Monthly Archives: May 2010

The glitz and glamour of Las Vegas: Fallout style. All summed up in these new shots.

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Update: New shots here.

Original: When Fallout: New Vegas was announced at a London event back in April 2009, folks nearly broke the internet. Fairly popular, is Fallout.

All anyone knew back then was that it wasn’t a sequel to Fallout 3, it was a multi-platform title, and Obsidian was set to develop it.

Earlier this year, Bethesda and Obsidian released a teaser video giving a glimpse at the game’s world without providing any concrete information.

Thankfully, last week, Bethesda decided to relent and held a pre-E3 event just outside Paris, showing-off the game to invited press outlets.

While there, VG247 was given the opportunity to speak with Chris Avellone, lead designer for Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol and senior designer on Fallout: New Vegas, where he explained to us what exactly makes New Vegas stand-out from its predecessor.

Since New Vegas is following so closely on the heels of Fallout 3, couldn’t it as easily have been used as DLC for the title?

What you find out, may surprise you.

[Interview by Johnny Cullen]

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Bethesda’s outed five new shots of Rage. They’re amazing. Get them after the break.

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Just a friendly reminder that the Stimulus Pack for Modern Warfare 2 hits PC and PS3 today, as if you didn’t have your calenders marked anyway.

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id Software creative director Tim Willits has revealed to VG247 that Rage won’t make 2010, and will now release next year.

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Tim Willits is serious business. The id Software lead designer was a co-owner, joining the developer’s original team in 1995 after impressing with DOOM levels he’d created in his spare time. Fifteen years on, he’s focused on RAGE, the FPS-driving hybrid set to be the firm’s first release since being bought by Zenimax last year.

One-on-ones with Willits don’t happen every day. After a look at a new demo, we were lucky enough to get the opportunity last week in France, grilling him on id Tech 5 licensing, RAGE’s economy, the reason for the game’s slip to 2011 and how many discs you’ll be juggling with the 360 version.

The best-looking game ever? New shots here. Hit the drop for the full chat.

Interview by Johnny Cullen.

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Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood has admitted that RAGE is quite possibly “one of the best-looking games” he’s ever seen.

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Obsidian had a bit of bad luck last year during the worst of the economic slow-down, and was forced to lay-off some of its employees.

However, the developer did everything it possibly could to keep from letting too many staffers go, even if that meant getting paid less.

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Obsidian’s Chris Avellone has told VG247 that Bethesda has post-release plans in place for Fallout: New Vegas, but he is unable to elaborate at the moment.

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The console versions of Fallout: New Vegas will be running at 30fps, assuming the development team hits its target.

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Obsidian’s Chris Avellone has told VG247 that even though the developer was disappointed over SEGA’s cancellation of the Aliens RPG it was working on, it just made it easier for the team to move on into creating Fallout: New Vegas.

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God of War: Ghost of Sparta’s creative director Ru Weerasuriya and game director Dana Jan have sat down and explained a bit about what to expect in the game.

When released later in the year, it looks like you’re going to see another side to Kratos than just the brutality.

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Sony has announced that Kratos will be returning to PSP later in the year in God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

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Konami’s formally announced Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, with the firm promising “the most radical revamp” the series has ever undergone.

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Namco Bandai’s released some new shots of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Get them after the break.

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Bungie’s said that the Halo: Reach beta should be chugging along now a bit better than it was last night, but the dev warns it’s “not quite fully operational”.

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Sony’s posted up some new screens for SOCOM 4 over on the EU PlayStation Blog.

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EA’s FIFA World Cup is this week’s number one in the just-released UK charts.

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Plants vs Zombies is on its way to getting a retail release, if a retail listing from Gamefly is correct.

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Microsoft’s said it’ll be releasing a couple of new titles for Game Room this week as part of a new update to the service.

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