Fallout 3: New 'Operation Anchorage' screens, 'Broken Steel' level cap revealed

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 8th 2009 at 11:44AM }

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Bethesda released new screens today for Fallout 3's Operation Anchorage DLC, along with word on how high it'll raise the game's level cap with the third DLC pack, Broken Steel, planned for March. The new Operation Anchorage screens (which can be viewed in the gallery below) reveal a ninja suit, a snowy lake landscape and a commie Chinese bunker. The DLC pack is scheduled for release later this month at 800

($10, 50 caps or 100 pieces of scrap metal).

Bethesda also informed Eurogamer that Broken Steel will raise the player's level cap to 30. We'd previously known that the bump was coming, but had no idea how high. Patient folks may care to wait and see if a discount happens on the packs down the line. As for us, well... that ninja armor looks like it might be worth $10.

Gallery: Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage

Tags: bethesda, bethesda-softworks, fallout-3, operation-anchorage

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Jakka ( FREE 1UP - A BRAND NEW CAMPAIGN!) @ Jan 8th 2009 11:41AM

Wait...they're asking poor console folk to pay $10 for something that PC players can do with a little knowledge and the ability to use notepad in less than ten minutes?

Snowblind @ Jan 8th 2009 11:53AM

The content adds a lot more than a raised level cap.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 8th 2009 11:59AM

Also, stop being such a buzzkill. Seriously.

doreo @ Jan 8th 2009 12:45PM

You sir, from this moment on shall be named buzz killington...

Jakka ( FREE 1UP - A BRAND NEW CAMPAIGN!) @ Jan 8th 2009 1:07PM

How does extra content change the fact that you still have to pay $10 if you hope to ever level up your char again? Extra-content or not, level cap increase should've been a free update seeing how everybody and their mother has maxed out their levels half-way through the game.

Also, I like that name...Buzz Killington

Eggy @ Jan 8th 2009 3:16PM

Agree with you Jakka. Don't let them downvoters get to ya!

Screens look good though.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 8th 2009 3:49PM

To be honest, I stopped caring around the point I predicted LBP's fate six month before release.

Great game, terrible executive meddling from Sony...

Stan @ Jan 8th 2009 11:48AM

I wish Broken Steel was coming out first. It's dumb to make level 20 characters wait until all 3 packs are released if they want to get the most out of the content.

Jerk Face @ Jan 8th 2009 1:03PM

Totally agree with you. I keep wrestling with the thought of waiting until March to play all three, just because I'm so close to completing the game's many side missions and exploration that it'd be a waste to have TEN LEVELS to go through with a mere expansion (even if it's sizable, ten levels is a lot).

And I'm never going to play through the whole game again, ever. It wouldn't be the same. The discovery is what makes the game great, and that would be lost on a second playthrough.

So do I wait until March? Probably.

waves @ Jan 8th 2009 11:50AM

Sweet. I was wondering what to play now that I've finished Far Cry 2.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 8th 2009 11:54AM

As much as I don't like Fallout3: That is a pretty badass ninja suit.

Shagittarius @ Jan 8th 2009 11:55AM

I'm really into this game but have to put it on a back burner beacuse I'm working on so many games simultaneously and the shorter ones are begging to be knocked off first.

That way I'll feel like I have more time to dedicate to Fallout all at once.

Duke @ Jan 8th 2009 12:08PM

I'm in the same spot. There are too many others I want to play and so I took a break from this game. I will be grabbing the DLC and playing it again when I have time.

In A World (XBL) @ Jan 8th 2009 11:55AM

I'll only be getting Broken Steel. I'm maxed out on lvl 20 and have a bunch of unfinished quests all queued up, ready to be completed for their XP payout. I can probably get to lvl 21 within 5 minutes of installing Broken Steel.

acefondu @ Jan 8th 2009 11:57AM

Figures the only DLC I would actually buy isn't available for the PS3 version... Oh, the irony.

glitched @ Jan 8th 2009 2:19PM

yup, this is the first DLC i would buy on my ps3 as well!

i wished they would reconsider bringing it to ps3

Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force) @ Jan 8th 2009 5:36PM

They would reconsider it as soon as you reconsider trading in your PS3 for a 360.

Popfrogs @ Jan 8th 2009 8:33PM

I imagine it'll be coming for the PS3, just a year late thanks to MS bribery. Crooked bastards.

It really is Oblivion all over again minus the horse armor.

AwesomeTown @ Jan 8th 2009 11:59AM

Level 30 is pretty damn good, I just hope then introduce a lot of new though enemies that would actually make getting there worth it.

Oh and that ninja suit would be awesome on my current melee character. I love the shishkabob.

Jerk Face @ Jan 8th 2009 1:35PM

The Shishkebab is a recipe for Win!

ryan @ Jan 8th 2009 2:17PM

I know, I thought the shishkebob was a funny alternative to 'ye olde +5 Sword of Flame'.

kal326 @ Jan 27th 2009 2:11PM

The shishkabob is all well and fine, I just wish it would stop lighting Dogmeat on fire along with the enemy. The site of a flaming dog jumping at a flaming super mutant is only funny so many times.

