The Fallout from Fallout 3’s Piracy
by Justin Arnold on October 14, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Vault 101 just got plundered.
The eagerly anticipated Fallout 3 is nearly upon us, yet a full three weeks before its release rapacious pig-fuckers cracked the game and offered it via various torrent sites.
This is the third AAA title that has been hacked and cracked in as many months, leaving publishers frothing at the mouth as they consider even more draconian digital rights management.
To the casual observer this may seem like an overzealous response to retain the vast sea of greenbacks the industry seems to float upon. And that certainly is a concern, after all Electronic Arts is not motivated from a position of altruism. This is about control of their product, control of their intellectual property, and control of the consumer. Read more…
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Pete Hines: Fallout 3 Mod Tools “Not On Our Schedule Right Now.”
by Wade Larson on September 24, 2008 at 5:51 pm
According to an interview with Pete Hines from Rock, Paper, Shotgun; the PC version of Fallout 3 will not come with a mod kit out the gate, and while he doesn’t rule one out in the future, it’s as good as locked in a vault for now.
Hines said that producing the mod tools takes a helluva lotta time and effort, and that people have become to accustomed to having them in Bethesda games, but this time, no dice. Read more…
Peter Hines Talks Xbox and Fallout 4
by Dylan Duarte on August 4, 2008 at 1:06 am
Bethesda’s Peter Hines recently touched on why they prefer the Xbox 360 over the PC and other gaming systems and also confirmed plans for Fallout 4. Read it up after the break. Read more…
Making Babies in the Vault and Making Corpses Outside: Fallout 3 Interview with Pete Hines
by Jonathan Zungre on July 29, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I don’t think it showed, but I was completely flustered when I conducted this interview. That’s not an excuse, that’s testament to how absolutely blown away I was when Andrew and I finished our thirty minutes with the game. I’m just glad that every question wasn’t, “Hey, remember when that was awesome, like 30 minutes ago, and… tell me about that awesome.”
Click the jump for Pete Hines’ take on Fallout 3’s Achievements, violence, and why Fallout was better than Fallout 2. Read more…
