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Bethesda Game Studios Opens New Office in Montreal

Given recent discussions about whether Bethesda’s team is big enough to handle the development of their huge games, the news that they opened a new office in Montreal with a team of 40 developers is undoubtedly very interesting. The new studio is…

Voices in the Air

Unfortunately, I’m guilty of having missed Richard Cobbett’s Rock, Paper, Shotgun The RPG Scrollbars last week, even though it was a very interesting read on radios in videogames and RPGs specifically. While I apologize for the delay, it’s still worth…

How Does Fallout 4 Compare to Previous Fallouts?

The internet continues to be swamped in articles dedicated to Bethesda’s latest title, Fallout 4, and today I’ve rounded up a couple of critical looks at the game’s place in the franchise in terms of design and narrative. YouTube video…

20 Years of Fallout

On the eve of Fallout 4’s launch, Gamasutra is offering up a two-page “20 Years of Fallout: Lessons Learned Shipping Games in the Wasteland” feature that provides a quick history lesson regarding the Fallout franchise while also sporting recent and…

Eight of the Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time

Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon, Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy, Ultima, and The Elder Scrolls round off The Escapist’s list of “The Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time”. There are some glaring absences, but I…

Fallout Anthology Now Available

Bethesda Softworks fired over a press release today announcing that they’ve released their Fallout Anthology collection here in North America today, with plans to bring it to our European friends later this week on Friday, October 2nd.  I think there’s a…

Fallout Monopoly Announced

Through a tweet on the official Fallout franchise account, Bethesda has announce the release of a Fallout-themed Monopoly. While fans have already provided their takes on a Fallout Monopoly (for example this New Vegas-themed one), this is the first official…

Fallout 3 Isn’t Really an RPG

That’s the title of what is already becoming a relatively controversial editorial over at Kotaku, where the author argues that Bethesda’s Fallout 3 isn’t a role-playing game due to the fact that it falls within the spectrum of an immersive…

IGN Ranks the Fallout Games

IGN’s executive editor of reviews Dan Stapleton has rated all the Fallout games, including the spin-offs, from worst to best. I’ve seen more than a few raging debates on the merits of Fallout versus its sequel and Fallout 3 versus…