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"June 24, 2009 (Rockville, MD) – ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio, id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, and its upcoming title, RAGE. The acquisition by ZeniMax Media joins together two of the finest, most respected videogame developers in the world, combining the first person shooter (FPS) expertise of id Software with acclaimed rol..."
"On the heels of February’s launch of the annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition, representatives were on hand at the E3 Expo this week to honour gaming publishers with brand new records.
Guinness World Record recipients included Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise and more recently Wii Sports, who received the record for the Best Selling Video Game with sales of 45.7 million to date."
"In addition, a new update will be released for PS3 that will allow users to download and play the new DLC. The release date for that update will be announced at a later date."
"MI6, a company dedicated to supporting marketing, promotion and advertising videogame and entertainment community professionals, yearly organizes an award celebration in order to honor the best marketing successes in the videogame industry staged a lively awards celebration to honor the video game industry’s best marketing achievements.
The fourth MI6 conference was hosted by Rob Corddry (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “What Happens in Vegas,” “W”), who awarded the launch campaign for ..."
"Windows gaming took center stage today in San Francisco at the annual Game Developers Conference, as Microsoft announced new features coming to the Games for Windows – LIVE online gaming service and community:"
"Spring is nearly here, and with it comes new life for some of this generation's biggest, most action-packed games, exclusively on XboxLIVE!. With more than thirty-five million in combined sales, the Halo and Gears of War franchises have set the bar for multiplayer games on Xbox360. Now players of Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 will see the multiplayer experiences made even bigger by new Game Add-ons."
With Fallout 3's release a few weeks back, many gamers are eagerly awaiting the downloadable content for the game - at least those that own the game on a PC or on the XBOX360 are. Today Bethesda Softworks announces the first of downloadable content will be releasing soon.
In fact, expect to see a Creation Kit Editor available in December, followed by three Downloadable Content packs available in January, February and the final set available in March.
Bethesda has a lot to celebrate, especially with the successful launch of their newest title, Fallout 3, which did amazingly well, with total sales surpassing the 300 million dollar mark not too long ago, according to a recent press release from Bethesda Entertainment.
This is in addition to news that it was the top seller in the UK and also surpassed both sales of all it's predecessors combined and Oblivion, the game which was another of Bethesda's largest hits and which contains many of...
Official numbers are in: Fallout 3 shipped 4.7 million copies last week for the launch, bringing in over $300 million. The game has outsold the rest of its entire franchise in one week -- no small feat. Pictured here is the average Fallout 1/2 fan's face after reading this news.
"Eurogamer Network is pleased to announce that it will host a live text interview with Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing at Fallout 3 developer Bethesda Softworks, on Tuesday, 4th November at 4pm GMT on Eurogamer.net.
Eurogamer's LiveText interviews allow readers to submit questions through a moderator, which are then answered live. Responses are posted to the website without the need for page-refreshing.
"Fallout 3 is one of the most ambitious and fascinating games of 2008,..."
Bethsoft's Fallout 3 is now gold! This means it is in pressing and will be shipping to its respective destinations on time (not baring any shipping malfunction, but I am crossing my fingers). Fallout 3 is a post-nuclear action-shooter/RPG set in the aftermath of a global nuclear war. You emerge from one of many underground vaults to find that a new life awaits you in the wastelands.
Bethesda are world renowned for their Elder Scrolls series. And hopefully again when Fallout 3 is released soon. But Bethesda are already looking ahead, their next project? A MMO.
Today in a press release today ZeniMax the owners of Bethesda stated that they were recruiting talented developers for the next big MMO. Is this a continuation of the Elder Scrolls Saga? Or even Fallout? Maybe even a new IP all together? Only time will tell.
""Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that its highly anticipated title, Fallout® 3, will be available on store shelves and online in North America on October 28, 2008 and in Europe on October 31, 2008. Developed at Bethesda Game Studios creators of the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Fallout 3 is slated for release on the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for ..."
![Box shot of Fallout 3 [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvUm9sZS1QbGF5aW5nL1NjaS1GaQ==/fallout_3_frontcover_small_dwmznojmoUlkTsq.jpg)