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Bethesda has announced a Fallout collection that is, quite literally, ‘the bomb’. The Fallout Anthology collects the first five titles in the post-apocalyptic RPG franchise in a case shaped like the in-game Mini Nuke weapon, which also makes the noise of a bomb, if you’re looking to terrorise the elderly. …
Read More »Mastertronic reveals Bethesda PC games deal
American developer Bethesda has struck a deal with UK distributor Mastertronic that will see the latter bring a number of the former’s PC games to UK retail. The titles included in the agreement are Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition, Rage: Anarchy Edition, …
Read More »Obsidian staff denied bonus due to 84% Metacritic score
Downsized California studio Obsidian lost out on bonus pay for the RPG Fallout New Vegas because its Metacritic score was one point below the threshold, a developer at the studio has claimed. Publisher Bethesda was not permitted to pay additional royalties for the RPG because it scored 84 on Metacritic, …
Read More »Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition announced
Publisher Bethesda has announced a brand new Ultimate Edition SKU for its popular post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout: New Vegas. As well as the full original game, the release will also contain all the DLC that he subsequently been released – Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash …
Read More »Obsidian teases next projects
There’s more than Fallout: New Vegas DLC in the works at Obsidian Entertainment – the developer is apparently working on a number of mysterious titles. The studio is already known to be working on upcoming XBLA title Dungeon Seige 3, but CEO Feargus Urquhart has revealed teasing details about a …
Read More »5m copies of New Vegas shipped
ZeniMax owned publisher Bethesda has confirmed that it has now shipped five million copies of recent post-apocalyptic Xbox 360, PS3 and PC hit Fallout: New Vegas. Add to this what Bethesda describes as heavy volumes” of digital downloads and the game has already grossed in excess of $300m at retail. …
Read More »Long burn predicted for Vegas
Bethesda believes Fallout: New Vegas has a long shelf life ahead of it, just like its predecessor. Fallout 3 became a chart regular for almost a year thanks to a string of DLC. and Bethesda hopes to do the same with New Vegas. We believe that through a combination of …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Fallout is No.1
Fallout: New Vegas is the new UK No.1, according to this week’s charts courtesy of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. In doing so it beats the week one sales of predecessor Fallout 3 by 29 per cent. Bethesda’s win comes at the expense of last week’s chart-topper Medal …
Read More »Xbox-exclusive DLC for New Vegas
Bethesda has announced that DLC for Fallout: New Vegas will be released exclusively on Xbox Live. The publisher confirmed it would be developing additional content for the highly-anticipated post-apocalyptic RPG for Xbox 360. The first pack will be available by the end of the year. The announcement follows on from …
Read More »GAME gets New Vegas special edition
Bethesda has announced the Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition will be available exclusively to GAME and Gamestation when it hit stores this October. Buyers will receive Lucky 7 poker chips, a recreation of the game’s Lucky 38 platinum chip and New Vegas-branded playing cards. A hardcover graphic novel and a …
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