Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas is an upcoming role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. While New Vegas is not a direct sequel, it will use the same engine and be in the same style as Fallout 3, and is being developed by some of the people who worked on previous Fallout games at Black Isle Studios. It will be set in and around post-apocalyptic Las Vegas. It has a projected release date of Fall 2010 and will be available on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Development history
Fallout: New Vegas was announced on April 20, 2009 at Bethesda's London showcase. As of December 2009, no official information about the project has been released, aside from the development team, which includes J.E. Sawyer as project director and lead designer and Chris Avellone as senior designer. The first official information will be released in the February 2010 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine. A cinematic trailer has also been released.

Setting
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist Las Vegas following the Great War between the US, China and other countries, a conventional and nuclear war that occurred on October 23, 2077 and lasted less than two hours despite causing immense damage and destruction. Before the Great War were the Resource Wars, during which the United Nations disbanded, a plague rendered the United States paranoid, and Canada was annexed.

It's revealed that New Vegas didn't get hit as much as other districts, and most buildings were left intact. Hoover Dam supplies all the free electricity and water to those who control it. The main factions in a power struggle in the area are the New Californian Republic, a gang of slavers called Caesar's Legion, and the locals.

Story
The game will take place in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, which was previously only mentioned in the first Fallout (Tycho talked about it). The player will play as a courier, who was left to die in a shallow grave (Possibly from the trailer), rescued by a robot named Victor, and patched up by a Doctor Mitchell. The story will revolve around the player finding out who nearly killed him/her. The New California Republic will play a major part in the story, in a three way war between the NCR, the Caesar's Legion, and the New Vegas populous. The story will not be related in any way to the one in Fallout 3.

Gameplay

 * The gameplay system will be similar to the Fallout 3 gameplay, although some changes are likely to be made (e.g. Damage Threshold might make a return).


 * VATS will return, with melee weapons having special moves, as "Putt" for golf clubs.


 * The SPECIAL system will return, but now it directly influences speech options and quests.


 * Karma is back, but now incorporated alongside a reputation system, similar to Fallout 2.

Developers
Fallout: New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, a company founded by Feargus Urquhart and Chris Avellone, two of the makers of Fallout 2 (originally at Black Isle Studios). The project is led by J.E. Sawyer, one of the lead designers of Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 project by Black Isle Studios. John R. Gonzalez is the lead creative designer, while Obsidian founder Chris Avellone, who worked on Fallout 2 and Van Buren is a senior designer. Joe Sanabria is the lead artist.

Videos
thumb|300px|left|Fallout: New Vegas Trailer