Troubled Interplay, both legally and financially, has issued a statement to the court in the ongoing case battle between the two saying Bethesda 'knew'. What they 'knew' was that the MMO would use more than just the franchise name. They say Bethesda's claims would mean wrong "story, characters, and art".
The next downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas, called Old World Blues, will be hitting on July 19, reports Bethesda.
Pete Hines, Bethesda's VP of marketing and PR, says they've been acquiring studios to beef up their internal capacity for videogame projects - that's the goal. They've also been offering publishing deals with developers too. They "look to find and work with" studios that "share common" philosophy with Bethesda.
Bethesda has announced in its official blog that the third downloadable content pack is now available for Fallout: New Vegas, called 'Old World Blues'. The DLC title comes from "an expression in the wasteland called 'Old World Blues.' It refers to those obsessed with the past they can’t see the present, much less the future for what it is. Their eyes are like pilot lights, guttering and spent, the realities of their world continuing on around them as they stare into the past."
This week on the US PlayStation Store is indie made Limbo as well as zombie surviving Dead Block, and Fallout: New Vegas gets the Old World Blues DLC. Bulletstorm gets the Blood Symphony DLC Pack, adding 5 new maps. Mortal Kombat lands Warrior Rain, and PSone Classics strut side-scroller Kyuiin.
Bethesda Softworks Forums post by senior producer Jason Bergman has updated players that the Lonesome Road DLC for Fallout: New Vegas has been delayed again.
The long-awaited, oft-delayed "Lonesome Road" downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas will finally be available on September 20 on Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network and Steam. If that weren't enough, the two DLC that was awarded free to preorders, "Courier's Stash" and "Gun Runners' Arsenal", will also be available for purchase on September 27.
Bethesda Softworks released the final Fallout: New Vegas expansion, Lonesome Road, today for PC, Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network.
This week on the New World's PlayStation Store update are demos for NBA 2K12 and Criterion's Burnout Crash!, which also releases as a digital title. Resident Evil 4 and Saints Row 2 join the PSN catalogue, and Fallout: New Vegas receives it's Lonesome Road DLC, as does Street Fighter III: Third Strike.
Releasing today for Xbox Live Arcade is Burnout Crash! and Rotastic for 800 MSP a piece, while Fallout: New Vegas - Lonesome Road launched yesterday. As did the NBA 2K12 demo for Xbox 360. Resident Evil 4 and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 join Games on Demand, as will Crysis 2 Sept. 27th.
Develop Online has learned that a court has ruled that Bethesda cannot restrain Interplay from including Fallout characters and references in their Fallout MMO. It's fairly assured that Judge John Walter felt Interplay owning the Fallout license would allow them to use assets, characters and narrative belonging to the Fallout IP, as Bethesda ridiculously claimed they had no right to them.
While Lonesome Road is the last of the major, plot-driven DLC, Bethesda has announced new downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas that basically just adds some weapons and perks, called the "Gun Runner's Arsenal" DLC pack.
The 15th anniversary of Capcom's Resident Evil series gets a nod as Resident Evil Code Veronica X HD arrives in this week's US PlayStation Store update. Dead Nation gets its Road of Devastation add-on, Fallout: New Vegas it's Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC and there's free Uncharted 2 goods for PS Plus.
Major Nelson has posted the latest happenings for the Xbox Live Marketplace from now until October 17th. Four new titles out on Xbox Live Arcade today. A Bethesda sale is running until October 10th with 50 percent off, including Fallout: New Vegas. Next week Saints Row 2 and its DLC discounts.
Did The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion keep you from really feeling like a demi-god? Skyrim's enemies won't always be equal in skill, reveals Todd Howard. Bethesda has opted to use Fallout 3's model instead, which has you face "harder things" as we level up, but "easier things stay around" for us to "just decimate".
Sorry Bethesda but the United States Court of Appeals doesn't agree that the "district court abused its discretion" when allowing Interplay's Fallout MMO to proceed. The court documents also show Bethesda believes they "misapplied the law" in ruling the studio failed to prove the MMO would "harm" the franchise.
The corporate profile of Digital Development Management lists Dungeon Siege III, and Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment among their 'exclusive clientele'. They spill the beans that the studio is "currently developing" an unannounced project for a "leading animation franchise". What is the RPG house that built Alpha Protocol up to?
Bethesda has announced the Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, which, like other Ultimate Editions of its kind, will include the original game and all of the content released for it in its lifetime. The Ultimate Edition will be released in North America on the 7th February 2012, and in Europe on the 10th February for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Why do The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim save game files bloat in size over time? It's not because of all that loot your carry around but more the physical impact you've had on the world. A linked has been established between lag issues that plagued Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim, and it's because the game tracks objects moved from their default position - every one of them.
Pete Hines of Bethesda has waved off the 'lag link' suggested by Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas project director Joshua Sawyer, who claimed it was how game data got saved. Sawyer pointed the finger at the fundamentals of the system and how every object moved in the world is saved. PR and marketing VP Hines says he "brings up issues we solved long ago."