Today's Xbox Live deal: 50% off all Fallout 3 DLC

by Xav de Matos on Dec 27th 2009 8:30PM

Watch your head, folks, because prices are falling. Today's Xbox Live holiday deal of the day is targeted directly at DLC for Bethesda's critical and commercial darling, Fallout 3. If you're looking to add more intense VATS-related action to the RPG, each add-on pack is available for 400

($5) a piece -- a 50% savings of your Microsoft-branded space bucks.

New to the Fallout 3 universe? There are five DLC add-on packs for the (already) lengthy RPG. Arguably the most important -- and one you should tackle first -- is Broken Steel, which increases the game's overall level cap to 30 and allows players to continue playing beyond the conclusion. Also, a Game of the Year edition is available in stores, which includes all of Fallout 3's downloadable content -- making it cheaper if you don't already own the game to begin with.

Add Fallout 3's Operation Anchorage DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue
Add Fallout 3's The Pitt DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue
Add Fallout 3's Broken Steel DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue
Add Fallout 3's Point Lookout DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue
Add Fallout 3's Mothership Zeta DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue

[Thanks, Brett]

Tags: bethesda, Bethesda-Game-Studios, bethesda-softworks, broken-steel, deal-of-the-day, dlc, downloadable-content, fallout-3, half-price, holiday-deals, Microsoft, mothership-zeta, operation-anchorage, point-lookout, RPG, the-pitt, Xbox-360, xbox-live

Reader Comments (56)

Oh man there's that unpleasing laser angle again. Hard on the imagination. Difficult to suspend disbelief.

That really bothers you? Disbelief not suspended, er unsuspended. Erhm, whichever.

I was thinking the same thing @ill trooper
That beam is horrible :X

I could probably make a better beam with MS Paint ROFL

Heh heh... It does "bother me," although that wording may be a bit strong to describe my feelings... I was just bringing it up as a joke, since nearly every time Joystiq mentions this game they run that image, and people talk about the laser's angle.

It happens in Halo 3 as well, with the Spartan Laser, much worse angles too.

Amazing deal. I would get it but I already have it on PC.

The day I buy the game and the OA and TP retail pack they do this? And tomorrow I won't be able to get it for that price. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCK! And for the record the store I got the giftcard for didnt have the GOTY edition. Balls I tell you...balls!

I'd buy them if they had the same sale on PS3

My fave was definitely Point Lookout, then The Pitt. Other than raising the level cap, I actually thought Broken Steel was pretty shitty. Operation Anchorage level shitty. Only one I haven't tackled is Mothership Zeta, which is pretty tempting at 5 beans.

Zeta is the worst one in my opinion

But still worth it for 5$.

I kind of liked Anchorage. Spend around 60 hours of solid adventuring, and get treated to a decently set up action romp. Reminded me of Deus Ex: Invisible War. Mothership Zeta tried the action thing again and I thought it just completely fell flat. I did enjoy some of the alien energy weapons, but they weren't worth the $10 asking price, maybe $5 if you're hankering for more Fallout 3.

In total agreement over Broken Steel though, very disappointing aside from the level cap and being able to continue after the original ending (which I thought was a fine ending to begin with).

Zeta wasn't that bad in my opinion, it's got some nice alien weapons, but story and universe wise, it's lacking. Still, it's worth 5 bucks.

Thank God I played the other four first. Zeta has some awful bugs in it. If you get hit by them, like I did, then you can't progress any further in the quest and your character is stuck on the spaceship forever.

The only known workaround involves console commands on the PC. Mothership Zeta was released over 4 months ago, and this has not been patched on the XBox 360.

That always seems to be a Bethesda hallmark: Game killing bugs.

Zeta is the most original. I loved the fact that they incorporated the great UFO craze that was a major aspect of 1950's culture. That whole time period was fascinating, I love aliens and UFOs. Sure, Zeta had very little exploration and freedom, but the atmospheric designs and combat was awesome.

I bought the GOTY edition at Best Buy for $40 just the other day. Great deal if you don't already own the game.

