Fallout 3 - 4.7million Copies Shipped

Bethesda’s Fallout 3 has been extremely successful - with over 4.7million copies shipping during the launch week alone. Fallout 3 has already generated Bethesda revenue in-excess of $300 million dollars. Wow. Read more

Australians Will Get to Play Fallout 3 Afterall

Australia’s censor board maybe retarded, but it seems they’ve finally done something right! According to the OLFC Report obtained by IGN, the game has been cleared for the AU release with a suggested MA15+ rating with “Strong Drug References”

In the minority view of the Board the drug use in the game is in excess of the general rule applied under the Guidelines. The drugs are unambiguous in their visual representations, which include pills and hypodermic needles, and are related to incentives and rewards in that the incentive to take the drug is that progress through the game is achieved more easily and the reward is an increase in the character’s abilities. The game therefore warrants and ‘RC’ classification.

Splash Damage Hires Industry Veterans

 

Splash Damage, the developer of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, has hired four game industry veterans to work on their announced multiplatform project. Atleast Splash Damage was smart enough to acknowledge how inadequate they are when it comes to developing great games. Maybe the four hired veterans will add another cheek to their half-ass work. Maybe?

Press Release: 

Splash Damage, the award-winning independent developer, today announced the hiring of four industry heavyweights to its team. Following the recent announcement of its partnership with Bethesda Softworks®, Splash Damage is planning to double the size of its development team to more than 60 staff as it moves into multi-platform development on an as-yet unannounced title. Read more

Amazon.com ties up with Bethesda to provide Fallout 3: Survival Edition

World’s largest e-tailer has tied up with Bethesda Softworks to provide Fallout 3: Survival Edition. A special copy of Fallout 3 only available via Amazon.com which comes with a bunch of goodies:

This ultimate Fallout 3 package includes a life-size replica of the Pip-Boy 3000, the wrist-mounted device worn by characters in-game. The Pip-Boy 3000 has been painstakingly recreated and modified for real world display as a digital clock. In addition to the Pip-Boy 3000, the Survival Edition will include all of the items included in the Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition.

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New Fallout 3 Screenshots

Bethesda Softworks has released 3 new screenshots of their upcoming RPG; Fallout 3. Check them out below:

Bethesda Softworks Announces Development Partnership with Splash Damage

Press Release:

Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today a long-term development partnership with the award-winning U.K. studio, Splash Damage™.

Splash Damage has been recognized by the industry for the quality of its titles and particularly for its skill in creating cutting-edge multiplayer games. The studio has received numerous accolades and awards for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory™, including Game of the Year nods from GameSpy, IGN, and PC Format. Their latest game, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™, won over 80 Editors’ Choice, E3, Most Wanted, and Game of the Year awards and nominations.

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E3 2008 - Exhibitors List Released

 

Shacknews has the list of companies appearing in this year’s E3. The list is as follows:

List of participating developers and publishers currently slated to appear at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit:

• 1UP Network
• Akella
• Atari Inc.
• Bethesda Softworks
• Capcom USA Inc.
• Crave Entertainment
• Codemasters
• D3Publisher of America
• Deep Silver
• Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.
• Electronic Arts
• Eidos Interactive
• Fox Interactive Media
• Indie Games
• Jagex, Ltd.
• Konami Digital Entertainment America
• LucasArts
• Majesco Entertainment Company
• Microsoft Corporation
• Midway Games, Inc.
• MTV Games
• Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
• Natsume, Inc.
• Nintendo of America Inc.
• Novint Technologies, Inc.
• Nyko Technologies
• Rebellion
• SEGA of America, Inc.
• Serious Games Initiative
• Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
• Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
• Southpeak Interactive
• Square Enix USA
• Take-Two Interactive
• Tecmo
• THQ Inc.
• Toshiba America Information Systems
• Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.
• Valve Software
• Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Interestingly, quite a few big names have decided to give E3 a miss this time around; the list includes names such as id Software, Vivendi Universal, Codemasters, Her Interactive & Korean MMO-giant NCsoft. These developers/publishers will not be making an appearance in this year’s E3.

E3 2008 is currently set for July 15-17, 2008

Fallout 3 Soundtrack to be composed by Inon Zur

Fallout 3 will feature an original soundtrack composed by the brilliant Inon Zur. (who’s latest work can be heard in Crysis) Press release below:

Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that Inon Zur has created the original musical score for Bethesda Softworks’ highly anticipated post-apocalyptic video game, Fallout® 3. Zur, an award-winning composer, has created numerous scores for films, television, and new media.

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Fallout 3 Not “Dumbed down” for consoles

In an interesting interview with Next-Gen, Bethesda Softworks’s Emil Pagliarulo (Fallout 3 lead designer) had a handful of things to say regarding the recent developer spree of dumbing down titles to appeal to a larger audience.

It’s funny. I look at Fallout when I play it every day, and I sometimes think that there’s a lot of old-school hardcore PC stuff in there too, and part of me thinks, “God, is this too inaccessible for console players?” There’s a lot of dialogue to read, a lot of just hacking computers and looking through things like “VAT.” I don’t know. Sometimes I think it’s just the opposite. So I don’t feel like we’re dumbing down the franchise.

…I think we’re starting to find that there is a market for [hardcore "PC RPGs" on consoles]. People like myself and some people that work here actually grew up as hardcore PC guys, and now we’re older, we have kids, we don’t have that much time, so we’ve transitioned. We’re console players now.

You can also hear Emil Pagliarulo on the GameTheoryShow.com podcast.

Ubisoft to Publish Fallout 3 in Europe

4-Players.de received a press release from french games publisher/developer Ubisoft which states the company will be publishing Fallout 3 in Europe.

Ubisoft has gone into agreement with Bethesda Softworks and has become the seller of the post-apocalyptic role-playing game in large parts of Europe, including Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This comes from a press release of the publisher. In this it stays with the indicated release date of Autumn this year. Alain Corre, Executive Directorf with Ubisoft knows that expectations are enormous for the popularly anticipated sequel and is sure, “that Fallout 3 will have the success of the earlier blockbuster, like for example TES IV: Oblivion”.

Thanks, TMA

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