Reuben @ Jan 8th 2009 12:04PM

I'm very excited for this, but am I the only one that is a little perturbed by the fact that we have to pay for a raised level cap? I don't have an issue with paying for the extra content/areas/quests, but I feel at least the level cap raise should be made available for free.

cantbeatmegaman @ Jan 8th 2009 12:06PM

How about the patch the damn game first before talking about DLCs.

butaneko @ Jan 8th 2009 12:17PM

How about a patch for some extra friggin songs on GNR. What they should have done is made findable records or CD's in the game that you can bring to the station to augment Three Dog's playlist -- and possibly hack his computer and delete tracks you can't bear listening to anymore.

Obie @ Jan 8th 2009 6:33PM

The roads are the dustiest
The winds are the gustiest
The gates are the rustiest
The pies are the crustiest
The songs the lustiest
The friends the trustiest

Waaay back home (back home!)

The trees are the sappiest
The days are the nappiest
The dogs are the yappiest
The kids are the scrappiest
The jokes the snappiest
The folks the happiest

Waaay back home
Dont' know why I left the homestead
I really must confess
I'm a weary exile
Singing my song of lone-li-ness

The grass is the springiest
The bees are the stingiest
The birds are the wingiest
The bells are the ringiest (the hearts...)
The hearts the singiest (the arms...)
The arms the clingiest

Waaay back home

(What about the sun?)
The sun's the blaziest (and the fields?)
Field's the daisiest (and the cows?
Cows the graziest (and the help?)
The help's the laziest.
The boys (are the witiest)
The girls (are the prettiest)

Waaay back home

(The pigs are the snootiest)
(The owls are the hootiest)
The plants the fruitiest
Stars the shootiest
(The grins the funniest)
The smiles the sunniest

Waaay back home
Dont' know why I left the homestead
I really must confess
I'm a weary exile
Singing my song of lone-li-ness

The food is the spreadiest
The wine is the headiest
The pals are the readiest
The gals are the steadiest
The love the liveliest
The life the loveliest

Waaay back (Waaay back)
Waaay back Home (No place like home)
Sweeeet home

Asok @ Jan 8th 2009 7:25PM

@obie

Now do Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)

Wayne Donaldson @ Jan 8th 2009 12:19PM

"How about the patch the damn game first before talking about DLCs."

I couldn't agree more. I'm stuck half way through the game due to the game breaking bug in Waters Of Life. Which means I'm stuck waiting for a patch before I can play one. And I'm pretty hecked off about it to be honest.

Brian @ Jan 8th 2009 2:15PM

Same. I'm currently trapped inside the Jefferson Memorial, please send help!

Maurice M @ Jan 8th 2009 12:20PM

Waiting for the eventual GOTY bundle that will include everything down the line. I'm in no rush to play (or pay for) this stuff up front.

butaneko @ Jan 8th 2009 12:21PM

I just recently hit level 20 with like 70 hours under my belt and was kind of surprised how little it affected my desire to continue playing. I guess the fun of exploration is the real driving force for me.

Still a level 30 cap is pretty bad ass.

Antagonist @ Jan 8th 2009 4:55PM

I wish it would've taken me 70 hours to hit lvl 20. I don't know the exact amount of playtime, but I hit lvl 20 in less than 20 hours, and I haven't even considered touching the game since.

Any hopes of reward for my in-game efforts and explorations, as well as any further character development, were dashed to bits before I had even played halfway through the main story quests.

In my opinion, it serves as almost a punishment to any player who is attempting to see as much as they can of the game in one play through. I can only speak for myself, but I won't even consider picking this game back up until the level cap is raised, and the fact that it carries a price tag is very off-putting.

ScottG13 @ Jan 8th 2009 12:24PM

Awesome. I'm on board.

cjshrader @ Jan 8th 2009 12:37PM

I have a guy who will buy my scrap metal for 10 caps each. So I'll only need 5 pieces. I'd tell you where he is, but it's a secret to everyone.

Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 8th 2009 12:47PM

I will kill everything in the Fallout universe to get that ninja suit

Markusdragon @ Jan 8th 2009 1:09PM

Won't that leave you with no-one left to ninja, though?

Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 8th 2009 1:12PM

I can always ninja scorpions

Obie @ Jan 8th 2009 12:49PM

Will there also be new achievements with this DLC?

TheKarmaPolice @ Jan 8th 2009 1:09PM

First there was gun metal grey, then dirt brown

now introducing the Azure blue filter
apply accordingly

Ok seriously, that looks sweet and I can't wait, but boy....those screenshots sure are blue

Vic @ Jan 8th 2009 1:25PM

I'm buying each DLC pack day one when it comes out! Currently playing through the first time as a goody goody, then will go through again as Sneedy McEvil...Fallout 3 is a great game.

For the people complaining about paying to raise your cap lever....there will be DLC ALONG with the raise in level cap for Broken Steel, so you're not just paying to raise the cap...

I never can understand why people complain about something they don't want... unless deep down they really do want it, and are just too cheap/broke to actually get it...