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Making Fallout, Bethesda Game Studios realized "being realistic sometimes isn't fun" in games, dev says

"And we realized it was just too sprawling. It was too big"

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I'm convinced Fallout season 2 has set the board for Fallout 5

Opinion | Bethesda has a chance to do something incredible with The Enclave following the success of the Amazon series

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What's the best Fallout game? As Season 2 of the TV show aired, we asked you — here's what you said (and why I'm not surprised)

Which Fallout game is the best? We asked our readers that question, and the answer we got was clear — and with a few surprises in the results.

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"You are wrong" and Fallout New Vegas was ripped apart at launch, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer reminds RPG fans, comparing it to Cyberpunk 2077: "Its reputation at launch was not fantastic"

"There was another game that sold very well at launch that did not review amazingly"

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Todd Howard gives Fallout 3 an "average grade," and only after Bethesda used numerous DLC to fix what everyone "hated" about the RPG's original ending

"I’ll give us an average grade on that to make the story continue"

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Fallout 76 may get another raid, and Bethesda plans to make swapping builds easier to avoid "playing the UI" — it should learn from one of its biggest rivals

Bethesda is considering adding another Fallout 76 raid, but before that happens, it wants to make it easier to change your builds in the RPG.

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Bethesda's Todd Howard reveals one of Fallout 3's biggest DLCs came from how much everyone hated the RPG's ending — "I’ll give us an average grade on that"

In a new interview, Todd Howard has revealed Bethesda made one of Fallout 3's biggest DLCs to fix its controversial ending.

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"When Bethesda bought the Fallout license," RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along

"I figured I would never have a chance to work on the series again"

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I Loved Fallout Season 2, But I Have A Few More Things I Need To See In Season 3

We need to see these things.

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Fallout was a "B-tier side project" for its original dev and lost two huge licenses, but its creators are glad — "So many negatives turned out to be positives"

The original creators of the Fallout series have revealed it was a "B-tier product" for a while, and failed to secure two major licenses during development.

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These isometric screenshots of Fallout 4 make me wish Bethesda would return to the genre's roots

Opinion | Players are using camera trickery to make Fallout 4 look like the original games, and it’s got me nostalgic for more

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Todd Howard says Bethesda really didn't expect people to hate the way Fallout 3 ended with a full stop: 'We thought this is Fallout, it’s great! People hated it!'

"I'll give us an average grade on [the fix]."

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OG Fallout devs had to talk themselves into the RPG's name: "My immediate reaction was 'ehh...'"

"Fallout was on the list. But we all went, 'It's too obvious.'"

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Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'

I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.

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Todd Howard "stole" his brother's copy of Fallout during his early days at Bethesda "and never gave it back to him" as he "loved the vibe" of the RPG

He "played it to death"

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Is it just me or did Season 2 of the Fallout TV series effectively wipe Courier 6 from existence?

I can't point to a single thing New Vegas's protagonist actually did.

Total Film

Despite only briefly appearing in season 2, Fallout showrunner says Ron Perlman's Supermutant will figure into future seasons: "He is a larger character in this world"

The Wasteland has a new player

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Bethesda is "looking into" Fallout 76 crossplay, but "huge technical hurdles" mean it won't be coming soon: "We know players want it"

Maybe someday

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Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw

But were there anchovies?

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Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'

The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.

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219 hours of XCOM 2 and 20 minutes of Fallout: Size Five Games' director Dan Marshall takes us through the games on his PC

The co-creator of the Swindle, Lair of the Clockwork God and Earth Must Die gives us the lowdown on his gaming tastes.

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Silo vs Fallout: getting under the surface of TV's bunker-based hits

We're going deeper underground; there's too much panic in this town.

Total Film

Is the Fallout TV show really Fallout 5? Star Walton Goggins says it could be, but "that's way above my paygrade"

Is it 20230 yet?

GamesRadar

Todd Howard knows there's "anxiety" about Fallout 5, admits "we do like to wait" but reassures fans "we never stopped developing Fallout"

The good news is it's just around the corner, the bad news is that corner is on the moon

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Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 has "the most badass Power Armor I think we've ever done," so it's "awesome" to have it in Fallout 76 too

Shame it costs as much as it does

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