Fallout 3 dropping October 28

Bethesda's anticipated revamp of the classic postapocalyptic role-playing game series will irradiate the PC, PS3, and 360 just before Halloween.

Two weeks ago, Fallout 3 was named the best game of the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit by the Game Critics Awards. Apparently Bethesda Softworks' long-in-the-making revamp of Interplay's classic postapocalyptic role-playing game series impressed the judges. Amongst its biggest draws were cutting-edge graphics, irreverent humor, and the ultraviolent VATS system, which blends turn-based and real-time combat.

Although the GCA trophy helped generate enthusiasm for Fallout 3, there has been much frustration about the game's vague "fall" release date. Today, though, Bethesda dispelled any clouds of uncertainty by announcing that the game will arrive on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on October 28 in North America. In Europe and Australia, the game will ship on Halloween (October 31).

Set two centuries after a nuclear war leveled the United States, Fallout 3 begins with players growing up in a bunker deep in the ground outside Washington, D.C. After some brief childhood sequences, the game time-warps to adulthood, when players are tasked with leaving the vault to track down their father, voiced by Liam Neeson (Schindler's List, Star Wars Episode I). Once outside, they must survive among radioactive ruins populated by mutants, ghouls, and merciless, heavily armed human factions.

For more on Fallout 3, check out GameSpot's recent hands-on preview of a near-final build of the game.

206 Comments

  • assassin2k8

    Posted Sep 29, 2008 3:15 pm GMT

    Awesome! this is gonna be better than oblivion and shivering isles put together! think oblivion X20 with more blood,gore and guns instead of swords and bows. sweet!

  • hippy-16

    Posted Sep 16, 2008 12:51 pm GMT

    Just placed my order on amazon For collectors edition of fallout 3 and dead space and my wallet is surprisingly light now

  • kucharz508

    Posted Sep 12, 2008 7:26 am GMT

    This is gonna be one of the best Rpgs of all time !!!

  • uberjannie

    Posted Aug 29, 2008 8:05 am GMT

    The fast paced action reminds me of when the x-com series tried to "modernize" and made an fps..

  • Absolutezerr

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:04 pm GMT

    3 days after my birthday... hope a lot of gifts from relatives come in the form of cash.

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Aug 25, 2008 8:55 pm GMT

    This is going to be an expensive few months...

  • 0800_vaughan

    Posted Aug 25, 2008 1:12 am GMT

    THANK GOD! i was so pissed that i had to wait till feb 09 for killzone 2 came out but now i have a descent game to tie me over till then, oh and, BETHESDA ROCKS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!>_

  • davidtheripper

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 9:23 pm GMT

    Bethesda will be the true gamers developer of choice, when this launches soon. I'm confident that Fallout 3 will claim back it's throne of Game of RPG's!!

  • plainelmo posted Aug 24, 2008 2:57 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    plainelmo

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 2:57 pm GMT (hide)

    Fallout has always been, will always be the Sh*t! I hope it lives up to all my expectations.

  • Cherub_Rock

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 8:23 pm GMT

    Game tech changes relatively fast...I agree with Paladin King, when I first played the Fallout games I was pretty much infatuated with those games. Trying to play them now, though, it's a little difficult to stomach on newer PCs. Yea, I may be jaded with good graphics and newer game mechanics, but I'm sure that as soon as I hear Billie Holiday while aiming for the eyes; and the game is even half as open-ended as the originals; that I'll be enthralled all over again.

  • Paladin_King

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:27 pm GMT

    honestly, don't feel too bad stereotype14...they were classics and GREAT games but this one's going to be (much to the chagrin of many purists) totally different in pretty much every way.

  • stereotype14

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 3:58 pm GMT

    I've never played the first two and I wish I knew about them then but I will definitely be buying this game.

  • R3DN1N3

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 12:10 pm GMT

    Fall Out 3 is gonna last me a good 2 years of gaming! Thanks Bethesda!!!!

  • TuomasMetal

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 10:34 am GMT

    Great!

  • avannn

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 9:52 am GMT

    man cant hardly wait to play this game!!!
    OMG there are a lot of games i have to get.
    - RE 5
    - FABLE 2
    - PROJECT OFFSET
    - HALO WARS
    - GEARS OF WAR 2
    - STAR WARS THE FORCE UNLEASHED

    & a lot more!!!

  • Zoomer30

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 8:56 am GMT

    I may have to get this one, I just read the preview in PC Gamer. Sounds good.

  • Caemyr

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:07 am GMT

    At the risk of plagirism (from StarCraft)"...It's about dammed time!"

  • Axe_336

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 12:28 am GMT

    Sweet, that means by the time I finish up with Infinite Undiscovery it should be just about out.

