It’s been a busy few years for Bethesda and co. There was the Fallout 76 debacle, the announcement of a major new IP and the sixth title in one of the biggest franchises of all time and, of course, the small matter of an $8 billion acquisition. Now, with the backing of giants Microsoft, Bethesda
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Ever since its release back in 2018, Fallout 76 has turned heads for many reasons both good and bad. When it initially launched, the game was a broken mess but turned itself around in the following months to become a game that has a substantial player base to this day. As of today, Bethesda released a major
Fallout: New Vegas shares something with its other Bethesda-published RPG brethren: it has a vibrant modding community. Much like Skyrim and the other Fallout titles, there’s a mod for almost anything in New Vegas. Of course, that includes massive overhauls. Much like the Skyblivion mod for Skyrim or Fallout 4: New Vegas, fans of the game have been sweating over keyboards for years
I had originally intended to start this review with an anecdote drawn from my experiences in Wasteland 3. My problem, then, is that any such story may just spoil one of the many fantastic vignettes or moments that can crop up in your playthrough. So let me instead begin with a rapid fire series of
During the start of the online QuakeCon, Bethesda revealed that if their donation drive reached or surpassed $20,000 they would make Quake III free on the Bethesda.net Launcher. And as of today, the publisher has reached their intended goal and posted the following tweet in celebration: 🎉🎉🎉 YOU did it! We reached $20k in donations
I started playing the Fallout games about a decade ago. My first experience with the series was playing Fallout 3 when I was 14. I got the game through Gamefly, and admittedly, I sent it back pretty quick – the feral ghouls got me spooked. But eventually, I revisited the game, realized ghouls were easy
Initially launched in fall 2018, Fallout 76 had a noticeably rough start and took some time to get going. As the first multiplayer-focused installment of the RPG series, Fallout 76‘s take on an MMO-styled Fallout game had its growing pains, but over time Bethesda Game Studios has put a lot of attention into fleshing out what it has
Though Fallout 76 didn’t start in the best place when it first launched, developer Bethesda Game Studios has worked tirelessly to deliver an experience that fans of the online game will continue to be happy with and to bring the experience closer to what traditional Fallout fans have hoped for. The upcoming “Wastelanders” update seems to
2020 was set to be a big year for id Software and Bethesda’s annual QuakeCon event. Not only is the video game industry itself in the midst of a major shift with next-gen platforms on the horizon, but QuakeCon itself was set to celebrate its own 25th anniversary. Unfortunately, just like many other gaming conventions
Now would be as good a time as any to prep for DOOM Eternal or give any of Fallout games another go. Already in progress at the time of publication, Bethesda is holding a 24-hour sale where the net proceeds from it will be donated to the Australian Red Cross to assist in the country’s
As the basketball world and beyond mourns the loss of Kobe Bryant, tributes continue to pour in from the millions the Los Angeles Lakers legend has inspired throughout his life and career. In the NBA, teams have been running out the 24-second shot clock and taking eight-second backcourt violations at the start of games in
inXile Entertainment today announced on Twitter that Wasteland Remastered will release on February 25th. You’ve been asking, and now we can share… Wasteland Remastered drops in just one more month—February 25 for Windows (Windows Store, Steam, GOG) and Xbox One (with Xbox Game Pass)! pic.twitter.com/qSCqITMRcq — Wasteland (@Wasteland) January 22, 2020 Presently a digital-only release,
According to a LinkedIn update, former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan joined Microsoft’s newest game studio, The Initiative, as a senior systems designer back in April. Despite being less than a year old, The Initiative is already filled with brilliant minds likeGod of War lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption lead writer Christian
The debate rages on if time-saver microtransactions are pay-to-win. In a recent update to open-world survival game Fallout 76, the still-dedicated community noticed that there were non-cosmetic items coming to the real-money Atomic Shop. This would be a big departure from previous statements from developer Bethesda Softworks that the Atomic Shop would be cosmetic only, plunging
Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds is one of the most intriguing and exciting releases of 2019. Led by some of the creators of the original Fallout, The Outer Worlds is one of the first true single-player RPGs that we’ve seen in quite a bit, separate from the mold of games-as-a-service or other multiplayer factors. The Outer Worlds seems to be
