Bethesda has obtained the rights to develop Fallout, they've licensed the Fallout franchise from Interplay (except the MMO license)
Well let's get started shall we, first let's do some history lessons:
- IPLY originally begun working on Fallout 3 just after Fallout 2, but it ended up being scrapped.
- IPLY again started working on Fallout 3 in 2003 and called the project Van Buren, which also ended up being scrapped.
- Bethesda purchased the right to produce Fallout 3 in July 2004, with an option to purchase Fallout 4 and 5. They do not own the entire license, Interplay still does, and Interplay holds the right to online Fallout games (FOOL), Bethesda has now begun pre-production on Fallout 3. "Full production" started in late 2006.
- As of the 8th of April 2007, Bethesda owns the full Fallout license, witrh Interplay only retaining a limited right to produce a Fallout MMO.
Fallout 3 - Bethesda
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Chronological history of Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
- 1 of July 2007: Slew of Fallout 3 previews
- 30 of June 2007: Game Revolution previews Fallout 3 a day early
- 29 of June 2007: Pelaaja (Finnish magazine) previews Fallout 3
- 28 of June 2007: Fallout 3 promo material
- 27 of June 2007: Meet the devs
- 20 of June 2007: Game Informer Unlimited FAQ and video
- 17 of June 2007: Ashley Cheng: developers not talking
- 15 of June 2007: Location, level scaling rumours
- 15 of June 2007: Game Informer article information
- 8 of June 2007: Ricardo "socrates200X" Gonzalez on turn-based combat
- 5 of June 2007: Fallout 3 to hit PS3
- 5 of June 2007: Fallout 3 teaser trailer
- 29 of May 2007: Fifth piece of Fallout 3 concept art
- 24 of May 2007: Todd Howard in Meet the devs
- 23 of May 2007: Meet the Fallout 3 soundguy
- 23 of May 2007: Craig Mullins on Fallout 3 concept art and again Craig Mullins on Fallout 3 concept art
- 22 of May 2007: Fourth piece of Fallout 3 concept art
- 16 of May 2007: Developers quotes
- 15 of May 2007: Third piece of Fallout 3 concept art
- 15 of May 2007: Grandstaff: Fallout 3 not going AO
- 14 of May 2007: Fallout 3 Mac port question answered
- 9 of May 2007: Fallout 3 devs on fans
- 8 of May 2007: Developer quotes
- 8 of May 2007: Liam Neeson hired is voice actor for Fallout 3
- 8 of May 2007: Second piece of Fallout 3 concept art
- 6 of May 2007: Meet the Fallout 3 devs article
- 2 of May 2007: Fallout 3 website updated, teaser announced
- 30 of April 2007: Bethesda dev Grant Struthers comments on Bethesda's development methods and Fallout 3
- 27 of April 2007: Bethesda will be at E3
- 21 of April 2007: Fallout 3 forum polls and reverberations
- 21 of April 2007: Introduction to Fallout 3 team
- 20 of April 2007: Introduction to Bethesda community manager Matt "Gstaff" Grandstaff
- 18 of April 2007: Bethesda opens Fallout 3 forums and site
- 17 of April 2007: Todd Howard on Next-Gen
- 12 of April 2007: Interplay sells full Fallout license to Bethesda
- 9 of April 2007: Ashley Cheng on fan criticism
- 4 of April 2007: Massive Black: Fallout 3 concept art studio
- 26 of March 2007: Fallout 3 in May Issue of PC Zone UK
- 6 of March 2007: Pete Hines on 360Gamer
- 4 of March 2007: Fallout 3 art test (part two)
- 20 of February 2007: Todd Howard on Gamasutra
- 16 of February 2007: Todd Howard and Pete Hines on Game Informer
- 16 of February 2007: Pete Hines interviewed by Spong
