplace for Xbox Live, which is great for the European Xbox 360 crowd. The US however remains the only place to get Fallout 3 from the digital XBL store. Hopefully this will extend to mainland Europe gamers soon.
Production director Ashley Cheng of Bethesda Game Studios admits that while he doesn't "play games on PC much", it's never been a better time. Services like Steam and Good Old Games make the greatest titles available "at your fingertips, and cheap, too." It's our very own 'Netflix'.
RPGs Fable II from Lionhead Studios and Fallout 3 from Bethesda have now joined Xbox Live's Games on Demand service, shunning the disc. Fable II is the larger of the two, coming in at 7GB. Both of the gems are up for GBP 20. Don't forget you can install to those USB sticks now!
A lot can change over the course of a night. When the news broke yesterday evening (for us brits), we thought we'd start the morning announcing the end of the dispute between Bethesda and Interplay. Not so. According to Kotaku, despite the appeal against Interplay being dropped, the overall proceedings are very much alive.
The upcoming Fallout: New Vegas from Obsidian Entertainment will use Steamworks for its PC DRM needs reveals the studio, "as light" as possible. That means a one-time online activation, no need for constant Internet, unlimited machine installs, no DVD is actually needed, and mod support.
Bethesda has announced the release date for Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas, alongside its freshly aired official E3 trailer. The latest in the long-running series will retail October 19th in the US, and October 22nd in Europe for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Not a direct sequel.
Does your post-apocalyptic mind crave whatever scraps of Interplay's Fallout Online it can feast on? If so then a certain fan's dedication is for you. They gone and collected all the spoutings of Interplay devs and put them together in a large FAQ for Fallout Online, the upcoming sci-fi MMO.
That MMO based on Fallout still exists - yes it does - and Interplay want to prove it by parading some artwork and sending out newsletters. They give a fragment of the back-story to the post-apocalypse to any who sign-up on the official Fallout Online website. Mad guy talks "Monkey Butt".
There will be no wandering the wastes after you complete that final mission in Fallout: New Vegas, because Obsidian want an "impactful" climax. If they'd have kept it open-ended then consequences could "not be very major", so they decided to use slides. New Vegas warns us of last level.
During an Interview with Strategy Informer, Obsidian Entertainment's Project Director and Lead Designer Josh Sawyer revealed that Fallout: New Vegas is complete, and that the firm is ready to submit the game for certification at Sony and Microsoft. "Oh it's done. We're actually getting ready to submit. The only thing we've been doing recently is fixing bugs, stabilising frame rates, certification at Sony and Microsoft and that's it! We're getting ready." said Sawyer.
During our Fallout: New Vegas interview with Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer, we got cheeky and popped the 'Alpha Protocol' question. AP wasn't received that well, so did it affect the New Vegas team? It was "kind of sobering" he said, and feels they maybe 'internalised' too much.
Want to know what badges of honour you can earn in Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas? Well the achievements have been dished. The biggest one to earn is 'Hardcore' worth 100 points, and you'll need to play the entire game at the hardest level of difficulty. Beware of spoilers!
Obsidian Entertainment's development of Fallout: New Vegas has wrapped up with game discs now in production, while Bethesda reveal the PC specs. This post-apocalypse isn't that demanding on today's PC. Ideally you should have a dual core 2.0 GHz processor and 2GB RAM at least. You got that?
It may be time for another development studio to end up in ZeniMax Media's shopping cart again as the Bethesda parent gets $150m in pocket money. 3 years ago Providence Equity Partners stuffed ZeniMax coffers with $300m. The recent acquisition was of id Software, creators of Quake and Doom.
The Killzone 3 theme from PlayStation Plus will go live 8pm in the UK today, with the first 10k downloading it to be entered into the Killzone 3 beta. Also releasing today for PS Plus subscribers is Fallout 3 DLC for free, with the last 2 pieces October 20th. These have to be grabbed quick or you lose out.
Bethesda has revealed the first add-on content that will be available for Fallout: New Vegas when it releases on October 22nd in Europe. Exclusively for the Xbox 360, the first DLC will release Christmas 2010. "We're excited to continue the partnership between Bethesda and Microsoft, and build on the success of the game add-ons released for Fallout 3 on Xbox LIVE," said Pete Hines, VP of Marketing and PR of Bethesda Softworks. "Fans will once again be able to continue their experience in the Fallout universe with the add-on packs planned for after the launch of the game."
Bethesda has pledged many fixes for Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas as numerous bugs and downright glitchy creepiness mar its launch. The PC is the first platform to receive a patch and it apparently deals with "quest and scripting issues," but what about spinning head syndrome?
The save bug afflicting Xbox 360 Fallout: New Vegas is "absolutely" being investigated by Bethesda and Obsidian, and other save corruptions. Right now all they advise is to save often, increasing chances you can fall back on earlier data should you get hit with the bug. It's of "highest priority".
Interplay has promised that the Fallout MMO they are supposed to be developing will be appearing in late 2012. Speaking to EDGE Magazine, Interplay president Eric Caen also said 2012 will see a playable beta.