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Bethesda Licenses Fallout Franchise, To Make Fallout 3

Posted by simoniker on from the a-nuclear-pox-on-thee-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an official press release, Bethesda will now develop and publish a brand-new version of Fallout 3, after the company 'licensed the rights to the Fallout [videogame] franchise from Interplay... with the option to develop and publish additional sequels.' Interplay, who is presumably licensing out its IP due to recent financial difficulties, is keeping the rights to its theoretical Fallout MMO concept, however, and this new attempt at Fallout 3 from the Morrowind developers doesn't look to be using code/assets from the previously half-completed Black Isle version."

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  1. PA: The Truth Comes Out by rokzy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Click me, you 'tard!

  2. Oh, great by Wtcher · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, now we're going to get a game that won't run on C3s (Cyrixes), will have millions of NPCs who sound alike, and will have us falling into the void every time we bump into a corner.

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  3. I love FRANCHISE! by 3Suns · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been a big fan of FRANCHISE ever since FIRST RELEASE way back in FIRST RELEASE DATE. I love how FRANCHISE revolutionized GENRE with INNOVATIVE QUALITY #1 and INNOVATIVE QUALITY #2.

    This new take on FRANCHISE has a lot of potential, as long as NEW COMPANY understands what made FRANCHISE great in the first place. I hope they don't go the way of LAST ATTEMPT AT UPDATING FRANCHISE and get back to FRANCHISE's great roots. I really liked NEW COMPANY'S LAST OFFERING, so maybe this is good news.

    Still, the cynic in me can never trust these things, as I am still feeling burned by STAR WARS. We'll see how I feel on RELEASE DATE.

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  4. please don't be yet another FPS by myowntrueself · · Score: 4, Funny

    please oh *please*...

    fallout had such a cool atmosphere... even the way that your cohorts were totally out of control had its moments, and being able to view it all from third person made it so entertaining.

    first person would ruin it... (mind you I think it *always* ruins a game; I just feel like a blinkered dalek in a neck brace when playing FPS games).

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  5. Re:Cool by CrazyGringo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've never been much of an RPG gamer, but I happened to get Morrowind bundled in with my new video card a few months ago. I'd never heard of it before, but I decided to try it out since, hey, it's free. Don't let it get you too. I went to check the mail yesterday and I suddenly felt like Gollum emerging from the dark. I shrieked, "the yellow face, it burns ussss!" and shook my fist at the sun before I realized what I was doing.