time a PSN notification occurs. But thankfully, a patch has gone live in Europe (Update: and now America!) that finally squashes the bug. The patch also adds Trophy support. (Check out the Trophy list here.) Enjoy being able to play Fallout 3 whilst keeping your sanity.
You may have to play Fallout 3 three times to get the Platinum Trophy. Or ... you could just try tricking the game. Here's the long-awaited Trophy patch for Bethesda's massive RPG.
Have you noticed? Games are pretty expensive. Especially when they all drop at once like they do around this time of year. UK retailer Gamestation is doing its best to allow you to experience as many games as possible, for the lowest price. Every day in December it will be running a different deal on a specific game as part of its "Advent Calendar" promotion.
Each deal lasts only 24 hours, so keep checking the site each morning for some cheap gaming gems. Plus, the company has recently announced that it has dropped delivery charges, keeping its prices even more competitive in line with Play.com and GAME. Today's deal is for Bethesda's post-apocalyptic wonderland title, Fallout 3, which you can pick up for just south of £20. Pretty good deal if you ask us, but like we say it'll only be that price for today, so don't hesitate. We'll do our best to update you with any other must-buy deals as they happen.
Posted Nov 21st 2008 12:20PM by Majed Athab Filed under: News
Fallout 3 has been a title that skyrocketed in the charts all across the three platforms it released on; however, it has also left quite a good lot of people with radiation sickness from that jet-fueled success. See, the game is riddled with some not so friendly game-freezing glitches to go with those not so friendly Super Mutants. All versions are reported to have similar problems: graphical oddities and all-out crashes.
As developers Bethesda Softworks would so dearly wish not to set the world on fire, it let word out that the team is going to address these issues with a future patch. A company community manager on the official forums has said: "we're currently working on a patch for all three versions." Hopefully Bethesda is well into its hacking and smacking that meat because if it's not, well we're just going to have to upgrade that Science skill, now won't we?
Posted Nov 20th 2008 4:00PM by Alan Tsang Filed under: News
Thanks to the users at Planet Fallout, we now have a Google map of the Capital Wasteland from Fallout 3. The map contains various helpful information, including key locations, quest objectives, Easter Eggs and more. Players are also encouraged to submit information that's not already on the map. By its nature, the map does contain a ton of spoilers, so don't say we didn't warn you. Check it out here.
"It's going to happen, just not sure when," said Bethesda Softworks' Pete Hines in a live interview with Eurogamer. Hines had no further details on the Trophy support to be found in Fallout 3. He ended his answer with: " We'll let folks know when we have something more definitive."
Other than that statement, nothing else pertaining to the PS3 version was revealed in the interview. Hines did not mention a date for the Trophies, and -- more importantly -- he did not mention whether Trophies would be retroactive. We also wonder if they'll be somewhat identical to the 360's achievements. There are still so many questions, Pete. Hopefully you'll have all the right answers when you've got something "more definitive."
Big smiles on both sides of the Atlantic this week. America gets three big games in the form of LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm PR and Fallout 3. Europe may not be getting their hands on LittleBigPlanet until next week, but at least they've got Fallout 3, Quantum of Solace and Valkyria Chronicles to tide them over which, from what we've seen, look to all be excellent titles. Here's the full release list:
Please keep in mind that release dates are constantly subject to change, so be sure to call ahead before leaving the house. Your PS3 is happy to play any of the above titles, regardless of where they originate from, so feel free to import anything you see up there. Remember, though, that any DLC has to be bought from the appropriate PSN store so if you pick up a US copy of LBP you'll need to download future DLC (and there's bound to be a lot) from the US store. Really, it's better just to wait a week.
Posted Oct 23rd 2008 7:45AM by Majed Athab Filed under: News
The internet is a big and scary place. People can twist your words in any which way they like. In fact, someone somewhere is twisting this sentence right now. So, when the internet population caught whiff of Euro mag PSM3's Fallout 3 review, surely the quote "The PS3 version compares poorly to its Xbox and PC counterparts" was interpreted in a myriad of ways -- some more sensational than the next.
However, PSM3 wants to set the record straight as to what it meant by that statement. The mag says "the PS3 version looks the same as on Xbox," but goes on to explain a laundry list of differences such as the PS3 version having slightly rougher draw distances, 'muddier' up-close textures and choppier frame rate. PSM3 says this disparity is minute and "won't hamper your enjoyment of the game in any way." Says PSM3, " ... it's still the same huge, epic, absorbing, brilliant adventure."
Well, there you go. Anyone worried about seeing an incredibly broken version should rest easy now. Fallout 3 comes out next Tuesday, October 28.
