Bethesda Softworks announced yesterday afternoon that Fallout 3 has had a very successful launch period, shipping 4.7 million units to retailers worldwide.
Released on October 28 in North America at midnight store openings in over 2,000 retail outlets nationwide jammed with fans eager to get the game, Fallout 3 quickly became one of the industry’s top [...]

After the debacle that was Spore’s DRM, Bethesda has decided to ease fears about what will happed with the PC version of Fallout 3. Basically, there won’t be any. The DRM will be “… similar to what we did for Oblivion” stated Pete Hines. He also makes an interesting point about another way PC pirates [...]

Bethesda Softworks announced earlier this afternoon that Fallout 3 will be hitting stores in North America on October 28. The highly anticipated RPG will arrive in Europe three days later on October 31.
“We are very excited to let gamers get their hands on Fallout 3, the latest chapter in this beloved and highly acclaimed franchise,” [...]

Despite reports last month that Bethesda Softworks’ upcoming game Fallout 3 would be banned in Austrailia, retailers in the country have gotten word that they will indeed be getting the game according to a report on GamerChip.
But according to EB Games and GAME representatives, Australia will be receiving the game, albeit in a modified format. [...]

Australia has established a precedent of having a tough video game classification system thanks to recent bannings of games like Dark Sector and Shellshock 2, and earlier today an upcoming high-profile game joined that list as Bethesda Softworks’ Fallout 3 will not be allowed to be sold in the country.
The reason for this Australia’s Office [...]

Bethesda Softworks announced this morning that Amazon.com will be receiving an exclusive, limited-edition version of Fallout 3 when the game ships this fall. Dubbed the Survival Edition, the package will include a life-size replica of the Pip-Boy 3000 (a wrist-mounted device worn by characters in the game), in addition to the items included in the [...]

GameTap announced late yesterday afternoon an expansion in their relationship with Interplay that will result in a number of new franchise being added to the company’s download service.
As part of the new deal, Fallout, MDK, Descent will make their GameTap debuts, and the Earthworm Jim games will make their return to the service’s slate.
“GameTap continues [...]

Bethesda Softworks announced this morning a long-term development deal with U.K. studio Splash Damage. Known mostly for their Enemy Territory line of games (QUAKE Wars, Wolfenstein), the developer is currently at work on a brand new project for Bethesda that will be unveiled in the coming months.
“Bethesda Softworks has repeatedly been responsible for outstanding games [...]