Merry Christmas! Bethesda announce DLC for Fallout: New Vegas

By Ewa Grygier
10:30 Nov 19, 2010 | 15 Comments
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Merry Christmas! Bethesda announce DLC for Fallout: New Vegas

Get the skinny, the dope, and 411 on the latest DLC news for one of the hottest games of the year - Fallout: New Vegas.

We’ve made no secret of our fondness for Fallout: New Vegas around these parts. It just missed out on a Hot Award in our last issue, but that was mostly because of some buggy graphics and some less-than-stellar voice work. Most of the greater Atomic team have been playing it since it came out and enjoying it rather muchly – and each in our own way. The storytelling is so open that we’re all getting something slightly different from the experience, which is quite an impressive feat.

Plus it’s set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, so it looks awesome. 

Bethesda, the games publishers, aren’t content with resting on their laurels though, and so today they’ve announced the first downloadable content for the game. Win!

Dead Money has you teaming up with three other wastelanders after a deal goes bad, trying to keep yourselves out of strife (read: alive) for long enough to recover the treasure of the infamous Sierra Madre Casino. You come up against some new enemies and, as ever, Bethedsta leave it up to you as to how you’re going to get around the obstacles they’re putting in your way.

PC and PS3 readers probably don’t want to hear this next bit, but Dead Money will be released exclusively on Xbox LIVE. It’s set to drop on December 21st – which very neatly happens to be the day Atomic goes on holidays – so if you have also been bitten by the F:NV bug and you’re one of the chosen Xbox few, you’re going to have a very merry Christmas indeed. 

 
 
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15 Comments
bnew
Nov 19, 2010 11:10 AM
Thanks for the heads up.

However, you only have to read the comments here to get a feel for how angry these 'exclusive' DLC releases make people:

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/11/17/first-new-vegas-dlc-announced/

To quote the official release: "As the victim of a raw deal..." is pretty much how I feel as an owner of New Vegas on PC.
Bundy 2.0
Nov 19, 2010 11:26 AM
I am also disappointed about the DLC (for the moment) being Xbox exclusive, but I would not trade my Pc copy in for the xbox version.

The game is still easily best on PC and given time the weight of the quality mods for the game (all free) easily out weight the benefits of getting the DLC earlier. Not to mention the superior controls resolution and frame rates on the PC version.
bnew
Nov 19, 2010 11:34 AM
One thing to mention is that this is most likely a 'timed' exclusive- in other words, Microsoft have paid to have this DLC released as an exclusive for their platform for a certain period of time, after which it will be released for PS3 and PC.

At least I hope that is the case.

Also, typo in the title 'Bethedsta'
2SHY
Nov 19, 2010 11:43 AM
Microsoft should stop doing this exclusive to XBOX 360 users. It just upsets other users off. But at least PC users can mod their game.
Hawkeye
Nov 19, 2010 11:44 AM
Shooting the writer now!
bnew
Nov 19, 2010 11:51 AM
No shooting required :-) Just annoying when PC (and in this case PS3) gamers get shafted.
jdog
Nov 19, 2010 11:58 AM
just wait till this time next year when the GOTY edition is out,patched and with all DLC...thats how i got Fallout 3..$36..cheap and complete...now only if more games did this...
mohawk
Nov 19, 2010 12:11 PM
History tells us that it will come to the PC after a certain time frame is up. They all do. Until then we just have to wait.
T3hMarz
Nov 19, 2010 1:17 PM
Great, back-stabbed again by consoles.
when will it end?
jdog
Nov 19, 2010 2:42 PM
NEVER!!!...untill devs realise PC is the best...
raxo55
Nov 19, 2010 5:03 PM
jdog it has to win game of the year for there to be a "game of the year" edition
sUpEr gEEk
Nov 20, 2010 2:15 PM
Does this mean we can shoot the editor as proof reading didn't fix the spelling mistake :) lol
SparrowFart
Nov 20, 2010 11:42 PM
can someone fuck these spammers off
SparrowFart
Nov 20, 2010 11:42 PM
can someone fuck these spammers off
danin316
Nov 21, 2010 6:38 PM
oh good i was starting to think only i was seeing them lol yeh def need to knock this spammin on the head
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