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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. Two in a row? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could it be????

  2. I second that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

  3. Say something different in message body. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Say something different in message body.

  4. i third that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. Gosh, what a failure! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The guy who tried to link to Anti-Slash on Anti-Slash's front page is clearly a failure.

    1. Re:Gosh, what a failure! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The guy who tried to link to Anti-Slash on Anti-Slash's front page is clearly a failure.

      That's because the fucktards who run anti-slash don't allow non-slashdot links. I figured most people are intelligent enough to cut the slashdot.org part off the URL, but apparently you're too much of a retard to figure it out.

      This post is definitely not wide enough.

  6. Um... Bethesda? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a horrible name for a software company. Yes, let's all name things after trendy Washington suburbs...

    They call themselves "Bethesda", but according to their whois, they're based in Rockville.

    For those of you who don't know, Bethesda is a town in Maryland... I happen to be from there. I just find it very strange that a software company, even if they're from this area, would call themselves "Bethesda."

    Personally, I think even "Chevy Chase" or "Silver Spring" would make a better name.