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Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition Trailer Revealed

Bethesda has just posted a brand new trailer for its upcoming Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, a re-release of the impressive role playing game released a couple of years ago. Fallout: New Vegas was Softpedia’s Game of the Year back in 2010, as we were thoroughly impressed with its sprawling world and the ...

23 January 2012
02:33 GMT

Bethesda Has Full Rights to Fallout MMO, Plans Internal Development

We already know that video game companies Bethesda and Interplay have settled a long running lawsuit linked to the Fallout franchise and the two sides have recently revealed that the rights to create a Fallout based MMO have not reverted to Bethesda, the company which also holds the right to other genres linked to th...

10 January 2012
17:41 GMT

Reports: Bethesda and Interplay Settle Fallout Legal Battle

The Duck and Cover fan site is reporting that the long running legal battle between video game companies Bethesda and Interplay over the rights to the Fallout series has been finally settled, although the two companies have not yet made the decision public.A court date for the lawsuit was set to take place during the...

3 January 2012
08:51 GMT

Obsidian Says Restricting Content Will Not Eliminate Second Hand Games

The leader of developer Obsidian says that publishers need to drop barriers linked to second hand sales and focus on creating gaming experiences that encourage players to return to the game over and over.Speaking during an interview with Gamespot Feargus Urquhart, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Obsidian, has s...

7 November 2011
16:41 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition Arrives This February

Great news for bargain hunters, as Bethesda and Obsidian Entertainment have confirmed that a special Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition will be released next February, bundling together the full post apocalyptic role playing game, as well as all of the DLC released for it up until now.Fallout: New Vegas was Softpedi...

3 November 2011
13:01 GMT

RAGE Diary: id Software Should Be Involved with Fallout

There was a time when both Fallout: New Vegas and RAGE were both in development and quite a number of gamers were asking whether the two games were sharing a universe, given that the post apocalypse was the center for both and that the color palette seemed pretty similar, not to mention that Bethesda was publishing t...

18 October 2011
18:11 GMT

Fallout Creator and Troika Founder Tim Cain Joins Obsidian Entertainment

Tim Cain, who is one of the people involved with the original Fallout and one of the co-founders of the Troika Games studio, has moved to Obsidian Entertainment, occupying the position of senior programmer.Tim Cain is known to gamers as the series producer on the original Fallout titles, two role playing games that h...

13 October 2011
10:25 GMT

Check Out the Weapons Included in the Gun Runner DLC for New Vegas

Video game developer Bethesda has announced a number of new weapons that will be included in the Gun Runner's downloadable content that will be released for their open world action title Fallout: New Vegas.The DLC is comes alongside a regular game update which will fix a number of bugs and will better network co...

28 September 2011
03:32 GMT

id Software Says RAGE Was Inspired by Dozens of Movies and Books

RAGE is certainly something different for the developers at id Software, the first original intellectual property that they have created in some time, and one leading member of the team working on it has said that more than a dozen of books and movies served as inspiration.Speaking to Gamespot, Matt Hopper, who is th...

22 September 2011
17:51 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Lonesome Road DLC Out Tomorrow, New Trailer Available

Fallout: New Vegas is set to receive its fourth piece of downloadable content in the form of Lonesome Road tomorrow, September 20, with Bethesda, the game's publisher, and Obsidian Entertainment, its developer, bringing a new set of adventures for players of the post apocalyptic role playing game. Fallout: Ne...

19 September 2011
03:25 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Lonesome Road DLC Gets New Details, Release Date

Bethesda has pinned a new release date to the fourth downloadable expansion for its Fallout: New Vegas role-playing game, called Lonesome Road, which will be available on September 20, and will be followed shortly by a few new add-ons that bring extra weapons and items. Fallout: New Vegas impressed through its she...

26 August 2011
04:40 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Lonesome Road DLC Delayed into September

Video game publisher Bethesda and developer Obsidian have announced that the planned Lonesome Road downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas has been delayed into the month of September.The company said that the move was due to a number of “circumstances outside our control”, which suggests that it migh...