- 14 of February 2007: Ashley Cheng on Fallout fans
- 9 of February 2007: Bethesda looking for community manager
- 8 of February 2007: Pete Hines on Shacknews
- 3 of February 2007: Pete Hines on the Escapist
- 19 of January 2007: Fallout 3 likely heading to Xbox according to VGN
- 10 of January 2007: New Fallout 3 release date rumour
- 7 of January 2007: Fallout 3 details on OXM and RPGCodex
- 21 of November 2006: Joel Burgess is Fallout 3 lead level designer
- 28 of October 2006: Emil "Lohan" Pagliarulo is Fallout 3 lead designer
- 15 of October 2006: Desslock reports Fallout 3 to be so on East Coast
- 9 of September 2006: Todd Howard reports Fallout 3 in full steam ahead-mode
- 25 of July 2006: PC Gamer reports development of Fallout 3 has started
- 28 of June 2006: Next Gen reports Bethesda working on Fallout 3 alpha
- 6 of June 2006: Joystick takes a look at Fallout 3
- 27 of May 2006: Todd Howard on children in Fallout 3
- 10 of May 2006: Fallout 3 E3 showing again limited to promotional poster
- 24 of February 2006: NGR interviews Pete Hines
- 15 of January 2005: Gaming Steve interviews Pete Hines
- 1 of December 2005: Leonard Boyarsky about Troika and Fallout 3
- 30 of August 2005: Joystick on Fallout 3
- 19 of August 2005: Washington Post on Oblivion and Fallout 3
- 10 of August 2005: Next Gen interviews Gaving Carter
- 30 of May 2005: Fallout 3 wins first E3 award
- 17 of May 2005: Fallout 3 promotional poster at E3
- 4 of February 2005: DaC interviews Todd Howard
- 23 of January 2005: Gavin Carter talks to NMA
- 15 of January 2005: Bethesda hiring devs for Fallout 3
- 30 of November 2004: No Fallout 3 in 2005
- 25 of November 2004: Fallout 3 one of the most anticipated games 2k5
- 29 of October 2004: Fallout 3 in Oblivion preview at Gamespot
- 22 of September 2004: Fallout 3 will not be a survival horror
- 18 of September 2004: Todd Howards talks to Computer Games
- 18 of September 2004: Todd Howard talks to GameInformer (more)
- 18 of September 2004: Fallout 3 on Joystick
- 14 of September 2004: Fallout 3 engine rumours
- 16 of August 2004: Fallout 3 to use Oblivion technology
- 16 of August 2004: Bethesda devs can't talk yet
- 13 of August 2004: First Fallout 3 release date
- 05 of August 2004: Pete talks to DAC
- 29 of July 2004: Fallout 3 talks is a go in the Bethesda forums
- 27 of July 2004: Fallout 3 talks banned from Bethesda forums
- 23 of July 2004: Pete Hines explains misquotes
- 19 of July 2004: CVG talks to Pete Hines
- 18 of July 2004: Pete Hines talks to Gameplanet
- 15 of July 2004: Gamingsource talks to Pete Hines
- 15 of July 2004: Telefragged talks to Pete Hines
- 14 of July 2004: Q&A with Todd Howard (Ex.Prod Bethesda)@Gamespot
- 14 of July 2004: Fallout 3 by Bethesda editorial by Rosh@NMA
- 14 of July 2004: Pete Hines talks to NMA
- 13 of July 2004: RPGVault talks to Pete Hines
- 13 of July 2004: Gavin Carter (ass.Prod Bethesda) talk about Fo3
- 13 of July 2004: Gamespy talks to Pete Hines (PR Bethesda) about Fallout 3
- 13 of July 2004: HomeLAN Fed talks to Pete Hines about Fallout 3
- 13 of July 2004: Gary Noonan (Graphics dev@Bethesda) talks about Fallout 3
- 13 of July 2004: GameGestapo talks to Pete Hines about Fallout 3
- 13 of July 2004: Another Bethesda dev talks about Fo3
- 12 of July 2004: IGN Talks to Pete Hines about Fallout 3
- 12 of July 2004: Bethesda Press Release: Fallout 3 license goes to Bethesda
