Fallout's Homecoming

When Bethesda Softworks acquired the rights of the Fallout game franchise from Interplay, a lot of people from the Fallout community -both fans and some developers- were outraged. But now, in an unexpected move, probably to appease the crowd that were pissed off and to pay homage to the game's original creators, Bethsoft is teaming up with Obsidian Entertainment to develop a new Fallout game, Fallout: New Vegas. Here's some snippet about the announcment:

Bethesda Softworks announced that Obsidian Entertainment is developing a brand-new Fallout game titled Fallout: New Vegas, to release next year on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

"It's not Fallout Tactics -- it's not Brotherhood Of Steel. It's another Fallout game," said Hines. "It has no impact on what [Bethesda Game Studios game director] Todd Howard and his guys are planning."

A number of Obsidian staff are veterans of Black Isle's original Fallout games. The company's CEO, Feargus Urquhart, was instrumental in founding Black Isle, and served as its director. - Gamasutra

Man, this is probably the best PC RPG news I've heard since BioWare announced Star Wars: Knights of the Republic. Now I'm totally psyched and can't wait to hear more about it. I'm definitely putting all Fallout: New Vegas on my Google Alert. And Bethsoft...they're getting much love from me right now. Much love.

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Apocalypse Tomorrow

Fallout 3 is finally coming out tomorrow, and the anticipation has left my veins all tangled up. As a huge fan of both Fallout 1 & 2, I also can't help but be anxious about Bethesda Software's take on my beloved game series. While I did love The Elder Scrolls series, I just don't think Bethsoft have "IT" to measure up to Black Isle Studios ingenuity when it comes to role-playing games. But I do hope I'm wrong.

A Fallout 101 video, for those who haven't played the game.

Anyways, GameTrailers has put a video entitled The Fallout Retrospective that covers the history of Fallout, starting from Wasteland to Fallout: The Brotherhood of Steel. Watching it was very nostalgic and reminded of my early PC RP'ing days. It also deadened my anxiety and anticipation, if only for a little while. For the newer generation, the Xbox 360 or PS3 generation, who wants to pick up Fallout 3 but has never played or seen the older games, the video also serves as a good and entertaining crash course of everything Fallout.

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