  • datniccah187

    Posted Aug 22, 2008 12:13 am GMT

    Fallout 3 needs to hurry up and get here. October is going to be a good month for gaming.

  • SpaceXplorer888

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:28 pm GMT

    This game is going to be awesome! The last two games from Bethesda (Morrowind and Oblivion) were great and this game will continue that trend. Can't wait until October 31st!

  • demonkid63

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:05 pm GMT

    its released one day b4 my Bday :O! cant wait!!!

  • Monochromatic-7

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:42 pm GMT

    ok,so we have to wait

  • Jor999tm

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 5:16 pm GMT

    sweet game ive gotta get it the day it comes out

  • maccer101

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 3:03 pm GMT

    i still cant wait!

  • BoogieManZero

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 12:14 pm GMT

    Very cool a concrete release date. Too bad that is a very busy week for me, I'll make time though.

  • GunnyHath

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:41 am GMT

    LiquidDom: +50

  • tikutukunuku

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:34 am GMT

    One Word - BOS -

  • commander1122

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:30 am GMT

    =.=..october...october!!

  • Dynamo321

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:26 am GMT

    @LiquidDom

    Morrowind yes, Oblivion... not so much; still was a good game though, just not as deep as morrowinds rp content.

  • LiquidDom

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:33 am GMT

    @HummaKavula:

    WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!? They are freaking awesome! Have you ever played Oblivion or Morrowind?

  • LiquidDom

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:33 am GMT

    @HummaKavula:

    WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!? They are freaking awesome! Have you ever played Oblivion or Morrowind?

  • GCase1

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:23 am GMT

    Can't wait !

  • HummaKavula posted Aug 21, 2008 10:22 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    HummaKavula

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:22 am GMT (hide)

    Bethesda is a terrible RPG company.

  • mrkame16

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:12 am GMT

    I was so hyped to get Too Human, and from what ive read its a big let down. I hope Fallout 3 doesnt do the same.

  • liesandpies

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 10:03 am GMT

    I'll probably beat Fable 2 in a week (it took me a week to beat GTA 4 and play some multiplayer) and then I can get started on Fallout 3 right away.

  • Darkclaw007

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:29 am GMT

    I can't wait to play this awesome looking game! It just sucks that Fallout 3, Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet are coming out so close to one another... should keep me busy for a while.

  • ztron370 posted Aug 21, 2008 9:20 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    ztron370

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:20 am GMT (hide)

    This game is being released at the wrong time.OCT 28 is just a week before Gears 2 is released and then Resistance 2 and Banjo will be released.My advice to Bethesda,they should wait until 09 to release this game.

  • raahsnavj posted Aug 21, 2008 9:13 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    raahsnavj

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:13 am GMT (hide)

    This is going to be the highest ranked game of the year that I won't play. To get ready for the game I researched into the previous games and into the content and it really doesn't interest me anymore.

  • Pyroninja42

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:13 am GMT

    I seriously cannot wait. This game looks so frickin epic.

  • FireWarriorr

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:10 am GMT

    at last !!!! i've been waiting for ever to play fallout 3


    since the first fallouts i always wanted them to make a new one

  • gotrekfabian

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:02 am GMT

    Thanks to this date Fallout 3 will probably last me through Christmas!

  • Tripwolf

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:38 am GMT

    My most anticipated game.. well, ever. Can't freaking wait. Preordered the amazon.com exclusive survival edition for PC.

  • Nineball2112

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:37 am GMT

    Man... so many great games coming out this fall... so little time to play all of them! Argggg....

    I'll definitely be getting this game at some point! I dunno if it'll be right at release, I guess it all depends on what other games I'm playing at that moment.

    Looking forward to this one...

  • phatsy

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:32 am GMT

    yay oblivion with guns and bombs and nukes.....cant wait

  • absinthewfaust

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:15 am GMT

    yay! todd howard strikes again! (SARCASM!!!)

  • goobyman

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:08 am GMT

    Called Gamestop to see if they knew if they would be having a midnight release so I can plan my vacation around this...

  • sieg6529

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:02 am GMT

    After learning the hard lesson regarding DLC on the PS3, I think I'll buy the PC version this time.

  • ronnet

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 7:54 am GMT

    Interesting, I thought they would go for a release before Fable 2. I know they are different WRPG and fans will buy bought but its still a risk, ofcourse they can always count on PC and PS3 sales if the 360 legion goes for Fable 2.

  • marvingamebeast

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 7:54 am GMT

    There is no should I buy this but there is a I already pre-ordered this game so when the 9's start coming only SavoyPrime will be the only one looking stupid while the rest of us are playing.

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 7:49 am GMT

    I'm still on the fence about Fallout 3. Once reviews start landing, I should have my mind made up on whether or not I'll purchase it.

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