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Here’s a marketing tie up fit for a quiet Friday afternoon. Bethesda has partnered with Carlsberg to release a Fallout branded beer inspired by Vault-Tec Industries and the multi-award winning Fallout videogame series”. Although presumably that doesn’t mean it tastes like it’s been left to rot for decades in an …
Read More »Fallout 4 on PS4 will utilize Vita Remote Play
The PlayStation 4 edition of Fallout 4 will include some form of support for Remote Play on PS Vita, Bethesda has revealed. The company took toTwitterto show the game being streamed on Sony’s handheld, praising the tweaked control scheme implemented by designer Josh Hamrick. Hamrick is responsible for the Remote …
Read More »Special edition Xbox One Fallout 4 controller emerges
Bethesda is now selling a Fallout 4-themed Xbox One controller. The Fallout and Elder Scrolls publisher has the special edition gamepad (pictured)listed on its website. It will set consumers back $59.99 which is roughly 39. The controller features a blue and gold colour scheme that mimics that of the Fallout …
Read More »VIDEO: Fallout 4 live action trailer debuts
With less than a month until its release, Bethesda has revealed its live-action trailer for post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4. It’s called The Wanderer, not only due to the depicted wandering of the faceless protagonist but also due to its use of track ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion. Note that while there’s …
Read More »Bethesda ‘has concerns’ about the quality of free-to-play shooter Battlecry
It seems that things aren’t going completely as planned for Bethesda’s upcoming free-to-play third-person shooter Battlecry. After a big reveal in May of last year, the multiplayer-focused title has remained primarily out of the spotlight. There were plans for a closed beta (which eventually failed to take place) and a …
Read More »Bethesda announces $30 Fallout 4 Season Pass… but no content
A Season Pass has been announced for Fallout 4, even though Bethesda does not yet know what DLC it will make for the game. We’ve always done a lot of DLC for our games. We love making them and you always ask us for more,” the company said. To reward …
Read More »Why Dishonored allows players to kill but doesn’t want them to
Can a killer be called a hero? That’s the interesting question posed by the co-director and co-writer of Dishonored, the Definitive Edition of which is now out. In an interview with Kotaku, Harvey Smith revealed that his team came under pressure to cut what they felt was a key moment …
Read More »Fallout boy: Bethesda’s Pete Hines on the biggest 12 months in the publisher’s history
At E3 2014, Bethesda told MCV that it had never announced a game at the LA show before. 12 months later, not only did the firm announce projects, they actually launched one, and did so via a curtain-raising press conference brimming with confidence. In an act of stated symbolism, Fallout …
Read More »UPDATE: Limited quantities of Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition restocked for US
Bethesda has announced Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition is back in stock on its store in limited quantities. The popular and previously sold out collectors edition of Fallout 4 that totes an actual Pip-Boy holster and display for smart phones is available now on the Bethesda web store. Those interested should …
Read More »There is ‘no way’ Fallout Shelter will make more money than Fallout 4
Bethesda’s marketing VP has dismissed the idea that Fallout Shelter might make more money than Fallout 4. Fallout Shelter was released during E3, it topped the Apple App Store in 48 countries and was played more than 70m times a day during that period. SuperData estimates the game made over …
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