Bethesda Cares About PS3 Owners After All
News has just broken out that Bethesda is planning on releasing the once-Xbox 360-exclusive Fallout 3 DLC to the PlayStation 3.
Apparently, Bethesda has been working on the coding for some time now. PlayStation 3 owners can expect Operation: Anchorage to release sometime in June, with The Pitt and Broken Steel releasing 4-6 weeks apart. As of yet, solid release dates are not set in stone. To make the DLC playable, a support patch will be released in the coming weeks.
Not only that, but Bethesda has announced 2 new pieces of DLC for PC, Xbox360 and PS3! Dubbed “Point Lookout” and “Mothership Zeta”, these new packs will put your Fallout 3 skills to the test!
Point Lookout – Explore a massive new swampland area filled with new quests and content.
Mothership Zeta – The aliens have returned, and they’re pissed. Experience an alien abduction first hand and find out if you’re tough enough to survive.Point Lookout will be available in late June for Xbox 360 and PC. Cost will be 800 Microsoft Points. It will be available through Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. Point Lookout will be available on PS3 after the first three DLCs have been released.
Mothership Zeta is scheduled for release in late July for Xbox 360 and PC. Cost will be 800 Microsoft Points. It will be available through Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. Mothership Zeta will be available on PS3 after Point Lookout.
Finally, new Fallout 3 products will be available at retail this year.
Fallout 3 Game Add-on Pack #1 includes The Pitt and Operation: Anchorage on a disc and will be available for Xbox 360 and PC on June 12th across Europe.
Fallout 3 Game Add-on Pack #2 includes Broken Steel and Point Lookout on a disc and will be available for Xbox 360 and PC in August across Europe.
A Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition will be available in October. It will include the original game plus all five add-ons for £39.99 / €59.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3, and £29.99 / €49.99 for PC.
Retail versions of the game add-on packs for PS3 will not be available and the DLC will only be available for download via PlayStation Network or with the Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition.
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May 19th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
kind of good news bad news. i dont know if im going to buy the goty edition just because i still own fallout 3. this kind of sucks.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:15 PM
i almost picked up the game when it was released.. when people said they didnt support the PS3 i changed my mind and now the games old.. (to me)
May 19th, 2009 at 3:18 PM
1 – great news.
2 – Is it too late?
3 – I hate microsoft
4 – Bethesda you piss me off as well lol.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:24 PM
oops. i missed that it said they would be available on psn lol. i thought it only said on the goty version. this doesnt suck after all.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:27 PM
@Sneeches
all paragraphs are right^^
May 19th, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I heard about this this morning and I must say that it surprised me very much. I’m glad that I didn’t trade in Fallout 3 after all now. Bethesda may not suck after all lol. Better late than never I suppose.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:50 PM
its been sitting on my shelf since i platinumed it, thank you bethesda.
Lets just hope they iron out the bugs before it hits the PSN.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Looks like I’m buying Fallout 3!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:05 PM
@shadowjin
You didn’t buy the game because some people told you they don’t support the PS3? Are you being serious?
May 19th, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Great game – great news – delay sucks, but great nonetheless. I’ll be buying all DLC and keeping my original copy.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Still, they got it first. They care more about MS.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I somewhat feel its a little late for this DLC update. At this point, my interest in Fallout 3 has faded, and I think my money would be better spent on something new than on this DLC.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I totally wrote the game off because of the lack of support. I suppose I will be picking up the game in October if the end of the year catalog gets weak. I loved oblivion.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:05 PM
@KwietStorm
no im jk…
actually, i didn’t because many people said they were not supporting the PS3 in terms of patches, DLC etc. it has nothing to do about loyalty to SONY its because i choose not to. id did investigate before making the decision.. why get a game that has alot of bugs and constantly getting neglected? you cant be certain it will be supported later on. Im not a FPS fan to begin with, so biting a bullet on a game format that isnt high rated in my book. i lose nothing. Now there are a ton of games that id rather buy even before debating this one. Same scenario when this game came out there were others i wanted.
just so you know, there are MANY other gamers that did the same, so technically im not a rarity. If anyone says “your missing out on a great game” not really. especially since i never played the original.. which weren’t even the same. In the end, if a company cant support there product but supports another there not worth my money. which is probably one of the reasons there coming around now. You know? word of mouth of not having support towards the PS3 version.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:07 PM
GunaK Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Still, they got it first. They care more about MS.
No, they care more about the money from MS.
Anyways Iwon’t be getting any of this bcuz I Never bought Fallout3.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:51 PM
@shadowjin
I can completely understand, if that is YOUR stance on it, but I have to ask, you do know that a large amount of those people saying they don’t support PS3 are fanboys, right? The whole thing was blown wildly out of proportion. And I definitely wouldn’t call it an FPS. Yea there’s a lot of shooting and the [optional] view is first person, but it’s really not that kind of game. I’m not going to try to act like I know you and your preferences, but there are some seriously rabid fanboys this generation, the worst I can remember since Nintendo vs Sega days, so I would advise you to take what a lot of these people say with a grain of salt, unless you trust their word.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:28 PM
well it’s about time. finally i can move beyond lvl 20. i love Fallout 3 and will totally be getting all of the DLC. glad Bethesda finally decided to support the PS3. this news makes me very happy.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:54 PM
@morgus – all the dlc they released on xblive had bugs lol they had to pull everyone of them!!!! lol, so it should hit the PSN with zero issues…lets keep our fingers crossed anyways.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
@ KwietStorm
yes and No. because there are a few that aren’t fan boys they actually have good reasons with examples to back them up. in this scenario it was DLC, Patches, updates etc ALL which add to the game. in the end of the day.. i make the call. i did my own research which wasn’t hard.. everywhere i went 360 getting this update, this DLC, this fix and the PS3 got nothing. im aware its got role playing elements but it plays like a FPS (due to the shooting elements). i don’t think it was blown out of proportion they just flat out didn’t support the PS3 with fixes and add ons that it became noticeable. while there were rapid fan boys the facts were there… they didnt support the PS3 version.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:38 AM
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