As promised, Bethesda Softworks’ first piece of Fallout 3 downloadable conent, Broken Steel. is now available for download on the PlayStation Store in North America for $9.99. The Fallout 3 DLC PS3 love will continue next week (October 1st), with the release of Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt. The week after (October 8th), Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta will be available - making PS3 owners all caught up with the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game.
No more will those Xbox 360 and Windows be able to taunt PS3 owners in school yards, lunchrooms and worplace breakrooms anymore about not having access to all of Bethesda’s extra content for Fallout 3. Take that, Bob from accounting with your stupid bow tie and terrible haircut!
Bethesda Softworks announced details on some new content for the PS3 version of Fallout, as well as some fixes to the game and details on the Game of the Year Edition planned for later this year. Today Bethesda released an update for the PS3 version of Fallout 3 that addresses a number of issues, including some optimizations, and adds trophy support for the downloadable content that will be released soon. The first DLC for PS3, Broken Steel, will be available next Thursday, September 24th. That will be followed by the release of Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt on October 1st, and Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta on October 8th. Pretty good news for Fallout 3 players who are enjoying it on Sony’s console.
Bethesda also announced that Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC) will be available at retail on Tuesday, October 13th. The Game of the Year edition includes the game as well as all five downloadable content packs. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions will retail for $59.99 and the Games for Windows version will be available for $49.99.
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Bethesda sues Interplay over Fallout
According to published reports, Bethesda Softworks is not happy with Interplay over Fallout. So unhappy in fact that it has decided to sue them. According to this Gamasutra report, Bethesda filed a complaint in U.S. District Court of Maryland earlier this month in an attempt to restrict Interplay from selling older titles like Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics. Interplay sold the rights to the Fallout brand to Bethesda.
The problem stems from Interplay selling that trio of games under the name “Fallout Trilogy,” which irks Bethesda, who happen to make the third game, Fallout 3. Interplay was previously allowed to sell the older games it created (Fallout 1, 2 and the spin-off Fallout Tactics), but Bethesda alleges in court that it want to put a stop to it because Interplay did not seek prior approval for packaging and marketing the game package.
Bethesda also alleges a breach of contract over an agreement with Interplay to develop a massively multiplayer online game based on the Fallout license. Under the terms of that deal, Interplay was required to find $30 million USD in funding and then begin development of the game by April of this year. This did not happen in the timeframe agreed to, says Bethesda.
We’ll follow this story as it continues to develop.
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Second Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack in stores next week
Bethesda Softworks has posted a note on its official Facebook fan page for Fallout 3 and its blog that next week those that don’t want to buy the Broken Steel and Lookout Point via Games For Windows Live or Xbox Live Marketplace can pick up both in one handy dandy SKU. The second Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack. There’s not much more to be said about it, besides that it will be available in North America on August 25th on both Games for Windows and Xbox 360.
I guess this is perfect for Xbox Live Silver members who would rather have these add-ons on some physical media.
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Adam Sessler: I Love Melons!
This week on Sessler’s Soapbox, G4TV’s Adam Sessler talks about an odd outburst (”I Love Melons”) on X-Play during a conversation about Fallout 3’s V.A.T.S. system. After taking perhaps a little too much time explaining that blooper, Adam tackles the wonders of exploration and uses Batman: Arkham Asylum and Shadow Complex as examples. You can check out the latest edition of Sessler’s Soapbox below or visit G4TV.com. Choose your poison wisely. For the record, who doesn’t love melons? I know I do.
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Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta details, screens
Bethesda Softworks today released the first screenshots and information about the next major piece of downloadable content for Fallout 3 - Mothership Zeta. If you caught yesterday’s news, then you probably already know that PS3 owners will have to wait until well after September to get their hands on any DLC let alone this latest one starring crashed alien ships and little gray men.
In the game our favorite former vault dweller turned wasteland enforcer has to deal with Mothership Zeta, and alien craft orbiting the earth. somehow the player ends up being taken aboard an alien spacecraft where he’ll meet some new non-player characters who - like him - want to escape their captors.
In addition to new characters, this content features a brand new storyline, new weapons, items and armor, and some new enemies to fight. Mothership Zeta is scheduled for release on Monday, August 3 on Xbox Live (800 Points) and Games for Windows Live. Details from Bethesda can be found after the break.
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Fallout 3 PS3 DLC .. in September?!?
I’m not as outraged as the title might lead you to believe about this, but then again, I’m not playing Fallout 3 on the PlayStation 3. According to a blog post by Ashley Cheng, a producer at Bethesda Game Studios, the first downloadable content won’t be out until sometime in September. Today sure is shaping up to be a series of disappointments for gamers.
“So when can you expect Fallout 3 DLC? We are knee deep in testing at the moment, and we’re hoping to have the first DLC out by the end of September. That long? Keep in mind that not only do we need to test each DLC on PS3, we also need to test each DLC when used in conjunction with each of the other DLC, as well as all of them together, along with the entire original game.”
The good news for PS3 Fallout owners is that they may get the DLC in the order they want it. For instance, Broken Steel, which Bethesda says is the most requested of the pack, will be the first one to be released. Broken Steel requires players to finish the main storyline and raises the level cap considerably, so it makes sense to release it first. After Broken Steel, Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt will be released “shortly thereafter” with Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta coming “as soon as they can.”
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I’m not as outraged as the title might lead you to believe about this, but then again, I’m not playing Fallout 3 on the PlayStation 3. According to a blog post by Ashley Cheng, a producer at Bethesda Game Studios, the first downloadable content won’t be out until sometime in September. Today sure is shaping up to be a series of disappointments for gamers.