Regulars to Bethesda Blog are familiar with our Inside the Vault blog posts — sort of a meet & greet of developers at Bethesda Games Studios. With all the external projects we’ve got going, we thought we’d venture outside the vault so you can meet the folks working on these projects.
Up first, we’ve got Patrick Fortier from A2M — the team behind WET.
A few things worth checking out.
Following the announcement of Mothership Zeta and Point Lookout, Ctrl+Alt+Del has a new webcomic suggesting new ideas for Fallout 3 DLC. On my upcoming trip to Michigan, I’ll have to keep an eye out for any Vaults in Butterfield. Meanwhile, at AmazingSuperPowers, there’s another comic that appears to be Fallout inspired.
I’ve seen a couple amusing fan videos on YouTube this week. Pete sent me this first video, Oblivi-Watch, which is a fun spoof of Baywatch. Poor Adoring Fan — he takes so much abuse. The second video, Team Fallout, was recently uploaded by BGS forum member/modder TheTalkieToaster, successfully spoofs Team Fortress 2.
In other news, Kikizo’s staff has a new preview for WET on their site. In related news, there’s a new interview with WET’s Creative Director Patrick Fortier at NextGen Player. Here’s a snippet:
NGP: At this point in time, how much of the game is completed? Are there any recent or upcoming new developments for the game?
PF: We are currently putting the final touches to the game as we are quickly headed towards release. Most of our time is spent playing through all the levels, balancing different values and debugging the game!
Lastly, Rejected Gamer, GameBanshee, Boomtown, and Worth Playing all have their reviews for Broken Steel up on their sites.
At GameTrailers, there’s two new videos you can check out for WET. To see plenty of gameplay action, check out their “Mighty Montage” video. Additionally, they’ve got an interview with Creative Director Patrick Fortier.
Elsewhere, you can read a new interview at Gamespot, and previews at Videogamer.com and Play Magazine.
Here’s a few interesting links from around the web.
Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2009 has begun. Fallout 3 is nominated in five categories: Ultimate Game of the Year, PC Game of the Year, PlayStation Game of the Year, Xbox Game of the Year, and Soundtrack of the Year. Additionally, Bethesda is nominated for Publisher of the Year, and Rogue Warrior is nominated in the The One to Watch category.
Speaking of Rogue Warrior, Inc Gamers has a video interview with Senior Producer Sean Griffiths. Elsewhere, Ron Burke at Gaming Trend has new previews up for both Rogue Warrior and WET.
In WET news, a new interview with Patrick Fortier is up at Team Xbox
At SPOnG, there’s a new interview with Pete. Here’s an excerpt of Pete discussing Fallout 3′s new level cap — hitting tomorrow with Broken Steel:
SPOnG: Will there be enough quest experience to be had in Broken Steel for players to level up to 30 without having to grind on pre-DLC quests/enemies?
Pete Hines: No, probably not, and that wasn’t the intention. The intention was to remove the level cap so that if you have Broken Steel, regardless of whether you want to play that quest or not, or you want to start a new game from scratch, you can continue playing beyond level 20. Again, fans wanted to be able to take their characters to higher levels, so we included it. But it is not specific to the length of Broken Steel, at all. It is a very long climb to get from 20 to 30 and you’ll need to do a LOT to get there.
Finally, Pittsburgh City Paper talked about The Pitt with Emil. Read it here.
With news on Rogue Warrior and WET hitting this week, we’ve got new Facebook pages up for both. We’ll update both pages with screenshots, previews and more. You can find them below.
If you haven’t checked it out already, we’ve already got a Fallout 3 Facebook Page, too. And here on the blog, we’ve added Facebook links in the top-right corner to make accessing them easier. Additionally, you’ll notice our new “Share” feature with each post — so you can link to Facebook, Digg, Twitter, etc.
Here’s the latest news from around the web. Up first, X-Play revealed new gameplay footage of WET on their show last night. Head here to watch the gameplay, and see Adam Sessler’s interview with Creative Director Patrick Fortier.
For more interviews on WET, head to Kotaku for another interview with Patrick. Elsewhere, SPOnG interviewed Lead Designer Ashraf Ismail.
In other WET news, Destructoid’s Nick Chester discusses how WET got its name and Edge has a new preview based on impressions from our London event.
Moving along, winners of the 2008 ELAN Awards were announced this week and Fallout 3 came away a winner in two videogame categories — Best Console Game and Best Art Direction. To see a full list of winners, head here.
Broken Steel is in still in the news. This week, Game Revolution’s Nick Tan has a new preview for the upcoming DLC. Here’s a snippet:
“Before asking Alan Nanes (lead designer for Broken Steel) and Pete Hines (VP of Public Relations & Marketing) about how much experience is needed to reach the (perhaps) final level, I thought I would be clever by calculating it beforehand. Following the formula of needing 150 more experience to reach each subsequent level, you will need 66,700 experience to reach level 30 which is about 125% more experience than that needed at level 20 (29,450).”
Looking for more on Broken Steel? Talking About Games interviewed Jeff Gardiner.
Last but not least, Rogue Warrior Senior Producer Sean Griffiths appears in new interviews at SPOnG and Inc Gamers.
Update: See extended footage of Wet on G4TV here.
This morning we put a press release announcing that we’re publishing WET. Developed by Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), Wet is a highly stylized third-person shooter that seamlessly blends acrobatics, gun play, and sword kills. WET is short for wetworks — which are covert operations that get messy.
The game stars Rubi Malone, a gun-for-hire, voiced by Eliza Dushku — known for her work on “Tru Calling,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and currently starring in Fox’s “Dollhouse.”
WET will release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall. Between now and then, we’ll keep you updated on the title. To read the full press release, head here.
Update: Check out new coverage for WET — reviews and interviews — at the following sites: