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Having been banned in 2009, Bethesda has successfully overturned Fallout 3’s German ban. IGN reports that Bethesda "initiated a difficult and rarely-successful trial" with the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Minors (BPjM) to de-list the title ahead of the end of its statutory ten year sentence. Doing so would …
Read More »Fallout Anthology collects all of the games in the series in a mini nuclear bomb
Bethesda has announced a Fallout collection that is, quite literally, ‘the bomb’. The Fallout Anthology collects the first five titles in the post-apocalyptic RPG franchise in a case shaped like the in-game Mini Nuke weapon, which also makes the noise of a bomb, if you’re looking to terrorise the elderly. …
Read More »inXile trademarks Wasteland and Fallout follow-ups
Brian Fargo's studio registers Meantime and Van Buren as potential future projects
Read More »Upcoming Fallout project teased by Fallout 3 voice actor
A new Fallout effort is in the works, though what it may be is anyone’s guess at this point. Actor Erik Todd Dellums, voice of Fallout 3 character Three Dog, teased the mystery project on his Twitter feed. To all my #Fallout3 and #ThreeDog fans: There may be more of …
Read More »Fallout studio escapes Bethesda restraining order
MMO in the clear again as four-year dispute rages on
Read More »Fallout in doubt as Interplay fears collapse
Eighties-born publisher admits 'substantial concerns' over survival chances
Read More »GAME gets New Vegas special edition
Bethesda has announced the Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition will be available exclusively to GAME and Gamestation when it hit stores this October. Buyers will receive Lucky 7 poker chips, a recreation of the game’s Lucky 38 platinum chip and New Vegas-branded playing cards. A hardcover graphic novel and a …
Read More »New Vegas pre-orders outgun Fallout 3
Pre-orders for Fallout: New Vegas have already surpassed those of Fallout 3. That’s according to the game’s publisher Bethesda, which is confident that the new RPG will top the success of its best-selling predecessor. Fallout 3 was released to critical and commercial acclaim in October 2008, and quickly outsold all …
Read More »New Vegas to top Fallout 3 sales?
Bethesda believes Fallout: New Vegas can top the phenomenal success of its 2008 predecessor, Fallout 3. The new game, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, is due for release in Q4. Fallout 3 debuted at No.1 in the ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track All Formats charts and managed to shift 4.7m copies worldwide in its …
Read More »Why Blu-ray and DLC dont see eye to eye
Sony has told MCV that SCEE policy is the reason behind why many of the boxed expansion packs that get released on Xbox 360 and PC only get a PSN release on PS3. A number of games – including Dragon Age, Borderlands and Fallout 3 – have seen their post-release …
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