Earlier this week, Valve announced that it has added DLC support to its popular digital distribution platform, Steam. This will allow developers and publishers to release add-ons to any game that's available for download through the Steam store.
We asked several leading developers of PC games available on Steam if they plan to embrace the new functionality. Bethesda, responsible for last year's critically-acclaimed Fallout 3, was the only one to respond by deadline.
Pete Hines, VP of PR and Marketing at the Maryland-based studio, had this to say:
"Our current plan is to continue to use Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live to distribute our DLC for Fallout 3."
Fallout 3 game designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the upcoming remaster should revise the game's gunplay to be more modern.
Give us FO3 with all the dlc remastered like ESO. Load times faster, quality of life improvements, gun play improvements
I believe it shouldn't just be graphical they should make improvements where they can to make the game better. A simple face lift isn't what's needed
Still my favorite one. I remember getting a digital copy of FO3 when I got FO4(XBO). It was nice to finally play a stable version of the game. Then when I got a Series S it was an even better expierence. Quick resume and FPS boost made it feel like a whole new game. Updated gunplay would be very welcome though. One of the few things FO4 did better.
The rumoured Fallout 3 Remaster is still in development, but it will be years until fans get to play it on new platforms.
Fairly certain we all know that New Vegas isn't getting anything because it's not a Bethesda developed game.
***MS owns both devs, if they want it, a 3rd party will make it. ***
I think the issue is that it's not a Bethesda developed game, not that MS owns both. This is more about Todd.
Yep ... Todd doesn't like getting bettered within his own IP scope.
I still think of the Elder Scrolls spin-off Obsidian pitched similar to New Vegas, but Todd rejected.
Replayed NV more than FO3 ... so I appreciate the FO3 remaster more.
For NV, I'd much prefer a sequel or a spinoff from Obsidian.
It's crazy New Vegas wasn't worked on first to launch alongside Fallout Season 2.
They could have added all the cut content they had planned but didn't have enough development time to add, possibly even expand on it a little more. For example, have the Vegas strip as one big hub over being chopped into smaller sections we have to keep loading into.
The only Fallout game I’ve played, PS3 had to keep stopping every few minutes to save. Next thing I knew the credits were rolling and I never did any side quest. I never replayed the game because of all the bugs the game had.
I've played Fallout 3 more than any game. I lost count many years ago of how many times I finished it. It was my first Platinum trophy. But yeah, it was buggy on PS3 at launch before it got properly patched.
Fallout: Yesterday is the re-imagining of the cancelled Fallout 3 game, and it looks awesome.
“I don’t know if we’d ever release it on Steam or any other digital distribution format for that matter. For right now PC is planned just on GFW LIVE, nothing else.”
Hm. Seems like that might be nearing the muddy waters of a wordy business arrangement. DLC on 360 and PC...but only offered through MS's own services. :/
To be honest I'll probably just wait till they release all of the DLC together in a retail exp pack to get it.
The only thing missing here is an exact amount of the payoff.
if it were on steam I would buy it, alot of people use it it would be dumb not to
This microsoft exclusivity is shafting alot of people, PS3 now steam. I hate microsoft for this...