There has been a lot of talk about Stadia, Google’s upcoming streaming platform, ever since it was revealed at GDC a few weeks back. Some tend to believe that Stadia could be the future of gaming while others are hard-pressed to think it will find success in our current Internet climate where speeds are often
Following the events of Epic’s Unreal event at GDC today, developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Private Division announced that they would be partnering with Epic much like many others to exclusively release the upcoming The Outer Worlds exclusively on the Epic Games Store and Windows Store at launch for PC. As you can glean from this, The Outer Worlds
There are so few developers as open about their games as developer Obsidian Entertainment is with their upcoming project, The Outer Worlds. Despite seemingly new updates rolling out about the game every week, the developers always appear to have some new tidbit of information about the Fallout like RPG. This week, Co-Directors Leonard Boyarsky and Tim Cain go on a
What in the world is Bethesda doing? They are already swamped with projects, but new placeholder listings on Amazon may indicate that the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls developer has something up their sleeve. And while I wouldn’t hold your breath that we are seeing a new project before E3, these leaks do have us wondering. The news comes
There seems to be a war of attrition between Fallout 76 and German retailers. After a series of other questionable bundles, another retailer is packing the game in with Seagate Hard Drives. News comes by way of Reddit, with an image surfacing of the Seagate 2TB hard drive coming bundled with a copy of Fallout 76. According to
Fallout 76 has been in the news for a multitude of things. There was the time when players crashed the game by launching three nukes simultaneously, the infamous canvas bag controversy, and of course, Dualshockers’ worst reviewed game in quite some time. Now, players have somehow been accessing a secret “developer room.” According to Eurogamer,
Bethesda opened up the new year with a new blog post for Fallout 76 which outlined the plans they have for future content which includes player vending and a new PvP mode. In a short post to Bethesda.net, the developer laid out that more details on the next big Fallout 76 update would come later this
Anyone who popped in to play the wildly successful and absolutely perfect Fallout 76 in 2018 will receive an entitlement for Fallout Classic Collection on PC. The Fallout Classic Collection comes bundled with the original Fallout, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, and Fallout 2. The offer applies to all players, which means Xbox One and PS4 players will
We are still learning more about The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division’s recently unveiled project that debuted at The Game Awards 2018. And while we don’t have a complete picture of what the Fallout-esque project will end up being, we did manage to get confirmations of some bright news: the game will be microtransaction-free. Speaking
To say that Fallout 76 had a bit of a rough start at launch would be a bit of an understatement, but combined with the backlash that Bethesda faced when it was revealed that the company switched out the canvas bag included with the game’s $200 Power Armor Edition for a cheaper nylon bag was an
Fallout 76 was one of the most anticipated titles set to arrive in the later half of the year thanks to its blend of multiplayer within the richness of the Fallout universe, and while the final product left something to be desired among some fans, more outcry has arisen surrounding the quality of one of its merchandise items
Since its debut two weeks ago, the launch of Fallout 76 has been seen as a bit of a mixed bag, as the game has seen numerous technical issues as players have tried to make their way through post-apocalyptic West Virginia, along with Bethesda Game Studios as a whole not giving much in the way of
Recently, story broke of Insomniac Games adding a theatre marquee into Marvel’s Spider-Man that popped the question; “Maddie, will you marry me?” for a fan and his girlfriend. Unfortunately, it turned out that the couple had split before the game came out. However, Bethesda have helped a Fallout fan propose and it’s not as crushing. GrumbleGamer 18 from
In case you didn’t already know, West Virginia is a very, very hard place to get to. I experienced this first-hand while heading into the preview event for Fallout 76, which was taking place in White Sulpher Springs. The trip there ended up involving a missed flight, a later flight to Chicago, and then a 20-person plane
Among the big fall releases for the year the upcoming Fallout 76 definitely ranks high among the biggest, and while the game will be on PC like the Fallout games before, Bethesda has confirmed that those looking to play Fallout 76 will have to turn to Bethesda.net to play the game, as opposed to other PC game marketplaces. In