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Fallout 3

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By Michael Klappenbach, About.com

Game Specs:

Title: Fallout 3
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
ESRB Rating: RP Rating Pending
Release Date: Fall 2008
Game Modes: Single Player Only
Operating System: XP/Vista
Game Series: Fallout Series

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Reviews
 • Fallout 3 Review

Screenshots & Images
 • Screenshots (45)
 • Concept Art

Trailers
 • Gameplay Trailer - Part 1 of 5: Escape
 • Gameplay Trailer - Part 2 of 5: Megaton
 • Gameplay Trailer - Part 3 of 5: The Wasteland
 • Gameplay Trailer - Part 4 of 5: Super-Duper Mart
 • Gameplay Trailer - Part 5 of 5: Tenpenny Tower
 • Teaser Trailer

News/Updates
 • Gameplay Trailers & New Screenshots - 9/1/2008
 • Fallout 3 content added - 3/14/2008

Misc
 • Fallout 3 Cheats

After nearly 10 years, the Fallout series of games lives on. Fallout 3 is being developed by Bethesda Game Studios, the same people behind the RPG gem Elder Scrolls IV: Obvilion, and a first glimpse into the game look promising.

In Fallout 3 players take the role of a vault dweller that is home to the surviving and former residents of Washington DC after the atomic war of 2077. A player's character is customized first by choosing a childhood path. Then on one day you will wake to find that your father has mysteriously left the vault. It's at this point that the player will venture out of the vault into the wasteland in searh of his father and the reason for his depature.

Players will also have a huge amount of freedom in Fallout 3, with a large open ended landscape they'll be able to travel nearly anywhere. Character progression, skill and ability gains can all be found in Fallout 3 along with plenty of eye candy graphics that are sure to impress.

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