The monthly PlayStation Underground newsletter is always a great source when it comes to revealing what to expect in next issue of Qore. The October issue of the digi-zine will feature three somewhat 'scary' titles, all of which are multiplatform games. Capcom's Resident Evil 5, Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3 and EA's Dead Space are all featured.
There's also going to be more on Shaun White Snowboarding. That one is not particularly horrific enough to fit in with the Halloween-vibe theme, but snowboarding can be quite a suspenseful spectacle. We guess it's a shoo-in in that way. Look out for the fifth episode of Qore early next month.
Do you remember that special set for Fallout 3 that included a life-sized Pip-Boy replica? Did you want one? Well that's too bad, because they're all sold out. Retailer Amazon, the only place to get it, notified Bethesda Softworks that the PS3 version of the Survival Edition had completely sold out. Judging by the way those things were selling, you'd think people were stocking up ... getting ready for some sort of catastrophe or something.
While the hardcore of the hardcore enjoy their Pip-Boys, the rest of you who will perish in the apocalypse are slightly less prepared for Fallout can still pick up the regular and collector's editions.
Posted Sep 11th 2008 8:00AM by Alan Tsang Filed under: News
Remember we told you that the Australian version of Fallout 3 was going to be edited? Looks that was only half-true -- it appears said version of the game will also be sold in the US and UK, according to Bethesda's VP of public relations, Pete Hines.
"We had added a new chem to Fallout 3 and had given it a real-world name, Morphine. Questions were raised about the use of that real-world drug, not only in Australia, but other territories as well. We decided there was no reason it needed to be named that and it should be a fictional name like the other chems, so we changed it to Med-X."
Well, there you have it. Looks like it wasn't that big of a deal afterall. Lastly, the violence in the game has been retained for all the versions, so don't you worry about that.
Fresh out of the Penny Arcade Expo are gameplay videos from Fallout 3. Todd Howard of Bethesda narrates each of the five videos. The first one is the very beginning of the game where you escape from Vault 101 located right outside of Washington DC to find out what happened to your father. You can configure how your character will look with a number of options, including a "face, various hairstyles, or a ludicrously long list of beards."
The second video has your character approach a local town named Megaton, where inhabitants offer you advice and jobs. Mechanics demonstrated here include taking meds to make you smarter and listening to the PIPBoy transmissions. We won't spoil the rest for you guys, but definitely watch the end of the fifth video for a ... funghi surprise. All the videos are after the jump.
Posted Aug 21st 2008 8:30AM by Alan Tsang Filed under: News
Bethesda has announced that the release date for their post-apocalyptic RPG title Fallout 3 is October 28th. The European release is three days later on October 31st. All versions of the game will be released this day, including the Collector's Edition and the uber-super Survival Edition. We added a couple of new screenshots in the gallery below, along with some concept art. To some of us, this is one of the biggest third-party titles to come out this year. We can't wait!
Posted Aug 13th 2008 10:00AM by Alan Tsang Filed under: News
As we reported last month, Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) refused classification for the highly-anticipated shooter Fallout 3, effectively making the game illegal to sell in the island country. Apparently, this was due to the nature of the drugs used in the game, which allowed a player to enhance themselves at the cost of a corresponding negative effect. Bethesda then resubmitted the game with edits, and now the OFLC has classified the game MA 15+, the highest rating allowed on any video game in Australia.
So what was taken out? The OFLC stated "the reward and incentive for in-game drug use had been significantly toned down." Does this statement imply gameplay changes? It is bad enough when this type of unwarranted censorship occurs, but if there are indeed changes to the gameplay elements, maybe it is best for those of you Down Under to import the game from elsewhere.
It seems that every time there are new images of Fallout 3, there's a strong corresponding theme attached to it. This week is labeled "Detroit edition" for the uncanny resemblance to Detroit's ... urban landscape. We're just kidding of course; we know our Detroit readers out there can take a jesting potshot once in awhile.
Anyway, it's a small update this time around. Just another set of three screens. You can check the rest out in our gallery below.
The monthly PlayStation Underground newsletter is always a great source when it comes to revealing what to expect in next issue of Qore. The October issue of the digi-zine will feature three somewhat 'scary' titles, all of which are multiplatform games. Capcom's Resident Evil 5, Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3 and EA's Dead Space are all featured.
Do you remember that special set for Fallout 3 that included a life-sized Pip-Boy replica? Did you want one? Well that's too bad, because they're all sold out. Retailer Amazon, the only place to get it, notified Bethesda Softworks that the PS3 version of the Survival Edition had completely sold out. Judging by the way those things were selling, you'd think people were stocking up ... getting ready for some sort of catastrophe or something.
