[Update: If you find the drunken meanderings of the Game Hermit amusing, check out his new rant at OedipusGames.com. Read game commentary and podcast updates served with that same side dish of sarcasm seen here.]
Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360 could arguably go down as the Gamehermit’s Game of the Year for ’08. Bethesda did a masterful job of creating a world a gamer could both believe and empathize with. Anyone who got frustrated when the game ended knows what I’m talking about here.
So when news that Bethesda had terminated their agreement with Interplay broke last week, I was more than a little disappointed. And more than a little relieved. Since 2007 Interplay has held the rights to develop Bethesda’s Fallout 3 IP into a MMO, and Bethesda’s recent actions were falsely construed by the Hermit as a sign of the times. Outwardly downtrodden, but inwardly releasing a small sigh of relief (the Hermit is on the 12-Step for EverQuest II), I assumed the Fallout MMO was dead.
Rejoice, then, all ye that despair! Hope shines eternal. Chris Faylor and Nick Breckon of WordPress blog -Yosuan Iam- today report:
At a press event in the United Kingdom, Fallout 3 developer Bethesda today announced a new externally-developed entry in the post-apocalyptic role-playing series. Titled Fallout New Vegas, it’s being developed by Obsidian Entertainment (Alpha Protocol, Neverwinter Nights 2, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II) with PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 versions planed for a simultaneous launch in 2010.
New Vegas will be an RPG in the style of Fallout 3, Bethesda noted, but the company did not confirm if it uses the same engine. The studio also stressed that it came up with the idea for New Vegas internally and then pitched it to Obsidian, not the other way around. (via yosuaniam.wordpress.com)
Sure, they said RPG, but they just cut Interplay out of the deal. Read between the lines. Planning a three-way simultaneous release has online MMO written all over it.
Let the Hermit have his little dreams.
[Update: If you find the drunken meanderings of the Game Hermit amusing, check out his new rant at OedipusGames.com. Read game commentary and podcast updates served with that same side dish of sarcasm seen here.]