What do you guys think, should I buy the 3 I need for the 360 (Pitt, Zeta, Lookout) or just put that 15 bucks toward a game of the year PC version?

if you already have the game for the 360, i don't really see the point in buying the GOTY edition for PC. it's cheaper to just get the DLC and you'd be paying more for a repeat experience.

PC = Mods.

Just get the PC version, and download the mod that lets you build your own city in-game.

I'd put that 15 towards the PC version if your computer can handle it. You'll get all the DLC, along with whatever mods you want, and with the GECK, you can modify/create any weapons/armor/whatever you want.

And besides, it's down to $37 on Steam until the 3rd, so there ya go.

shows how disconnected i am from pc gaming.

whenever this unemployment bout ends, i think i might go for a sweet gaming pc.

@WXsniper
Can you use mods with steam games? I didn't know if that would disturb the file structure in steam and or have problems with the launcher from steam. I know certain games don't like patches and require steam updates instead. I have only used steam for a few games that were all from Valve.

This works out perfectly for me. I got a 20 dollar point card for Christmas and I need all but one of these expansions.

Alright, I'm getting sick of this shit. You guys need to press '!' instead of downvoting these spammers.

! would do some good if Joystiq actually involved itself in its own comment section, but they don't. Xav is better than most, but by and large they don't care.

We might not notice it as soon as it happens, but we always get them in the end.

Thanks Xav, nice to know someone is patrolling.

SON OF A BITCH! My 360 is still busted.

Go to Marketplace on Xbox.com, buy them and place them in your download queue. You'll get the packs for the discount price, and they'll be downloaded when you get your 360 back.

Very lame. I'm out of town and can't download, but xbox.com won't let me download from the computer because I'm not 18.

Yeah, it's been pretty well established that the report button does nothing.

The spamming has gotten pretty bad over here, but it's even worse over on Cinematical, where it really does feel like the report does very little.

Either that, or I'm the only one reporting anyone over there.

I had Fallout 3 and all DLC on Xbox 360 before I gave it away, and had just finished playing it. I really, really want to play it again though. Is the PS3 version as good? Saw a pretty good deal on the GOTY edition and I'd probably pick it up if it's not as choppy as Dragon Age was.

It should be just as good, although I heard there were some framerate and freezing issues.

I saw a review that commented that the PS3 version is far inferior to the 360 and PC versions believe it or not, the graphics didn't port well so you see everything being drawn as you move. They had comparison videos and it was pretty clear.

I think the GotY version for PS3 fixed most of the bugs, but the initial game did get hammered in reviews for being more glitchy than the others.

I played through the most of the campaign on PS3 without much exploring, as I got it as a rental. Biggest problem I had was sound acting up after scene loads. Either it would crackle like crazy or just go nuts with all sorts of high pitched distortion. A save and reload would usually fix the problem, but it was annoying as hell. Given the reviews and the fact that DLC wasn't coming to the PS3 I bought it on the 360. Can't say that the 360 version was without its bugs as well, but at least it never let out any ear raping tones.

Already got them all from the GOTY edition. :P

Still, great deal I guess.

hahha, guess I spoke too soon, well done :)

Such a tempting deal. All I need is The Pitt and I will be complete.

You're welcome Joystiq.
I wanted to make sure everyone knew about this great deal on DLC for one of my favorite games ever.
Love, Brett.

In order of quality:

Broken Steel
Point Lookout
The Pitt
Operation Anchorage
Mothership Zeta.

Thanks Ben!

should I buy al the dlc now or wait to buy the GoTY edition?
I have an xbox and I passed the game (I dont have any of the dlc)

Go with the GOTY edition, which you can find for $40 or cheaper. Even with this deal, you are paying $25 for the DLC. Unless you can get ahold of the original disc for less than $15, it's cheaper to buy the GOTY edition.

Plus, the DLC comes on a second disc in the GOTY edition and you can install it on any hard drive with any user, so you could basically share it among friends.

Awesome, and it gives me time to find a friend of mine whom i lended mi Fallout disk.
Thanks bro!

Awesome, just picked up the last of the DLC I did not have. Now to figure out what they heck I can do with my 30 Microsoft Bucks

Oh man, this is awesome! I was eventually gonna get these, but I'd be a fool not to get them now since they're all half off!

Is this in response to a spammer? If so, sorry for downvoting ya.

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