Saying Fallout: New Vegas is a hit would be a bit of an understatement.
Bethesda Softworks today announced they've shipped five million copies of the game to retailers worldwide across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC since its launch on October 19.
This is up from the 4.7 million copies of Fallout 3 that were shipped during its launch period in 2008. Additionally, Fallout: New Vegas has generated over $300 million in retail sales.
When Bethesda announced its resurrection of the Fallout series, there was a section of the gaming population throwing their hats higher than anyone else: fans of the original PC games, developed by Black Isle. Fallout 1 and 2 were and are some of the best-written games in existence. Unique, unforgiving and relentlessly bleak, they inspired real, heartfelt devotion.
According to data reported by Gamasutra, New Vegas leads multi-platform charts in both the U.S. and U.K. markets. Moreover, of the games in the top 5, it was the only game released that week--an indicator of strong pre-order and launch-day sales.
Fresh off last week, when the highest profile release was EA's somewhat disappointing Medal of Honor, this week's big name release was Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas
When Bethesda released Fallout 3, it was lauded as one of the greatest open-world role-playing games of the time. And right they were!
This game destroyed alot of social lifes :D
Bethesda kept this great and revolutianary formula in New Vegas.
However with loads of new stuf: new weapons, new factions, better graphics, even better storyline.
Good or bad? Your decision, no jail.
To conclude: they took everything what people did not like about Fallout 3 and improved it.
Welcome to the world of New Vegas, where the house always wins. In fact, the whole place is run by one Mr House, a mysterious overlord who maintains order with the help of those robot policemen, known as Securitrons. They patrol the strip, which is just as brightly lit and busily populated as it ever was. Vegas isn't about to let a bit of war get in the way of fun.
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Bethesda Softworks announced that Obsidian Entertainment is developing a brand-new Fallout game titled Fallout: New Vegas, to release next year on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Gamasutra was at Bethesda's event in London to hear the game announced by marketing and PR VP Pete Hines, who provided few specifics on the game's engine, gameplay or perspective -- but did note the game is neither a Fallout 3 sequel nor a spin-off.
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