Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition Announced

Bethesda Softworks just sent us over a press release revealing an impressive Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition that will contain a fistful of poker chips, a deck of cards featuring in-game character and factions, a new Fallout novel penned by Chris Avellone, a “Lucky 38” platinum chip, a “making of” DVD, and, of course, the game itself. Keep your eye on Amazon if a pre-order is in your future:

BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES FALLOUT®: NEW VEGASâ„¢ COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Fallout: New Vegasâ„¢ Collector’s Edition to be Available Worldwide

May 11, 2010 (Rockville, MD) Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced the Fallout®: New Vegasâ„¢ collector’s edition (CE) for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows. The limited collector’s edition is available in North America for pre-order now through participating retailers.

In addition to including the highly anticipated game, this premium version of Fallout: New Vegas also includes the game-inspired items below:

â™  (Lucky 7) poker chips. Each of the seven poker chips was designed to represent chips from the major casinos found on the New Vegas strip and throughout the Mojave Wasteland.

â™  A fully customized Fallout: New Vegas deck of cards. Each card in the pack has been uniquely illustrated to depict characters and factions found within the game. Use the cards to play poker, blackjack or Caravan, an original card game that was created by Obsidian especially for New Vegas!

â™  A recreation of the game’s highly coveted (Lucky 38) platinum chip.

â™  A hardcover graphic novel (All Roads), that tells the story of some of the characters and events that lead up to Fallout: New Vegas. (All Roads) was written by Chris Avellone, the game’s creative director, and created in conjunction with Dark Horse Comics.

â™  ‘˜The Making of Fallout: New Vegas’ DVD. This documentary DVD will contain exclusive video content, including interviews with the developers in which they take you from concept to creation and discuss topics such as story, setting, legacy of the Fallout franchise and more.

(We’re offering this very cool collector’s edition to give fans the opportunity to own some of the items that they’ll discover while playing Fallout: New Vegas,) said Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing. (We are also expanding their experience with the game by including a top-notch graphic novel worthy of the Fallout name and a DVD that gives them a behind-the-scenes look at how the game was created.)

Fallout: New Vegas, the follow-up to Fallout® 3 the 2008 Game of the Year brings this beloved franchise to a location only Fallout could do justice: Vegas. Fallout: New Vegas takes all the action, humor and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raises the stakes. Published by Bethesda Softworks, Fallout: New Vegas is currently under development at Obsidian Entertainment and is slated for a Fall 2010 release.

Fallout®: New Vegas has not yet been rated by the ESRB. For more information on Fallout: New Vegas, visit http://fallout.bethsoft.com.

About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a premier developer and worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles from two of the world’s top development studios Bethesda Game Studios and id Software are featured under the Bethesda Softworks label and include such blockbuster franchises as DOOM®, QUAKE®, The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, Wolfensteinâ„¢ and RAGEâ„¢. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

Fallout and Fallout: New Vegas are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.

About Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment is an entertainment software development company passionately dedicated to making high quality, next generation games for Windows PC and console systems. Obsidian was founded in 2003 by five game development veterans who’ve produced, programmed, and/or designed award-winning role playing games for a variety of platforms over the last 15 years. The five founders are: Feargus Urquhart, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, Chris Avellone and Chris Jones. Many of Obsidian’s talented employees have worked on award winning products for organizations such as Black Isle Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Neversoft, and others. Obsidian Entertainment’s Web site is located at www.obsidian.net.