New Fallout universe action-RPG in development at Obsidian Entertainment! Due out 2010 on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360!
"It's not a sequel to Fallout 3, it's just another game in the universe, and it has no impact whatsoever on whatever Todd Howard and his team are working on," said Pete Hines, Bethesda's vice president in charge of public relations and marketing.
"We approached Obsidian and they were, like, yeah. That was a pretty easy conversation. It's not Fallout Tactics, it's not Brotherhood of Steel; it's another RPG."
Fallout: New Vegas will be based on the Fallout 3 engine, and no doubt be very familiar to those accustomed to the recent post-nuclear outing.
Bethesda continues development of their own stuff.
Seeing as Obsidian is sorta what's left of Black Isle, I'm not too turned off by that but well Fallout 3 really screwed us old time fans over so I'm not expecting too much
why does obsidian always hump on other teams' successful franchises?
if only it made them at least nearly as good..
Eh? Obsidian has done neat games. They're the go to guys because they have a general idea of what games are about. Too bad their publishers have all been dicks.
Besides, with Fallout, it's like they're trying to bring some life to a franchise that was crapped on.
Let us hope that J.E Sawyer improves his 1 out of 5 record of not getting games cancelled. I really look forward to this game. I hope the short development time doesn't prove too detrimental. I wonder if they'll re-use some stuff from the cancelled Aliens game they were working on.
why does obsidian always hump on other teams' successful franchises?
if only it made them at least nearly as good..
INterplays black isle MADE fallout. Aint like theyre stealling someone elses idea or whatever. With ex-BI calling the shots this thing has the potencial to kick serious ass.
(Just milk it gently please, like if it was your girlfriend... )
I gotta admit I didn't finish F3... Got to start all over again, if I find the time (or get it to run on my laptop so I could play while not at home...)
but idk... so far I didn't like the story, it was kinda missing the sick-twisted touch that Fallout needs
Plus I thought there was too much stuff around the Wasteland that tried to kill you (and in my case most of the times almost succeded in that)
Fallout New Vegas information is coming "very soon." It's going to be Gameinformer's next cover. This is the information in the magazine:
- Similar to Dragon Age: Origins, at character creation the player can select from different background stories. The first few hours of the game are different depending on which background you choose, and you get some unique perks based on your background when the main game begins.
- One background story is shown, Chinese Agent. The background story takes place before the bombs fell. The player is part of a team of Crimson Dragoons infilitrating Hoover Dam. You manage to sneak through the Americans' defenses, set explosives, and head to an extraction point, but your escape is cut off by American soldiers in Power Armor. The player and other survivors of the Crimson Dragoons take refuge in a cave in the canyons, where they commit hari kari with cyanide capsules. The player about to do the same when the bombs fall. The background story ends an indeterminate time later, when the player exits the cave, removes his helmet, and sees his ghoulish reflection in the waters of the Colorado River.
- The background story segues into character creation. The player can customize the appearance of the ghoul, and you see you start the game with two unique perks. One, similar to the Ghoul Mask in Fallout 3, makes Feral Ghouls non-aggro. The other makes the player immune to radiation sickness and allows the player to discharge accumulated radiation in a blast similar to a Glowing Ghoul, healing the player and any mutants while damaging all non-mutants in range.
- By default, the Chinese Agent has the skills Sneak, Small Arms, and Explosives tagged and SPECIAL stats set, although the player can modify their tagged skills and stats if they don't like the template.
- One character background option is Lone Wanderer. This selection has no background story or template and is a complete blank slate for players.
- The SPECIAL system used will be similar to Fallout 3, but skills will be harder to cap and one character will not be able to become a master of all skills. The article is not very specific because apparently it's something the developers are still tweaking.
- Gambling will return, but not as a skill. Your Luck stat will effect gambling results. You can attempt to cheat at cards using your Sneak skill or hack slot machines using your Science skill.
- There will be vehicles. The desert of New Vegas dwarfs the Capital Wasteland and you will need transportation to get around and explore it. You will acquire a vehicle several hours into the main quest. You can customize your vehicle with parts bought at shops or won through racing circuits and quests. Vehicles will not be common, but you will encounter road gangs, merchant caravans, and other vehicles in the wastes. The open desert is home to some very large mutant creatures, like giant radscorpions and sandworms, that will attack your vehicle.
- New Vegas has a coliseum run by a slaver gang called the Caesar's Legion. You can gamble on and participate in arena fights.
Remember that some of these people are the original devs of Black Isle who made the original Fallouts before Bethesda got their hands on it. This could quite possibly end up being a game of the year candidate.
I want my highwayman.
So I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet. And stuff like Caesar's Legion is straight from the Van Buren docs, so it could be faked.
Could also be a sign that this actually *is* true. This is being developed by many of the same people after all and it seems it would make sense that they'd bring back good ideas. Both because they like them and because it would make the development time faster.
That info sounds awsome. I just hope they don't use the damn gamebryo engine cause it's really unstable. Can't run for 30min on win7 64bit. It just crashes to desktop.
That info sounds awsome. I just hope they don't use the damn gamebryo engine cause it's really unstable. Can't run for 30min on win7 64bit. It just crashes to desktop.
Mmm well fo3 was picky about drivers back on xp too so it could be that. Do you have an Nvidia card (i got a 8800GTX)? If so what driver are you using?
GameInformer’s executive editor Andrew Reiner just tweeted the following on his personal Twitter account: “Fallout: New Vegas is NOT Game Informer’s next cover”, and Bethesda has declined to comment on the detail of the rumor.
As we prepare for our transition to CBS Radio, we're still forging ahead with Kotaku's weekly live podcast. You can call in on Wednesday to talk to me (yawn), Todd Howard (yay!) and a surprise bonus guest (wha?).
On Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT), you will be able to call in and ask Todd Howard anything you want.
Probably won't reveal anything regarding Fallout 4 or TES V, but should be interesting (or hilarious, if trolls call ) nonetheless. Hopefully the "special guest" is someone from Obsidian and there'll finally be some legit info on NV.
This is one of the games I am really looking forward too this year.
Yeah it was not as good as the originals but I really enjoyed Fallout 3 so I hope they just improve on it.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ?
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
...it looks like real info about the RPG follow up is coming sometime next month. The UK edition of the Official Xbox Magazine has posted up their "Next Issue" image which clearly shows that the game will be the big feature in their next print issue.
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