Fallout 3/Van Buren - Black Isle

Van Buren is the last attempt at a Fallout game made by BIS, in fact the last attempt at a game made by BIS period. It was unofficially cancelled in December 2003 when BIS was (also unofficially) disbanded and all employees (officially) fired. The license moved into the hands of Bethesda, view info about this game here.

Links:

• Van Buren Unofficial FAQ@NMA
• Chronological history of Van Buren/Fallout 3@NMA
• Van Buren design documents@NMA
• Van Buren Gallery@NMA
• Van Buren IRC Developers Chat
• Bring back Bis and Fo3 Petition

Chronological history of Van Buren: (For a complete history go here.)

• 26 of March 2004: Missing Games@IGN - Fallout 3
• 23 of March 2004: Tim Cain/Troika shows interest in the Fallout license
• 23 of January 2004: 2003 in Review@RPGCodex
• 20 of January 2004: Bis Eulogy@Gamerswithjobs
• 16 of January 2004: Sean K Reynolds suggest Pay-Pal to pay for Fallout 3
• 14 of January 2004: Fallout 3 gets Dream Game award
• 14 of January 2004: Sean K Reynolds explains why Van Buren was dropped
• 07 of January 2004: John Deiley talks about the Van Buren Story
• 06 of January 2004: Sean K Reynolds explains more on the cancellation of Van Buren and Bis Layoffs
• 06 of January 2004: Feargus Urquhart talks about the Van Buren Screenshots
• 28 of December 2003: Van Buren/Fo3 character model
• 20 of December 2003: IPLY wins Warshaw Awards 2003
• 19 of December 2003: Interplay denied that Bis is closed and Van Buren dumped.
• 19 of December 2003: IGN on Van Buren/Fo3/Bis dumping
• 16 of December 2003: IPLY claims the Van Buren/Fo3/Bis dumping are only rumours.
• 16 of December 2003: Van Buren/Fallout 3 story tidbit
• 16 of December 2003: Gamespot talks about Fallout 3/Van Buren
• 17 of December 2003: IGN posts about the cancellation and closing of Bis/Van Buren.
• 14 of December 2003: Fallout 3/Van Buren screenshots explanations
• 12 of December 2003: Bis comments about the screenshots
• 11 of December 2003: About Van Buren shots
• 11 of December 2003: Fallout 3/Van Buren milestone Tracker
• 09 of December 2003: Fallout 3/Van Buren main menu screenshot
• 09 of December 2003: Silver Style shows interest in the Fallout License
• 09 of December 2003: Bis is closed!!
• 01 of December 2003: Chad "Briareus" Nicholas denies cancellation of VB
• 26 of November 2003: Damien "Puuk" Foletto responds to Gamespots article
• 26 of November 2003: Gamespot post a pessimistic view after JE left
• 22 of November 2003: JE says his thanks and post a Falloutish avatar
• 21 of November 2003: Josh Sawyer leaves Bis and VB
• 08 of November 2003: Puuk responds to JE's announcement
• 08 of November 2003: Briareus responds to JE's announcement
• 07 of November 2003: J.E. Sawyer announces that he's leaving Bis
• 10 of October 2003: Fallout 3 announcement delayed
• 28 of September 2003: JE explains why he stays
• 27 of September 2003: JE and Puuk explains why we should buy Fbos (XBox,PS2)
• 27 of September 2003: Puuk talks about the ramifications for Bis/IPLY in trouble
• 27 of September 2003: Herve Caen (CEO/Chairman IPLY) explains the IPLY crisis
• 26 of September 2003: New Power Armour
• 25 of September 2003: IPLY in trouble