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CardJoe · 21st Aug 2008, 11:49

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...te-announced/1

Fallout 3 has been given an official release date now on all platforms, though the bad news is that the game will be launching later in Europe than elsewhere.

liratheal · 21st Aug 2008, 11:52

Three days?

Hardly a massive span of time.

ChEsTeH · 21st Aug 2008, 11:57

This game sounds like it`s gonna be like the STALKER games......

reflux · 21st Aug 2008, 11:59

If it falls on the right side of RPG it'll rock.

Cobalt · 21st Aug 2008, 12:16

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Originally Posted by ChEsTeH

This game sounds like it`s gonna be like the STALKER games......

Stalker does seem to have started a trend. Watching the previews for Far Cry 2, Borderlands and this, they all give off that same vibe. Its probably that the technology has got to the point where these open and largely non-linear games are possible and stalker just got the first punch in.

p3n · 21st Aug 2008, 12:28

When are they going to learn? 1 Days for a US copy to be cracked - 2 days = 5 million lost sales of pissed of Europeans Dling it...

Bauul · 21st Aug 2008, 12:51

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Originally Posted by liratheal

Three days?

Hardly a massive span of time.

My thoughts exactly. I was thinking 3 weeks not 3 days. Given it's been years since the last one, three days I aint gonna mind.

Yemerich · 21st Aug 2008, 13:00

Fallout came 10 years before STALKER. Although STALKER and Bioshock are great, they are based on FO. Mix bioshock with stalker and you have FO.

Still a long time to wait

MrMonroe · 21st Aug 2008, 14:38

Day before my birthday. I feel special.

Liquid K9 · 21st Aug 2008, 15:59

3 days is absolutely nothing. anyone who uses delays as a reason to pirate are just lieing to themselves... 3 weeks would be different, but 3 days is totally acceptable.

but i have to ask... if theres only a 3 day delay. why not just wait the extra 3days stateside, to mitigate pirating anyway? if not for that reason, then to stop the staggered release idiots that usually moan forever about nothing. of whom i am one.

steveo_mcg · 21st Aug 2008, 16:35

Is it more to do with release days than anything else. for example games usually get released on a Thur/Fri here, when are they released in the US? TBH i can see the rates at which this is downloaded being huge but i also think many of those downloaders will also want there boxed version on Friday when its released officially.

Demon Cleaner · 21st Aug 2008, 16:51

Like 3 days will make any difference to the number of people who will download it - it will get leaked on the net before the US date.

Jik · 21st Aug 2008, 18:42

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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

Is it more to do with release days than anything else. for example games usually get released on a Thur/Fri here, when are they released in the US? TBH i can see the rates at which this is downloaded being huge but i also think many of those downloaders will also want there boxed version on Friday when its released officially.

Well here in Canada (and probably the states) most new games/cds/dvds come out on tuesdays. I know I am waiting for Ultra Beatdown to come out on tuesday

So there you go, Tuesday the 28th and Friday the 31st.

Andune · 21st Aug 2008, 22:51

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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

TBH i can see the rates at which this is downloaded being huge but i also think many of those downloaders will also want there boxed version on Friday when its released officially.

I know many people who does that, download a game they have already pre-ordered and be able to play it a couple of days before they pick up their real copy...
But in the end i think those three delayed days will hurt Bethesda, couldn't they put Fallout on Steam and release it simultaneously all over the world? This is the year 2008, that can't be a real problem.

impar · 2nd Oct 2008, 17:21

Greetings!

Regarding what kind of DRM Fallout 3 will use:
Shack: Similar question in the sense that it's an issue that can be overblown. What kind of copy protection will be included on the PC version of Fallout 3?
Pete Hines: Pretty similar to what we did for Oblivion, which was--we basically don't do any--we do the mildest form possible.

Cthippo · 2nd Oct 2008, 19:37

Interesting. I think I may have to pick this up, though I'll probably wait 6 months or so.

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