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Fallout 3 premium theme available now, free to loyal DLC buyers

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 17th 2009 10:00AM

Fellow wanderers of the Capital Wasteland, behold what Atom has bestowed upon us: the Fallout 3 premium theme. The glorified post-nuclear wallpaper sells at a standard bottle cap conversion rate of 240

($3 in pre-war money); however, those who purchased all five of Fallout 3's expansion packs can download the theme for free on October 1.

Those obtaining the theme for free will "receive a token from Microsoft" according to Bethesda. We're still a little fuzzy on the specifics, but that's probably because we've been sniffing punga spores. We're still working on getting more details about how the free version will work, but those who want to buy the theme can drop those caps now.

Update: Microsoft will be emailing the codes, so make sure the email attached to your Live account is functioning.

Tags: bethesda-softworks, fallout-3, themes, xbox-premium-theme, zenimax-media

Reader Comments (31)

I really wish the themes would so something with that plain space in the front.

Don't know if they really could though....it just steals away from the rest of the theme.

Sweet. I don't own an Xbox nor do have any intention of ever havign one but that Theme is Sweet. I hope they come out with a PS3 one also

Hopefully the PS3 DLC hits today ~fingers and toes crossed!

This actually looks like a premium theme I might want to buy (though probably wont), having not bought all the dlc, I wonder if you'd still get it free if you purchased the dlc packs on the disc bundles? Not that I've done that either.
Dig for me Joystiq, dig and then share your treasures with the world.

also, that's a clever ploy to get people to buy any remaining dlcs that they haven't bought yet. Two weeks notice to get a free theme, if you fork out the 800⊝ per add-on. Clever.

I was just wondering that. I have Operation Anchorage and The Pitt on disc and will buy the others once I have some money (money set aside for ODST, MW2 and L4D2 so no spare).

@ Carbonize

Point Lookout was awesome. One of the better DLCs, and definitely loads better than Mothership Zeta , , , loads better. The only way Point Lookout could have been better, if Bethesda had found a way to tie it directly to the main storyline.

Sir, you do yourself a disservice by not owning it. A disservice, plus now you don't qualify for the free theme to boot.

Do yourself the favor over the next couple of weeks, Point Lookout rocks.

I just realized that I responded to the wrong person. Should have gone out to DaveyAsprey (below) .

Oh well, I cannot be help responsible if Joystiq's reply system gets everyone turned around on occasion.

i have 4/5 DLC as i dont like the look of Point lookout... so that makes me not 'Loyal' enough for the free theme? What a load of Brahmin shit!

Point Lookout was awesome. One of the better DLCs, and definitely loads better than Mothership Zeta , , , loads better. The only way Point Lookout could have been better, if Bethesda had found a way to tie it directly to the main storyline.

Sir, you do yourself a disservice by not owning it. A disservice, plus now you don't qualify for the free theme to boot.

Do yourself the favor over the next couple of weeks, Point Lookout rocks.

You're probably missing out on the best of all the DLC's :/

Hmm purchased all for PC, but as its all linked to same gamertag in GFW and it all comes out of MS points, will I get token to use on xbox?

bobble head avatar to go with this please

I really wish they were able to skin the bottom portion of the screen. That has bothered me since this new dash update.

That's a pretty sweet theme. I wish it came with GOTY edition or maybe it will be free for that too....

so, I bought 3 of the DLCs on my account, then moved to the states and started using my wifes account (her being the reason I moved to the states) to get the other 2 (since my bank info wont work with my canadian account, being an american bank and all)

so, legitimate question: am I screwed on getting it for free? anyone have any ideas on that, joystiq?

When do they have to be purchased by to qualify?

September 22 is the cutoff date for the purchase by date in order to qualify.

As much as I enjoyed Fallout 3, I'm not about to jump at the opportunity to spend more time in that vomit-colored world again. Especially when I'm not even playing the game. Maybe I'm superficial, but I can't play the game anymore after completing it and the DLC. It's the same reason I'm apprehensive about buying Red Faction Guerilla... I don't want to spend eight hours staring at rust.

At least it'll be free though, maybe I can give the code away.

My question is what if you received one or more of the DLC via a giveaway code? Would you still qualify for the free theme if you own all 5 DLC? Can you ask MS about that Joystiq/Alexander?

I asked this question on Bethesda's blog (see link) and the staffer who answered did not know.

It does sounds like if you bought some of the DLC on disc you are out of luck.

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2009/09/16/fallout-3-theme-for-xbox-live/

I have all the DLC packs so yay I get a sweet theme!!!!! Thanks Bethesda!

I only have to drop $50 for a "free" theme? Where's my credit card?

No email yet, and I don't see it up on the Marketplace either. I ate up everything Fallout 3 with a spoon. Best game this generation, in my opinion.

Can't download it for free until October 1st, so I'd assume we won't receive our emails until then or just before.

This should be included in the GOTY edition, since it will feature all off the expansions.

ah ok if its that good, i think ill buy it then

Got the email but the code doesnt work. Just spent an hour with xbox tech support who couldnt help me and referred me to Bethesda. The guy at Bethesda laughed and said to call Microsoft back. Can anyone help?

Got the same problem here, seen lots of comments on numerous forums of others having the same issue where the code says its already been used.

i wanted my free theme :(

I bought The Pitt and Op Anchorage on Bungle Disc! Where's my code! We paid the same price!

lads does this offer extend to europe/ireland as its the 14th oct now and no e-mail for me :( :( helpz

I live in Norway and haven't gotten an e-mail either :(

Getting very tired of this.
Never got a code, have spent way too much time on hold with MS to be told the same thing over and over, and i'm starting to feel like a loser for trying so hard to get this.
Simple issues like this should have simple solutions. There is no way it should take three weeks (and counting) of investigation. I'm seriously annoyed.

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