Portion of old Fallout team asked to make new Fallout game

CB Droege 21 Apr, 2009 at 11:58am ET Article published in Gaming

In a surprising and interesting move, Bethesda (developers of Fallout 3 and current owners of the Fallout license) have announced that Obsidian Entertainment will be developing Fallout: New Vegas. Bethesda will still be publishing the game.

Some of the Obsidian team members were on the team of developers at Black Isle, who were on responsible for Fallout and Fallout 2. Obsidian is well known as the developer of Neverwinter Nights 2, and Knights of the Old Republic II. Bethesda made it a point to note that they approached Obsidian about this opportunity, not vice versa.

Few details have been released so far. It has not been announced which engine will be used, or even if the game will be first-person. What we do know is that it will be an RPG (as opposed to a tactics game), and the plot will not be part of the official Fallout canon.

Comments

21 Apr 2009 ~ 12:07pm pigflipper I think I just became happy in my pants.
21 Apr 2009 ~ 2:09pm Thrax Bethesda... Obsidian... There is too much awesome in this one post.
21 Apr 2009 ~ 2:38pm Mochan Awesome, get Falllout out of Bethesda's hands and back where it belongs.
21 Apr 2009 ~ 3:08pm CB Bethesda still holds all the rights, and they will be making the next canon Fallout game (Fallout 4) without Obsidian's help afaik.
21 Apr 2009 ~ 4:45pm kryyst More games from good game makers is a win/win.
20 Nov 2009 ~ 8:07pm Jokke I've played all the Fallout games, including tactics, and loved them all, even though I must admit I enjoyed the last one the most. If they're gonna make a Fallout 4, Bethesda/Obsidian will get my money.