Broken Steel

Broken Steel will be the third Fallout 3 downloadable content pack, to be released on May 5, 2009 for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live.

Overview
In this DLC pack, the player will join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. It is confirmed that the player character will still be the Lone Wanderer, even if the "sacrifice" option was taken at the end of Take it Back!. The quest part of the DLC will start once the player has finished the main quest

In addition to amending the main quest to let players continue their adventures after the end of the main quest and raising the level cap to 30, Broken Steel's quest line is announced to be of the same length as the ones of Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt.

The third DLC for Fallout 3 will add new enemies including high level ghouls, super mutants and Enclave soldiers. These will be equipped with new armor and weaponry which the player can acquire. Broken Steel will also add several new perks to cover the additional 10 levels as well as new encounters.

It has also been announced that the player's action throughout Fallout 3 will be vowen into some of the quests in Broken Steel. For example, if the player decides to infect Project Purity with the FEV virus, it will affect how Capital Wasteland looks, as well as the interactions with the inhabitants of Capital Wasteland.

The original storyline will also get some new options for the player to choose, which will give the player somewhat more variety.

Todd Howard released on January 30th that Broken Steel will have six achievements worth 150 points.

The Xbox Live Team states: 'In Broken Steel you must hunt down Enclave supporters in the Capital Wasteland.'

On April 19, trueachievements.com released a possible set of achievements for Broken Steel following an update to Fallout 3 (see below).

New features

 * Level cap raised to 30
 * New perks
 * Nerves of Steel
 * Puppies!
 * New side and unmarked quests
 * Altered main quest line
 * New armor
 * New Enclave Power Armor
 * New weapons
 * Incinerator Flamethrower
 * Tesla Cannon
 * Tri-Beam Laser Rifle
 * New enemies:
 * Super Mutant Overlord
 * Feral Ghoul Reaver
 * Enclave Hellfire Trooper
 * New encounters