11 August 2011
04:14 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Old World Blues DLC Coming Next Month

Fallout: New Vegas, the recent role playing game from Obsidian Entertainment and Bethesda, will be getting a new downloadable add-on in the form of Old World Blues, the third adventure pack for the popular title.Fallout: New Vegas was released last year and impressed quite a lot of people through its intricate story,...

23 June 2011
03:15 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Gets Three More DLC Packs in Next Few Months

After much speculation, leaks from patent filings, and intense rumors, Bethesda has officially confirmed the next three downloadable content packs for Fallout: New Vegas. Bethesda revealed a few months ago, after the release of the first DLC for the game, Dead Money, that three more add-ons are going to be launche...

4 May 2011
02:40 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Gets New 1.3 Patch, Eliminates Xbox 360 Save Game Errors

Fallout: New Vegas has received a new version of the third title update on the Xbox 360 console, as Bethesda realized that the first edition caused errors while loading save game files from the hard drive of the console. Fallout: New Vegas received a brand new patch last week on the PC platform, while the Xbox 360...

3 May 2011
02:50 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Patch 1.3 Available for Download via Steam

Fallout: New Vegas has just received a brand new patch on the PC platform, taking it to version 1.3, solving a variety of balancing and stability problems. Even if Fallout: New Vegas has been receiving lots of rumors about its upcoming downloadable content, Bethesda has declined to comment on them and has now reve...

26 April 2011
11:31 GMT

Major Patch Coming to Fallout: New Vegas Before More DLC

Video game developer and publisher Bethesda has announced that it plans to launch a new major patch for Fallout: New Vegas, the Obsidian developer post-apocalyptic role-playing and action mix, before launching any new downloadable content, the much-rumored Honest Hearts. The official forum announcement, which is w...

13 April 2011
18:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Honest Hearts DLC Leaked Through YouTube Video

The next piece of download content for Fallout: New Vegas has just been leaked through the early posting of a video on the Fallout YouTube channel, spotted by eagle-eyed fans. Fallout: New Vegas has been out for quite a while and, even if it has received a downloadable content pack in the form of the Dead Money DL...

11 April 2011
03:40 GMT

Here's How a Fallout Movie Could Look Like

A fan site linked to the Fallout series has managed to dig up a potential plan for a movie linked to the gaming franchise, written back in 1998, showing how the complex post-apocalypse universe of the game could be translated to the movie screen. After the successful launch of the first Fallout game, Interplay dec...

21 March 2011
17:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas DLC Coming Next Week

Fallout: New Vegas will receive two new downloadable content packs in the near future, at least according to anonymous sources. Fallout: New Vegas, despite its many glitches and flaws, has sold an impressive amount of copies, so its publisher, Bethesda, and developer, Obsidian, announced that plenty more downloada...

18 March 2011
04:40 GMT

ZeniMax Launches Support Center, Hints at Bethesda-Made MMO

Bethesda Softworks, the growing video game publisher that is wholly owned by ZeniMax, has not actually announced any MMO project it is working on, but the company is already preparing for the task of supporting such a video game project, saying that it has created a new customer support facility. ZeniMax Online ch...

16 March 2011
04:15 GMT

Obsidian Prepared RPG and Big Name Project for 2012

The leader of the development team at Obsidian Entertainment has said that his company plans to launch a role-playing game that is exclusive to digital distribution in the first quarter of 2012, but that they are also preparing for a big announcement for the E3 trade show. Speaking to Game Revolution, the Feargus ...

2 March 2011
09:56 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Gets New DLC, Dead Money Arrives on PC and PS3

Fallout: New Vegas, last year's extremely impressive role-playing game from Obsidian Games and Bethesda, will be getting some brand new downloadable content, while the PC and PlayStation 3 platforms will finally receive the Dead Money add-on that was previously released for the Xbox 360. Fallout: New Vegas de...

7 February 2011
17:21 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Mod Project Nevada Overhauls the Game

Fallout: New Vegas was a great game, but not without its faults or quirks, so a team of modders have decided to release a massive overhaul for the post apocalyptic role-playing game, called Project Nevada. The great thing about playing the new Fallout games on the PC is that Bethesda offers a lot of tools to the c...

