Polygon - Bethesda at E3 2015: All the news and announcementshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2015-06-15T09:30:02-04:00http://www.polygon.com/rss/stream/85439162015-06-15T09:30:02-04:002015-06-15T09:30:02-04:00The Pip-Boy gives Fallout's world its own Donkey Kong, and lets you play it
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<p>Nearly lost in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/15/8780189/watch-the-entire-20-minute-fallout-4-presentation">the glut of news about <i>Fallout 4</i></a> last night — the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/14/8780139/crafting-will-play-a-huge-role-in-fallout-4">crafting</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8775539/fallout-4-preview-e3-2015-bethesda">character creation</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780113/the-pip-boy-is-fabulous-in-fallout-4-and-its-real">real Pip-Boy</a>, and the fact this sucker is gonna <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780151/fallout-4-release-date-bethesda-softworks">be in our hands in five months</a> — was one of the cooler little touches Bethesda will be bringing to its video game.</p>
<p>It's video games. On your Pip-Boy.</p>
<p>The Pip-Boy your vault dweller picks up has an animation for loading holotapes when you play them back. It appears that someone at Bethesda Game Studios figured, wait a minute, if we have a machine that accepts tapes or cartridges, it's got to play some games. So it does. "Red Menace" and "Atomic Command."</p>
<p>They're playable riffs on Donkey Kong and Missile Command, created by "Vault-Tec Game Studios" in 2053 of this alternate future....</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/15/8780683/fallout-4-pip-boy-video-gamesOwen S. Good2015-06-15T02:07:37-04:002015-06-15T02:07:37-04:00Everything from Bethesda's E3 2015 event in eight and a half minutes
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<p><a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/14/8779875/bethesda-at-e3-2015-all-the-news-and-announcements">Bethesda's Sunday night E3 presentation</a> wasn't just impressive because of all the games on display — everything from <em>Doom</em> to <em>Dishonored 2</em> to <em>Fallout 4</em> — but also because it was also the company's very first E3 press conference. Hey, no pressure for next year, Bethesda.</p>
<p>If you want to relive the entire experience but time is at a minimum (we don't need an excuse, we get it, you're busy!) here's an eight-and-a-half-minute edit of the entire thing.</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/15/8780395/bethesda-e3-2015-supercutChristopher Grant2015-06-14T23:20:27-04:002015-06-14T23:20:27-04:00Fallout 4 will be out Nov. 10, 2015
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<p><i>Fallout 4</i> will be released on November 10, Bethesda Softworks' Todd Howard announced at the publisher's E3 2015 press conference today. Yes, that's this year. 2015.</p>
<p>Bethesda offered a deep dive into <i>Fallout 4</i> during its press conference tonight, showing off player customization (including the option to play as a female Vault dweller), what the game world looked like <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8775539/fallout-4-preview-e3-2015-bethesda">before nuclear devastation</a>, <a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/14/8780139/crafting-will-play-a-huge-role-in-fallout-4">deep weapon customization and crafting</a>, <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780113/the-pip-boy-is-fabulous-in-fallout-4-and-its-real">a real-life Pip Boy</a> and more.</p>
<p>The developer also revealed another game in the Fallout universe, <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780117/fallout-shelter-base-building-game-coming-to-ios-tonight"><i>Fallout Shelter</i></a>, which is available for mobile devices starting today.</p>
<p>The next entry in the Fallout franchise is coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.</p>
<b>Bethesda:</b> <i>Fallout Shelter demo</i>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780151/fallout-4-release-date-bethesda-softworksMichael McWhertor2015-06-14T23:19:43-04:002015-06-14T23:19:43-04:00Crafting will play a huge role in Fallout 4
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<p><i>Fallout 4</i> will feature customization, building and crafting at a scale never before seen in the role-playing game. During a lengthy presentation at Bethesda's E3 news conference, game director Todd Howard showed how players may build their own dwellings, modify weapons and trick out their power armor.</p>
<p>The reel showed players building homes and provisioning them with resources, power generators and defenses — as raiders will assuredly attack. The level of customization was borderline <i>Minecraft</i>-esque.</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/14/8780139/crafting-will-play-a-huge-role-in-fallout-4Owen S. Good2015-06-14T23:11:24-04:002015-06-14T23:11:24-04:00Fallout Shelter base-building game coming to iOS tonight (update: it's live now!)
