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Bethesda's Todd Howard reveals one of Fallout 3's biggest DLCs came from how much everyone hated the RPG's ending — "I’ll give us an average grade on that"

In a new interview, Todd Howard has revealed Bethesda made one of Fallout 3's biggest DLCs to fix its controversial ending.

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"When Bethesda bought the Fallout license," RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along

"I figured I would never have a chance to work on the series again"

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I Loved Fallout Season 2, But I Have A Few More Things I Need To See In Season 3

We need to see these things.

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Fallout was a "B-tier side project" for its original dev and lost two huge licenses, but its creators are glad — "So many negatives turned out to be positives"

The original creators of the Fallout series have revealed it was a "B-tier product" for a while, and failed to secure two major licenses during development.

Windows Central

These isometric screenshots of Fallout 4 make me wish Bethesda would return to the genre's roots

Opinion | Players are using camera trickery to make Fallout 4 look like the original games, and it’s got me nostalgic for more

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Todd Howard says Bethesda really didn't expect people to hate the way Fallout 3 ended with a full stop: 'We thought this is Fallout, it’s great! People hated it!'

"I'll give us an average grade on [the fix]."

PC Gamer

OG Fallout devs had to talk themselves into the RPG's name: "My immediate reaction was 'ehh...'"

"Fallout was on the list. But we all went, 'It's too obvious.'"

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Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'

I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.

PC Gamer

Todd Howard "stole" his brother's copy of Fallout during his early days at Bethesda "and never gave it back to him" as he "loved the vibe" of the RPG

He "played it to death"

GamesRadar

Is it just me or did Season 2 of the Fallout TV series effectively wipe Courier 6 from existence?

I can't point to a single thing New Vegas's protagonist actually did.

PC Gamer

Despite only briefly appearing in season 2, Fallout showrunner says Ron Perlman's Supermutant will figure into future seasons: "He is a larger character in this world"

The Wasteland has a new player

Total Film

Bethesda is "looking into" Fallout 76 crossplay, but "huge technical hurdles" mean it won't be coming soon: "We know players want it"

Maybe someday

GamesRadar

Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw

But were there anchovies?

PC Gamer

Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'

The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.

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219 hours of XCOM 2 and 20 minutes of Fallout: Size Five Games' director Dan Marshall takes us through the games on his PC

The co-creator of the Swindle, Lair of the Clockwork God and Earth Must Die gives us the lowdown on his gaming tastes.

Space

Silo vs Fallout: getting under the surface of TV's bunker-based hits

We're going deeper underground; there's too much panic in this town.

Total Film

Is the Fallout TV show really Fallout 5? Star Walton Goggins says it could be, but "that's way above my paygrade"

Is it 20230 yet?

GamesRadar

Todd Howard knows there's "anxiety" about Fallout 5, admits "we do like to wait" but reassures fans "we never stopped developing Fallout"

The good news is it's just around the corner, the bad news is that corner is on the moon

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Total Film

Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 has "the most badass Power Armor I think we've ever done," so it's "awesome" to have it in Fallout 76 too

Shame it costs as much as it does

PC Gamer

I did the maths again and figured out what level all the main characters are at the end of Fallout season 2—Lucy has finally graduated from radroach to mole rat

Get your Pip Boys out, we're levelling up.

PC Gamer

The total conversion mod remaking the lost Fallout 3 in Fallout: New Vegas got its first trailer and a new name

Van Buren will never die.

Inverse

Colorado? 'Fallout' Season 3 Could Tie In A Huge Game Plot Twist

The next season of 'Fallout' doesn't appear to be going to the Commonwealth, but it could (and should!) borrow 'Fallout 4's big twist.

TechRadar

Fallout season 3: everything we know so far about the hit Prime Video show's next chapter

Fallout season 3 was announced in May 2025 – and this is everything we know about the Amazon TV show's next entry.

PC Gamer

The Fallout TV series' showrunner and Todd Howard disagree with fans that season 2 messes with Fallout: New Vegas' canon: 'Sometimes you're gonna get conflicting accounts'

"I think it's good to open up those conversations."

Total Film

With Colorado on the horizon, Todd Howard says it's "good" for the Fallout TV show to "go new places where the games haven't been"

On the road again

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