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Fallout: New Vegas

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 13, 2012

Chris Avellone Blog Q&A

The one-and-only Chris Avellone brings us a new Q&A update to his Obsidian blog, and this time he explains the interaction that occurs between different types of designers, the advantages of working with your own internal engine, the work that…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 9, 2012

Bethesda Softworks Officially Owns All Rights to Fallout, Fallout Online Likely Cancelled

Bethesda Softworks just fired over a press release that not only confirms that they’ve reached a settlement in their litigation against Interplay, but also reveals that Interplay has accepted a payment of $2 million to rescind all rights to the…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 9, 2012

J.E. Sawyer’s Fallout: New Vegas Mod Updated to V2

People seem to be enjoying the hardcore nature of the mod recently released by Fallout: New Vegas project director Josh Sawyer, so I figured it was worth pointing out that he has updated the add-on to a new “V2” build.…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 3, 2012

Interplay vs. Bethesda, Finalized?

If this report over at Duck and Cover is to be believed, Interplay and Bethesda have actually reached a settlement to their long-running legal dispute over the rights to the Fallout franchise. Apparently a formal announcement will be incoming later…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnJanuary 1, 2012

Fashionably Late: Fallout: New Vegas

More than a year after its original release, the folks at True PC Gaming have published a review-like editorial on Bethesda Softworks and Obsidian Entertainment’s Fallout: New Vegas. After spending 250 hours with the title and applying a few mods…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnDecember 29, 2011

Project Director J.E. Sawyer Releases Personal Fallout: New Vegas Mod

After previously discussing it on his personal Formspring page, J.E. Sawyer, project director on Fallout: New Vegas, and its Honest Hearts and Gun Runners’ Arsenal DLC, has released his own personal mod, now available at this link. The mod includes…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 21, 2011

Chris Avellone Video Interview

Even after our enormous post-mortem interview, it seems that Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone still had some things he wanted to get off his chest about the development of Fallout: New Vegas and its DLC. And that brings us to twenty-three…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnDecember 12, 2011

Chris Avellone Interview

Industry Gamers had the chance to chat with the ever-talkative creative director of Obsidian Entertainment Chris Avellone, on subjects such as the upcoming next generation of consoles, what his role involves, the most important advancements in RPG design in the…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnDecember 7, 2011

Bethesda’s VP of PR and Marketing Denies Skryim Engine Legacy Issues

Bethesda’s VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines has commented on Twitter about Obsidian’s project director J.E. Sawyer Formspring answers on an engine-level issue in Fallout 3 and New Vegas that causes slowdowns in proportion to the size of save-game…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 5, 2011

J.E. Sawyer on Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim Save Game Lag Issue

In a recent round of answers on his Formspring.me feed, Obsidian Entertainment designer J.E. Sawyer tackles questions about the save game lag issue that users have experienced with Bethesda’s open-world RPGs, particularly Fallout: New Vegas and The Elder Scrolls V:…