Fallout 3 falls into retail October 28

by Christopher Grant { Aug 20th 2008 at 3:44PM }

"Prepare for the future" indeed! And by "future" we specifically mean October 28th (or October 31st for our European pals) because that's when Bethesda's "Best of E3"-award winning Fallout 3 – including the Collector's and Survival editions – falls into retailer's laps.

Vlatko Andonov, Bethesda Softworks prez, teases, "To meet the huge demand for this title by our fans worldwide, we are planning one of the biggest launches of any game released this year." We're not sure what Bethesda's got in store, but when discussing a game set in a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland, we're excited to see how big of a splash it can make. Bunkers, everyone!

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Tags: Bethesda, BreakingNews, Fallout-3, release-date

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neebs @ Aug 20th 2008 3:50PM

Argh, there are too many games I want coming out.

Rock Band 2
Crysis Warhead
Fallout 3
Mirror's Edge
Red Alert 3 (WTF, this comes out the same day as FO3)
Left 4 Dead

syrik zero @ Aug 20th 2008 4:07PM

Yeah, many good titles this holiday season... Just like every year!

I'm getting:
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Dead Space
Left4Dead
Fallout 3
Mirror's Edge
Parasite Eve

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 3:51PM

Damn, I was told the seventh. Who cares? I've pre-ordered. The soundtrack is great. Butcher Pete is messed up, though.

Kassu @ Aug 20th 2008 3:54PM

Please don't suck like Oblivion did.
Please don't suck like Oblivion did.
Please don't suck like Oblivion did.

A man can hope.

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:02PM

What was wrong with Oblivion?

Kassu @ Aug 20th 2008 4:17PM

It sucked?

kavendano14 @ Aug 20th 2008 4:20PM

I think we get that after you saying it four times

Ignatius @ Aug 20th 2008 4:21PM

A few glaring details, but past that, Oblivion was a very good game.

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:24PM

Feel free to not like it, just don't be a dick if I ask you for your reasoning, especially if it's suck a critically acclaimed game.

Neebs @ Aug 20th 2008 4:25PM

It was fantastic if you modded it.

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:26PM

I meant "such a critically acclaimed game." LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

Pimliconite @ Aug 20th 2008 5:18PM

The best place to learn about Oblivion's legion of flaws are in Fallout 3 previews, where game journalists gleefully enumerate a whole host of problems like generic setting, bad dialogs, silly persuasion minigame, boring quests, repetitiveness, level scaling, and dull plot, all flaws that Fallout 3 will magically fix because it's in a different setting!

Mr.ESC @ Aug 20th 2008 5:31PM

Wait it sucked? Oblivion? Are you talking about elder Scrolls Oblivion? Because it doesn't suck.

Before any stupid answer:No,U Suck.

Snowblind @ Aug 20th 2008 6:20PM

Well, I wouldn't have said it sucked, but it had a lot of problems, and was no where near the level of Morrowind.

Loot and enemy scaling alone pretty much killed the game.

Kassu @ Aug 20th 2008 7:11PM

Wow, we must have played a completely different game, because the Oblivion I played had repetitive quests involving dark caves and utterly useless rewards, which in the end killed every reason to actually complete any of the quests, because I had a house full of awsome loot already, because i had stolen everything there was to steal in all the mayor cities, thanks to the piss-easy mechanics.

In the end, only the Assassin Club's quests were interesting enough to make me acutally complete them. On all other occasions, I spent my time killing hordes of guardsmen because it was fun to watch them ragdoll through the air when I fired an AOE DOT fire arrow into their midst. And that became a little old after the first 231 times.

RobLink (Alex Kidd incarnate) @ Aug 20th 2008 7:14PM

Don't tell Justin. He swings a banhammer for any tiny reason. And he angers easily.

Mikew3st @ Aug 20th 2008 3:55PM

Gears of War 2
Resistance 2
LBP
Dead Space
Fable 2

ARGHH!!!

Fenix @ Aug 20th 2008 3:58PM

October and November are gonna be a HUGE CLUSTERFUCK of gaming :( -$

FarCry2
Fallout3
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Socom
DeadSpace
Gears 2
BanjoK N&B
LBP
Bond007 QoS
Resistance 2
CoD:WaW
Wipeout HD
Mirrors Edge
Lego Batman
MK vs DC U
Left 4 Dead
Sonic Unleashed

So many damn games I want coming out in just these 2 months. It would be real nice to have those Jumper abilities later this year

:P

Nate @ Aug 20th 2008 4:07PM

Hear hear! Me too. Just a crazy number of good games coming out - and I only have the PS3.... people with 2 or 3 consoles must be really in for a world of hurt.

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:09PM

You forgot Star Wars. GOOD DAY SIR!!

Fenix @ Aug 20th 2008 4:16PM

Drew

Oh snap your right Starwars Force Unleashed, my bad thats funny because thats the first one on my list and I left it off by accident, thanks! :)

Demo tomorrow! w00t!

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:17PM

!! I forgot about the demo!! Hurrah!

Fenix @ Aug 20th 2008 4:32PM

Damnit,

Guitar Hero WT!

tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 20th 2008 3:59PM

So within 2 weeks of each other we have Fable 2, Fallout 3, and Little Big Planet so far that I know of. I better start saving now :(

The_Punisher @ Aug 20th 2008 4:49PM

and Guitar Hero and Star Ocean PSP remake :)

The_Punisher @ Aug 20th 2008 4:12PM

I was told it was October 7.

*shrugs*

More time to save up $130 for the Survival Edition i guess. :)

Drew @ Aug 20th 2008 4:22PM

Dude, the Survival edition is crap. It's 50 buck more than the Collectors, all for a clock of unknown quality. You should pre-order at ebGames/Gamestop, then for 80 bucks (70 on PC) you get: the Game, a PIP-boy Bobblehead, a Lunchbox, a Art Book, a Making of DVD, a soundtrack excerpt, and a poster. Not to mention that Survival is only on Amazon, so you have to wait for it to ship unless you paid higher on shipping.