Fallout: New Vegas teaser trailer unveiled

Robert Hallock 4 Feb, 2010 at 5:02pm ET Article published in Gaming

Bethesda Softworks and Obsidian Entertainment have today released the teaser trailer to Fallout: New Vegas, a title set in the universe created for the Fallout franchise.

Unrelated to prior Fallout titles, Fallout: New Vegas returns players to the post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist society created in the aftermath of the two-hour nuclear war waged between the US, China and other nations on October 23, 2077.

Little is known about New Vegas other than the Las Vegas backdrop implied by the title’s name. It is commonly believed that the game will play very similarly to Fallout 3, though minor graphical, experiential and mechanical improvements are expected.

Whatever happens to be in store, players may discover the perils of sand and suffering for themselves this fall when the title debuts on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Comments

4 Feb 2010 ~ 5:29pm BuddyJ Hawt. I can't wait to find out more about this title. Fallout 3 is one of my favorite modern games.
4 Feb 2010 ~ 7:55pm chrisWhite Looking forward to it, maybe by then I'll actually have made it through all of the Fallout 3 DLC.
4 Feb 2010 ~ 10:02pm QuadWhore Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, and Now Fallout 4? Dear GOD, this is going to be a good year.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 7:45am Zuntar I so wish I had more time for games....RRrrrrrg!!
5 Feb 2010 ~ 10:38am TiberiusLazarus Dear Bethesda,

Please stop working on Fallout and start releasing information for Elder Scrolls 5.

Love,
Me.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 10:49am kryyst While I'm anxiously awaiting more Fallout and Elder Scrolls 5. The game I'm currently most looking forward to is definitely Red Dead Redemption. So far what they've released on it looks amazing. If only half of what they say is true the real world experience should be on par with Fallout. If all of what they say is true it should revolutionize what Open World gaming is about.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 11:43am chrisWhite

TiberiusLazarus wrote:

Please stop working on Fallout and start releasing information for Elder Scrolls 5.

So you're saying I should actually give Elder Scrolls a go then?
5 Feb 2010 ~ 12:03pm Thrax Yes. omfg yes.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 12:10pm Colgere

chrisWhite wrote:

So you're saying I should actually give Elder Scrolls a go then?

Yes, immediately! Now now now! :bigggrin:
5 Feb 2010 ~ 1:27pm TiberiusLazarus

chrisWhite wrote:

So you're saying I should actually give Elder Scrolls a go then?

I will just take this as a poor attempt at trolling. 2/10
5 Feb 2010 ~ 2:17pm Koreish

TiberiusLazarus wrote:

Dear Bethesda,

Please stop working on Fallout and start releasing information for Elder Scrolls 5.

Love,
Me.

Don't hold your breath. Bethesda has a shiny new toy to play with.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 2:18pm Idiot_Slayer Next Elder Scrolls is supposed to be MMO (or so say the internet oracles). So I'd much rather have another Fallout.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 2:22pm Koreish If that's the case then yes Bethesda can release as many Fallouts as they want before the next ElderScrolls.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 2:39pm CB

Idiot_Slayer wrote:

Next Elder Scrolls is supposed to be MMO (or so say the internet oracles). So I'd much rather have another Fallout.

I'd say the Internets are wrong on this one. Bethesda has gone on record many times in saying that they are not interested in ever creating a multi-player Elderscrolls game.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 3:19pm Idiot_Slayer I don't know either CB, but some details did come out about some project they are working on during the lawsuit between them and Interplay over Fallout rights.
I swear I just read something about it the other day, but as soon as I need to reference an article it evaporates.
5 Feb 2010 ~ 4:14pm CB

Idiot_Slayer wrote:

I don't know either CB, but some details did come out about some project they are working on during the lawsuit between them and Interplay over Fallout rights.
I swear I just read something about it the other day, but as soon as I need to reference an article it evaporates.

I didn't mean to come across as having any doubt about this. Multi-player is not the plan. There seems to be a bunch of blogers saying things like "MMO would be the natural course for this franchise." but that's all just blogger speculation, and all they know of the franchise is Oblivion.

I had a conversation about multiplayer Elderscrolls possibilities with a Bethesda dev last June, and he told me, in certain terms, that the whole point of the Elderscrolls franchise is to continue to focus on single-player narrative-driven experiences. They want to be the hold-out against a world of multi-player drivel.

Bethesda may someday make an MMO, but it will not be part of the Elderscrolls franchise.