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A Steam-linked account is now required to upload Fallout 4 mods onto Bethesda’s website. The publisher has faced a bit of a problem since mod support was introduced to the Xbox One version of the RPG, with some users taking mods created by others and available on sites such as …
Read More »Bethesda combats Fallout 4 console mod piracy with mandatory Steam login
PC creators had complained their work was being plagiarised on Xbox One
Read More »HTC Vive: Fallout 4 could be our killer app
HTC says the upcoming Fallout 4 game for Vive could be the headset’s system seller. Although the firm doesn’t believe in exclusivity in VR – and encourages developers to create games for Oculus and PlayStation VR as well – it is excited about the impact Fallout 4 may have on …
Read More »Microsoft revokes accidental free Fallout 4 downloads
A number of Xbox One owners thought they’d got lucky last week when they had seemed to grab themselves a free copy of Bethesda’s Fallout 4. The game’s price, and that of its Season Pass, was mistakenly dropped to absolutely nothing for a brief period, and word quickly spread online …
Read More »There’s a new $350 Fallout Pip-Boy accessory on the way
Following last year’s Pip-Boy special edition for Fallout 4, a new and more expensive Pip-Boy is on the way. Announced by GameSpot’s ThinkGeek merchandise brand, the Pip-Boy: Deluxe Bluetooth Edition (pictured) will set consumers back $349.99 (around 250). This is exclusive to ThinkGeek, who says that the merchandise comes with …
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is coming to VR
Publisher Bethesda unveiled its VR plans during its E3 conference yesterday, including two projects for HTC Vive. The first one is a virtual reality Doom experience, for which the publisher did not specify any release date. But the second, and potentially more exciting, announcement was that a VR version of …
Read More »E3 2016: The return of Quake, Fallout 4 VR and Skyrim headline Bethesda’s conference
Bethesda’s E3 press conference was a blood thirsty, lavish affair that delivered at least two surprises. Ahead of the event, four games were rumoured to appear: A new Wolfenstein, The Evil Within 2, Prey and a remake of Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.The gossip columns were only half-right. Skyrim is being rebuilt …
Read More »Free PSN Fallout 4 Season Passes revoked
A number of gamers who thought they’d grabbed the Fallout 4 Season Pass for free last week are out of luck. The 39.99 download, which gives access to the RPG’s future DLC, suddenly had its price reduced to a quite bargainous 0.00 last week, leading to a flurry of stories …
Read More »Bethesda: We use internal game jams to create Fallout and Elder Scrolls DLC
'When we've finished our vertical slice preproduction build, we do one for a week then. We do another at the end, which is focused on mining ideas for DLC.'
Read More »Day one digital Fallout 4 sales outpaced physical
Bethesda has offered another glimpse into the secretive world of digital console game sales. Speaking to Game Informer, Bethesda producer Todd Howard has revealed that RPG hit Fallout 4 sold more digitally on day one that it did physically. To put that into perspective, while the publisher never announced any …
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