Fallout 3 Gets Leaked, Goes Gold

Fallout 3 is due to be released in a few weeks, and Bethesda recently announced that all versions of the game have gone gold. They provided the systems specs for the PC release as well. Unfortunately for them, the Xbox 360 version was leaked onto torrent sites almost three weeks early. Bethesda is "looking into" how the game was distributed. In preparation for the launch, game director Todd Howard spoke at length with Gamasutra about the scope of the project, and the differences from their previous games, such as Oblivion. CrispyGamer recently ran a three-part series detailing their four hours of hands-on time with the game. We've previously looked at some gameplay videos for Fallout 3, and discussed the fact that no mod tools will ship with the game.

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Re:Some Fallout

[Ethanol-fueled]

Speaking of leaking, Fallout 3 also comes with the limited edition piss-bucket so the truly hardcore gamers can play 24/7 without interruption.

Re:Well one good thing about leaks

[houstonbofh]

Better for everyone because it makes them come out with the game sooner!

What boggles my mind is why sit on the game until some arbitrary release date and why not sell it sooner?

I noticed a crapload of games slated for end of oct/begining of nov. Stuff like Fallout 3, gears of war 2, wow: lich king. Who's great idea was it to flood the market at some seemingly random time?

Sell the damn game when it's ready!

Unless it's some marketing ploy that's sold as a "Fire your employees before the game comes out so you can cash in on it's success even better(TM)".

Isn't there some big holiday soon after that where a lot of people spend a lot of money on consumer stuff... Jeese... It is right on the tip of my tung...

Re:STOP RIGHT THERE

[JASegler]

Will a four digit ID do?

I played Wasteland on a C64.
I can remember swapping disks around to get a full inventory to the shop in Las Vegas..

And killing that massive bot at the intersection.. What was it some sort of Scorpion bot?

Re:Some Fallout

[Rob T Firefly]

Unfortunately for them, the Xbox 360 version was leaked onto torrent sites almost three weeks early. Bethesda is "looking into" how the game was distributed.

Well you see, Bethesda, as a downloader downloads parts of the file, they also upload the parts they have to other downloaders, and so on from peer to peer...