Fallout: New Vegas achievements unveiled

Posted by Chris Holmes at 12:18pm on August 31st, 2010

The list of Xbox 360 achievements for Fallout: New Vegas has been unveiled. The list includes a few interesting potential big gamerscore achievements, with 100 points being dished out for those that complete the game in Hardcore mode. The full list of achievements is available after the jump.

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id Tech 5 only available for Bethesda titles

Posted by Chris Holmes at 3:34pm on August 13th, 2010

Todd Hollenshead has confirmed that id Tech 5 will not be licensed out to third party developers and publishers like the unreal engine. id Tech 5 was launched at QuakeCon 2007, alongside flagship title Rage. It was originally going to be a middleware platform to rival the unreal engine, but when id Software was acquired by ZeniMax Media in 2009 it didn’t look likely.

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ZeniMax Media acquires Arkane Studios

Posted by Chris Holmes at 12:22pm on August 13th, 2010

ZeniMax Media has announced that they have completed the acquisition of Arkane Studios. The studio will join Bethesda and id Software as an internal studio for Bethesda Softworks. Arkane has offices in Lyon (France) and Austin (Texas). They developed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic on the PC and contributed to various games throughout their brief existence, including BioShock 2.

“We are very pleased to be able to bring another experienced, high quality developer like Arkane to the ZeniMax group of studios,” said Robert Altman, Chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Media. “Raphael and his talented team have earned a reputation for creating immersive, innovative games which enhances our ability to deliver AAA quality games to our many fans.”

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Matthew Perry and Felicia Day to appear in Fallout New Vegas

Posted by Chris Holmes at 3:16pm on August 10th, 2010

Matthew Perry, Felicia Day and Zachary Levi have lent their voices to Fallout: New Vegas, it has been confirmed today. The trio join Danny Trejo, Kris Kristofferson, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, John Doman and William Sadler. Zachary Levi plays Arcade, a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse. Perry plays Benny, the head of the Geckos family. Felicia Day plays Veronica, a sarcastic Brotherhood of Steel scribe. Danny Trejo plays playable companion Raul the Ghoul and Ron Perlman will once again narrate proceedings. New Vegas is due to be released on 22nd October for the PC, PS3 and 360.

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Fallout Online beta sign-ups begin

Posted by Chris Holmes at 4:29pm on June 17th, 2010

Interplay has confirmed that they are seeking beta sign-ups for Fallout Online on the game’s new website. The website is loading a little slow right now, which is unsurprising given Interplay’s legal and financial difficulties. Bethesda owns the Fallout IP after they brought it from Interplay, but have now leased it back to the old-school publisher for the MMO version. Don’t expect the crazy first-person style of Fallout 3 though; Interplay wants to make an old-school third person style game.

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Brink delayed, now coming spring 2011

Posted by Chris Holmes at 4:01pm on June 17th, 2010

Bethesda has announced that Brink has been delayed until spring 2011. Splash Damage is working away on the FPS, which will be released on the PS3, 360 and PC. Expect single player, multiplayer, stylish environments and some solid gameplay. Splash Damage has hired some experienced developers for this so we have high hopes.

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Fallout: New Vegas dated

Posted by Chris Holmes at 10:53am on June 14th, 2010

Bethesda has announced that Fallout: New Vegas will be released in North America on October 19th and in Europe on October 22nd on the PC, PS3 and 360. The news follows the unveiling of the game’s E3 trailer, which was just released the other day. Click here to have a gander.

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Fallout New Vegas E3 2010 trailer shows gameplay and poker

Posted by Chris Holmes at 7:52pm on June 13th, 2010

Bethesda has released the E3 2010 trailer for Fallout: New Vegas. The trailer shows off a few new things, such as the 1887 Shotgun, Browning HP Pistol, M79 GL and poker, amongst dudes in cool suits and dinosaurs. It’s shaping up rather nicely, so standby your pip-boys and expect to hear more about it at E3 and beyond.

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Bethesda announces E3 line-up

Posted by Chris Holmes at 4:04pm on June 1st, 2010

Bethesda has announced their line-up for this year’s E3. They will be showing and giving hands-on time with Brink (developed by Splash Damage), Fallout: New Vegas (developed by Obsidian Entertainment) and Hunted (developed by inXile Entertainment). Bethesda will also show a new presentation of RAGE, in development over at id Software.

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DOOM II (XBLA) Review

Posted by Chris Holmes at 11:07pm on May 27th, 2010

The DOOM series is widely credited as bringing FPS gaming to the mainstream. Early titles in the franchise ran on light hardware and still entertain today. They have an air of simplicity that does away with today’s obsession with narrative, writing and acting and replaces it with fun entertainment. Even today, people keep on coming back to it because it’s just a joy to play.

Developers and publishers have realised this and have ported the series to more platforms like the GBA and most recently, the Xbox Live Arcade. The DOOM port surprised everybody. It played just like the original and had all the fancy high-tech grubbins that get fanboys all riled up. It came back to the central DOOM ethos: it was fun and challenging to play. Nerve Software (the developers in charge of the port) got it. People wanted DOOM without anything superfluous, just the same great gameplay. DOOM II delivers on this premise too.

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Bethesda Reveals Fallout: New Vegas Collectors Edition

Posted by Jereme Puik at 5:59pm on May 11th, 2010

Love Fallout? Remember how amazing Fallout 3 was? The newly anticipated release of Fallout: New Vegas is approaching us and Bethesda revealed the new collectors edition that was bound to be seen sooner or later.

The package includes the game and several items that represent what you could find in the game. Such as, 7 casino chips, a special “Lucky 38 platinum chip”, a deck of playing cards with New Vegas character imagery on them. You can use the cards to play blackjack, poker or Caravan which is a new game created Obsidian specifically for New Vegas. Also in the package is a hardcover graphic novel, “All Roads” written by Obsidian creative director, Chris Avellone. You’ll also find a making-of DVD as well which seems to be the standard lately. Bestheda didn’t offer a price tag on the huge bundle but Joystiq noticed Gamestop listing the collectors edition for $79.99 on PS3 and Xbox 360 and $69.99 on PC. Fallout: New Vegas hits store shelves this Fall 2010.

Via Joystiq and Gamestop

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