Bethesda on Fallout 3 DLC plans

by Richard Mitchell on Sep 3rd 2008 12:30PM

Speaking to Shacknews, Bethesda's Pete Hines and Istvan Pely shed some light on the downloadable content plans for Fallout 3 (among other things). When asked about DLC, Hines noted that Bethesda was shooting for content that was "several hours." Hines elaborated, "Not just like a one-off thing, but something like where you can download it and play it for X number of hours," adding that it would be akin to Oblivion content like Knights of the Nine, "where it's like whole new quest lines, new stuff, that kind of thing." Reading between the lines, we're getting the message that Hines means not horse armor. While release plans remain in the dark, Hines does note that Bethesda is already "looking into" future DLC.

Hit the source link for the full interview, which contains talk about Fallout 3's design as well as how Bethesda feels about comparisons to Oblivion.

[Via Joystiq]

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Tags: bethesda, fallout, fallout-3

Reader Comments (10)

This game is going to be amazing.

My biggest concern is the amount of time I'll be able to give it with GOW2 right around the corner of it's release.

Same Problem.
Fable II and Dead Space on the same release day.
Spore (Of course)
Fallout 3
GH: World Tour.
Far Cry 2
GoW 2
Bikes in Burnout Paradise...

Not enough time!
Or money!

cool

Yeah Horse Armor was a bad idea... but then they released a bunch of good ones... cut 'em a break, jeez.

Oblivion is still the gold standard as far as single player DLC... and it came out what 2 or 3 years ago?

I agree, the horse armor was a bit lame, but there are plenty of games that have their own 'horse armor' (Ninja gaiden 2). However, Bethesda made up for it in excess with the rest of the DLC, and I am most certainly looking forward to the DLC for Fallout. I am actually looking forward to Fallout more than Fable and Gears 2 combined. I thought Oblivion was great. I can only imagine it with guns and a more modern feel to it.
Oblivion + guns + modern times=Bad ass game.

I personally can't wait for some Dogmeat armor. :)

This and Far Cry 2 were my Games of PAX. Closely followed by Left4Dead, and the bronze medal position shared by Fable 2, Project Origin, Prince of Persia and Mirror's Edge.

I've already got Fallout 3 preordered, and once I secure some more funding, I'll be getting Far Cry 2 and Left4Dead. They should pretty much see me through to Christmas.