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<p>Bethesda Game Studios is working on a mobile <a href="/franchise/fallout/1874" class="sbn-auto-link">Fallout</a> game called <i>Fallout Shelter</i>, the company announced today during Bethesda Softworks' pre-E3 showcase.</p>
<p>The game makes you the overseer of your very own vault. You build out rooms from an anthill side view, à la XCOM. You'll control the residents of the vault, and can expand their number as well as the structure itself — by sending two of them into a room to procreate, of course.</p>
<p>Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard noted that <i>Fallout Shelter</i> will be free-to-play, but promised that it won't contain paywall timers or require an internet connection. Loot comes in the form of lunchboxes, and you can buy additional ones in the game.</p>
<p><i>Fallout Shelter</i> will be available on iOS tonight; Howard...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780117/fallout-shelter-base-building-game-coming-to-ios-tonightSamit Sarkar2015-06-14T23:09:22-04:002015-06-14T23:09:22-04:00The Pip-Boy is fabulous in Fallout 4 — and it's real. (Update: Here's how you get one)
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<p><i>Fallout 4</i>'s Pip-Boy is unlike anything you've seen before — in a game or in real life. The collector's edition of Fallout 4 includes an elaborate Pip-Boy cell phone case for the wrist. And yes, it will have an app.</p>
<p>"As far as stupid gimmicks go, this is the best fucking one I've ever seen," said Todd Howard, the game's director.</p>
<p>The Pip-Boy edition will come with the replica Pip-Boy, and stand and Capsule Case. <span>The Pip-Boy edition will cost $119.99 US, £99.99 UK and €129.99.</span></p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8780113/the-pip-boy-is-fabulous-in-fallout-4-and-its-realOwen S. Good2015-06-14T23:00:16-04:002015-06-14T23:00:16-04:00Fallout 4 begins before the bombs fell
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<p>Bethesda Softworks showcased the beginning of Fallout 4 on stage at its E3 keynote. Strikingly, this game will begin by showing the player the pre-apocalyptic world.</p>
<p>The game will begin in the world that existed before bombs destroyed the world. "A beautiful Saturday morning, with the threat of war looming," <span>said Todd Howard, the game's director.</span></p>
<p>"We started designing this one, actually, right after <i>Fallout 3</i> in 2009," Howard said. "<span>For the last four years we have been working very very hard to create something special." </span><span>Howard showcased a console panel and the level of detail as an example of Bethesda Game Studios' obsession with creating a rich and believable world.</span></p>
<p>A long demonstration showed off tons of concept art, depicting the...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/14/8775539/fallout-4-preview-e3-2015-bethesdaOwen S. Good2015-06-14T22:55:16-04:002015-06-14T22:55:16-04:00Dishonored Definitive Edition coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this fall
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<p>Alongside <a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2015/2015/6/14/8776839/dishonored-2-release-date-e3-2015">its reveal of <i>Dishonored 2</i></a><i></i>, Bethesda announced a new-gen Definitive Edition of the original <i><a href="http://www.polygon.com/game/dishonored/2264">Dishonored</a></i> at its E3 press briefing today.</p>
<p><i>Dishonored Definitive Edition</i> will launch for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this fall. It will include an upgrade version of the original game as well as all of its downloadable content.</p>
<p>Dishonored was originally released in 2012 to <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/8/3440792/Dishonored-review">extremely positive reviews</a>. Several DLC add-ons were released over the next year, including <i>Dunwall City Trials</i> and two story-based add-ons, The <i>Knife of Dunwall</i> and <i>The Brigmore Witches</i>.</p>
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