18 January 2011
18:01 GMT

Future Fallout: New Vegas DLC Tipped by Trademark Filings

New add-ons for Bethesda and Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas are being rumored, due to recent trademark filings by ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda, the owner of the Fallout franchise. Barely has Fallout: New Vegas received the Xbox 360-exclusive Dead Money downloadable content, and speculation has...

10 January 2011
17:21 GMT

GOTY 2010: Best Video Game – Fallout: New Vegas

It's hard to choose a Game of the Year when comparing video games from different genres but with my main criterion being ambition, there's no need to look for game of the year further than Fallout: New Vegas, the combination between action and role-playing game created by the team at Obsidian and published ...

30 December 2010
18:41 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Might Get Ulysses Based DLC

A series of teasers included in the Dead Money downloadable content for the action and role playing hybrid Fallout: New Vegas suggests that the title might get more content in the near future, with a strong storyline running through it all based around a character called Ulysses. Dead Money makes quite a few refer...

30 December 2010
06:37 GMT

Bethesda Seeks Restrictions for Interplay Fallout MMO

Bethesda Entertainment is taking action, in relation to its ongoing lawsuit against Interplay, which will make it all but impossible for the rival company to talk about the already established Fallout universe in the MMO it is developing with possible launch date of 2012. Bethesda is taking aim at the symbols and ...

29 December 2010
09:46 GMT

GOTY 2010: Best Role Playing Game – Fallout: New Vegas

I have already praised Fallout: New Vegas for the way it unfolds its narrative and for the various stories that it managed to cram into the slice of post apocalypse in and around New Vegas.But the new Fallout is more than just a collection of cool little stories and a vehicle to advance the development of the in-game...

21 December 2010
18:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money Trailer Revealed

The first piece of downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas, called Dead Money, has just received its first trailer, showcasing the plot and the gameplay of the upcoming expansion. Fallout: New Vegas has been out for quite some time now, and Bethesda will finally release the first piece of DLC for it next week....

17 December 2010
17:21 GMT

GOTY 2010: Best Narrative – Fallout: New Vegas

It's hard to create compelling story in a computer game these days, with the growing popularity of sports simulations and first person shooters, both genres which do not encourage a complex narrative thread, so there were not too many games which could claim an award for story in 2010. And even if they were, ...

13 December 2010
18:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas PS3 Gets Patched Again, Xbox 360 and PC Coming Soon

Bethesda has just announced that it has deployed a big patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Fallout: New Vegas, and that the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game will also receive it later this week. The new patch will take the game to version 1.02, and aims at solving lots of the problems encountered by players...

13 December 2010
18:01 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Patch Coming Soon to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Bethesda and Obsidian have just announced that a comprehensive patch for the recent Fallout: New Vegas will be released in the following weeks, for all the major platforms, including the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The announcement was posted on the Fallout Facebook page, and revealed that "We've wrapped ...

7 December 2010
04:00 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" DLC Gets New Details

The upcoming downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas, Dead Money, has been detailed by Bethesda, including information about its story and the new enemies that will be introduced by the add-on to the Fallout: New Vegas experience.As you all know, the anticipated role playing game has sold quite a lot of units sin...

22 November 2010
15:51 GMT

NPD Software: NBA 2K11 Beats Fallout and Medal of Honor

The NPD Group has released its slimmed down sales figures for the month of October on the United States market and in a surprising development the basketball simulation NBA 2K11 from publisher Take Two has managed to emerge as the best seller in video game sales, beating out the analyst favorite Medal of Honor and th...

17 November 2010
05:32 GMT

Football Manager 2011 Manages to Get First Place in the United Kingdom

Football Manager 2011, from publisher SEGA and developer Sports Interactive, has debuted at the top of the United Kingdom video game chart, with fans of the beautiful game in the land that perfected it ready to take on their favorite team and lead it to titles that might elude it in real life.Football as a sport mana...

11 November 2010
04:30 GMT

New Fallout: New Vegas Patch Released for the PC Through Steam

Obsidian has just revealed a brand new patch for the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas, which promises to solve even more problems encountered by players while exploring the Mojave Wasteland in the post apocalyptic role playing game.Fallout: New Vegas has been out for a few weeks, and users have been experiencing lots...

