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Fallout 3

Platforms

PC
PS3
Xbox 360

Initial releaseOct. 28, 2008

Developers

Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Softworks

Genres

RPG
Shooter

Publishers

Bethesda Softworks

FranchiseFallout

Fallout 3 Spotlight

Review: Wot I Think: Pinball FX2 - Bethesda Pinball
Flip and tear
Adam Smith
8 years ago
16
The Fallout TV series trailer certainly looks like Fallout, except for that one cyclops
It's coming April 12th
Graham Smith
1 year ago
60
Come Friendly Bombs: Modding Fallout: New Vegas To Look More Like Fallout 4
Restoring life to the wasteland
Alec Meer
9 years ago
48
The original Fallout is the perfect antidote to Fallout fever
War did change, actually
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
1 year ago
117

Fallout 3 Feed

The original Fallout box art with a power armour helmet

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The original Fallout is the perfect antidote to Fallout fever

War did change, actually

April 23, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

117 comments

The Brotherhood of Steel as seen in Amazon's Fallout TV adaptation.

News

The Fallout TV series trailer certainly looks like Fallout, except for that one cyclops

It's coming April 12th

Dec. 2, 2023Graham Smith

60 comments

The player character looks out over a vast rocky vista in Starfield

News

Now Starfield’s out, Bethesda’s PR and publishing honcho Pete Hines is retiring after 20-plus years at the studio

“The time is right”

Oct. 16, 2023Matt Jarvis

1 comment

Yagrum Bagarn, the last dwarf, sits corpulent upon mechanical spider legs in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

News

If Bethesda are remastering Oblivion and Fallout 3, why not Morrowind?

They've already spent 17 years remaking Oblivion anyway

Sept. 19, 2023Alice O'Connor

137 comments

A man paints a picture of a woman in Dishonored 2

News

Dishonored 3 plus Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remasters appear on leaked Microsoft doc

Also, "Project Kestrel" and an untitled licensed IP game

Sept. 19, 2023Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

50 comments

A strange group of trees forming archways, with even stranger giant humanoid statues behind them, in The Axis Unseen

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Fallout 76's lead artist is building a creepy single-player open world in The Axis Unseen

“Skyrim was awful to play for the longest time.”

June 16, 2023Jeremy Peel

10 comments

A chunky Brotherhood of Steel boy in a Fallout 3 screenshot.

News

Skyrim and Fallout devs talk about some fun secrets in their games

Severed legs, Blackreef and headless horse riders

Feb. 28, 2023Kaan Serin

4 comments

Promo art of a suit of power armour stood inside a Red Rocket garage from Fallout 4

News

Unofficial Fallout TV show set photos show the Red Rocket garage being built

I feel like I've been here before

Jan. 25, 2023CJ Wheeler

3 comments

Three images. The first shows a horned reaper from Dungeon Keeper staring upwards. The second shows the Doom Slayer from Doom Eternal standing menacingly. The third shows actual psychopath Jason Brody from Far Cry 3.

Feature

5 games that make you the monster

*Twilight Zone theme music intensifies*

Oct. 24, 2022Liam Richardson

48 comments

A chunky Brotherhood of Steel boy in a Fallout 3 screenshot.

News

Fallout 3 and Evoland are free to keep from the Epic Games Store this week

Some hefty chunks of RPG going for nothing

Oct. 20, 2022CJ Wheeler

8 comments

Fallout 76 - A character wearing power armor with an American flag paint job

News

Vault images emerge from the set of Amazon’s Fallout TV show

Caution: may trigger flashbacks to the start of Fallout 3

Aug. 17, 2022CJ Wheeler

9 comments

Fallout 76 is a post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online RPG from Bethesda Game Studios.

News

The Fallout TV show has cast David Lynch's muse Kyle MacLachlan as a regular

An actor who’s no stranger to wacky roles

June 29, 2022CJ Wheeler

22 comments

Fallout 76's first Expedition mission ventures to The Pitt, which we last saw in DLC for Fallout 3.

News

Fallout 76's next DLC is heading back to The Pitt, for some reason

Expedition: The Pitt introduces the game's new replayable missions

June 13, 2022CJ Wheeler

5 comments

Geralt tosses a coin purse in a The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt screenshot.

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Supporters only | Trees make for good quests in games don't they?

Reading this will turn you into Ash

Dec. 23, 2021Ed Thorn

14 comments

Hanging out with Dogmeat in a Fallout 3 screenshot.

News

Oh my god, Fallout 3 has removed Games For Windows Live

Warning: the update breaks mods which need FOSE

Oct. 13, 2021Alice O'Connor

25 comments

a screenshot of Fallout 2 with a wide-screen mod applied; the player character wearing a leather jacket talks to other toughs in a junkyard

Deals

ZeniMax games are up to 85% off in the GOG QuakeCon sale

Dishonored, DOOM, Fallout, Prey, Quake, Wolfenstein and The Elder Scrolls.

Aug. 13, 2021Will Judd

6 comments

Some Brotherhood of Steel folks standing around in their red, white and blue power armour.

News

Fallout 76 visits Fallout 3's The Pitt next year

Plus a new Brotherhood Of Steel quest arrives this July

June 14, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

5 comments

Fallout - The Vault Boy sits at a table with knife and fork, looking appalled at a severed foot on a plate in front of him.

News

Fallout 3 speedrunner eats a baby in under 20 minutes, in game, obviously

It sounds horrible, and technically it is

March 19, 2021Lauren Morton

4 comments

The 7 worst US Presidents in video games

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The 7 worst US Presidents in video games

One Off The List

Nov. 6, 2020Brendan Caldwell

48 comments

A Fallout TV show is on the way from the makers of Westworld

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A Fallout TV show is on the way from the makers of Westworld

Lights, Camera, Nuclear Winter

July 2, 2020Natalie Clayton

78 comments

The 10 most annoying children in PC games

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The 10 most annoying children in PC games

One Off The List

Jan. 31, 2020Brendan Caldwell

50 comments

Here's some of the best moments so far from Awesome Games Done Quick 2020

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Here's some of the best moments so far from Awesome Games Done Quick 2020

Even if you don't know the games, these runs are worth a watch.

Jan. 8, 2020Imogen Beckhelling

16 comments

Former Fallout level designer shares what makes a good Easter Egg

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Former Fallout level designer shares what makes a good Easter Egg

Make no bones about it.

July 18, 2019Dominic Tarason

12 comments

Fallout: Wasteland Warfare RPG returns to Fallout's tabletop roots

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Fallout: Wasteland Warfare RPG returns to Fallout's tabletop roots

Roll a 1 and Ian shoots you in the back

March 6, 2019Dominic Tarason

10 comments

Fallout 3 remake mod Capital Wasteland uncancelled

News

Fallout 3 remake mod Capital Wasteland uncancelled

Risen from the wasteland

Jan. 3, 2019Alice O'Connor

26 comments

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