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If a Fallout 3 remaster is happening, I'm hoping it fixes the RPG's biggest level design issue

Opinion | We have the technology, so give the people what they want!

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Fallout 76's new Burning Springs update is packed with locations inspired by Amazon's Fallout season 2, so you don't have to just play New Vegas to keep the good times going

Paying homage to Dinky.

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It took Bethesda "several months" to get Fallout 3's Liberty Prime to do what he's told and stop fighting random NPCs: "It's all we're asking you to do, sir"

The glorified Terminator isn't much for orders

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Fallout 4 feels like a brand new game now that it's forcing me to take naps, drink plenty of water, and not save scum

Pro: Everything feels fresh and dangerous. Con: I had to replay the same scripted walk and talk story mission three times on account of bugs.

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Bethesda devs love switching between The Elder Scrolls and Fallout because going from fantasy to sci-fi "keeps things fresh": "All of these things just get your creativity flowing"

And Starfield's in the mix somewhere, too

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Bethesda could have made a Fallout movie or TV show a decade ago, but "credit to Todd Howard," they refused Hollywood's offers until they found "the right partner"

"Hollywood, at the time, they wanted to throw 'the video game directors' at us. We don't want the guy who makes video game movies"

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Well today I learned: Fallout lead artist says 'we did a little bit of trickery' with the chunky guns, and scale them up when you're in power armour

"Fallout is a world of extremes."

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Ex-Bethesda loremaster and Skyrim lead says Starfield's main problem was not enough Todd Howard: "When he would get pulled away from the game that would really hurt the game"

Starfield had too many cooks in the kitchen, reckons Kurt Kuhlmann

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Fallout 3 "went hard on the gloomy despair of the post-apocalyptic world" to differentiate it from Oblivion, but one dev thinks Bethesda went too far: "We just drained the color out of the world"

"We grind every asset up to just make this place feel as ruined and as dark as possible."

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Skyrim's co-lead designer says Starfield's main problem is that it never fully cohered as a game: 'It was a releasable game, but it wasn't the best'

And the reception was what he expected.

PC Gamer

Bethesda originally wanted Fallout 4 to be set in New York, but too many other games like Crysis 2 and 3 had the same idea: "You know what? Maybe New York's not the right call"

But there's disagreement over who actually chose Boston

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Lead dev of Fallout's biggest mod is "really worried" Fallout 5 will use Bethesda's aging Creation Engine, and I am, too — "it needs to be overhauled"

Should Bethesda use its Creation Engine for Fallout 5? The maker of one of the biggest Fallout mods says no — or that it should at least get an overhaul.

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No, Bethesda isn't shadow-dropping Fallout 3 and New Vegas Remasters any time soon — here's what we know.

Rumors are swirling about the future of Fallout, and I'm here to crush your dreams. Fallout 3 and New Vegas remakes / remasters are not launching imminently, but they are on the way.

Windows Central

Fallout mega-mod maker hopes Bethesda upgrades or ditches its venerable Creation Engine soon: 'Start adding things like drivable cars, maybe even metro systems like what we built'

Team FOLON ran into some issues fitting the Big Smoke into Bethesda's engine.

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'Fallout Legends' Released After a Decade of Development as Fan-Made Expansion Bridges Franchise Lore

A massive fan-led expansion, 'Fallout Legends,' has launched on Nexus Mods after a decade of work, merging lore from the original 1997 game to Fallout 4

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Fallout: London lead is "really worried" Fallout 5 will use Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine: "It needs to be overhauled somewhat"

"If they have to upgrade it, that’s what they need to solve: get rid of the load screens and allow better optimization"

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No, Skyrim’s Switch 2 port isn’t that bad — but there’s room for improvement

Skyrim’s Switch 2 port is a decent way to enjoy the sprawling RPG, though it’s held back by some irksome issues.

I love Fallout, but think its new show sounds more 'Sellout' –and fans agree

The Fallout Shelter reality show has put out its official casting call

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Fallout 5's "obvious" setting would be New Vegas, says Fallout: London lead, but it's not the location he'd choose: "I would say Texas"

"The place is already a living caricature of itself"

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Before he left Bethesda, Skyrim's co-lead wanted a cliffhanger ending for The Elder Scrolls 6, but now he knows that's "completely unfeasible" for a series that's already gone 15 years between entries

"That's not a good way to end a game and say, yeah, we'll see you in 10, 15 years"

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Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6

Kurt Kuhlmann, the keeper of the tomes, says he couldn't do the work he wanted at Bethesda

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A 'deeply social, psychological' Fallout Shelter reality TV series is coming from the producers of the Squid Game reality series

The success of the Fallout series on Prime probably made this inevitable.

PC Gamer

Skyrim's co-lead designer was building real-time horse and cart travel and a dynamic civil war: 'We were pretty disappointed that didn't ship'

Kurt Kuhlmann was co-lead on Skyrim and Bethesda's Elder Scrolls loremaster.

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Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield's 'communication breakdowns', and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 'to be The Empire Strikes Back'

"It was almost certainly time for a change."

GamesRadar

Fallout: London lead thinks Bethesda has "probably gone one game too far" with Elder Scrolls and Fallout: "It's time to go off into the sunset and look at selling off your IP"

Dean Carter's unsure if Fallout is "in the right hands"

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