11 November 2010
04:05 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Diary - Radio Stations and Boredom

Fallout: New Vegas is the latest installment in the post apocalyptic role playing game franchise and has been developed by Obsidian and published by Bethesda.Anyone who spends more than 15-20 hours exploring the Mojave Wasteland will probably get sick of all the songs on the radio stations available to the playable c...

10 November 2010
07:01 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Gets Comprehensive Patch Soon For All Platforms

After the release of several quick patches for the PC, and the 1.01 patch for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Fallout: New Vegas is set to receive an all-new 'comprehensive' patch that will solve many of the game's issues.Fallout: New Vegas has been one of the biggest games to appear this fall seas...

9 November 2010
04:04 GMT

EndWeekGame: November 5

Andrei Dobra: Seeing as how my colleague is currently enjoying the last few days of his vacation no doubt scavenging in the Fallout: New Vegas' Mojave Wasteland, I'm left with sharing news about what games I will play this weekend with you.I'm rapidly approaching the end game quests in Fallout: Ne...

5 November 2010
15:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Diary: Deathclaws, Cazadores and Fear

Fallout: New Vegas is the next iteration in the post apocalyptic role playing franchise, and has been developed by Obsidian and published by Bethesda.While Fallout 3 was a pretty challenging game, once you surpassed certain levels, enemies became extremely weak, no matter what type of weapons you wielded. Superm...

5 November 2010
10:31 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Sales Will Be Spurred by DLC

Fallout: New Vegas, the latest installment in the post apocalyptic role playing game saga has been released recently and, despite numerous bugs and glitches, has become extremely popular, fact which Bethesda, its publisher, wants to maintain through the release of downloadable content and a great marketing campaign.F...

4 November 2010
19:01 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Bugs and Glitches Caused By Its Sheer Expanse

The many bugs and glitches in Fallout: New Vegas, the latest post apocalyptic role playing game from Obsidian and Bethesda, are caused by the size and the 'sheer expanse' of the game's world.Fallout: New Vegas has barely been launched for two weeks and already a huge amount of glitches and bugs were sp...

2 November 2010
04:59 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Diary - Side Quests and Distractions

Fallout: New Vegas has just been developed by Obsidian and published by Bethesda for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, being the latest installment in the post apocalyptic role playing game franchise.While the game has been criticized for its many glitches, I want to praise it for the huge amount of side quests ava...

29 October 2010
06:16 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Patch 1.01 Available for Download on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian studios has just revealed that a new patch for all the versions of the game, on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, has just been launched, and is available for download on either Steam, the PlayStation Network or on Xbox Live.Fallout: New Vegas has just been launched last week, ...

29 October 2010
04:07 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Diary - Making the Post Apocalypse Fun Again

Fallout: New Vegas is the latest installment in the post apocalyptic role playing game franchise, and has just been launched by Obsidian, its developer, and Bethesda, its publisher.While for many the post apocalyptic scenario might seem extremely dull or sad, for the Fallout franchise it still offers plenty of opport...

28 October 2010
08:05 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Glitch Allows Players To Steal Almost Anything

Fallout: New Vegas is a pretty glitchy game, as emphasized by the dozens of comments we received on our dedicated news stories, but it seems that at least one glitch is working in the favor of the player. More specifically, it seems that those who want to steal things in the game, but don't want to get a karm...

28 October 2010
03:40 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Diary - More Factions, More Problems

Fallout: New Vegas is the next chapter in the post apocalyptic role playing game franchise, developed by Obsidian Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks, promising to deliver a new experience set in the classic Fallout universe.Fallout 3 was pretty great game, even though its main plot was pretty weak and the fa...

26 October 2010
05:51 GMT

Obsidian Defends Fallout: New Vegas Engine

After many people criticized the recent Fallout: New Vegas role playing game for its numerous glitches and the fact that it needed quite a few patches to get it into a barely functional state, the developer, Obsidian Studios, has revealed the Gamebryo engine, coupled with the custom GECK, is still an impressive piece...

25 October 2010
17:21 GMT

Quick Look: Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas is the newest installment in the post apocalyptic role playing game series Fallout, and follows in the pretty successful footsteps of Fallout 3, this time coming from Obsidian Studios, as opposed to Bethesda, as was the case with the previous game.With the promise of a more complex story, more char...

23 October 2010
08:11 GMT


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