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<table><tr><td><h2>Contents</h2><ul>[*]1 Production and release details<ul>[*]1.1 General<ul>[*]1.1.1 What is Fallout: New Vegas?[*]1.1.3 When is the release date?[*]1.1.2 Who is making and publishing Fallout: New Vegas?[*]1.1.3 Where and when does Fallout: New Vegas take place?[*]1.1.4 What is Fallout: New Vegas’ rating?[*]1.1.5 What are the system requirements? Does it use Games for Windows Live?[*]1.1.6 Any familiar names working on this title?[/list]</table>
<ul>[*]<a name="111">1.1.1 What is Fallout: New Vegas?
Fallout: New Vegas is a standalone title set in the universe of Fallout, and using the same engine as Fallout 3, though it is not a sequel to that game.[*]<a name="112">1.1.2 When is the release date?
Fallout: New Vegas is set for release on Windows PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the Fall of 2010.[*]<a name="113">1.1.3 Who is making and publishing Fallout: New Vegas?
Fallout: New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment. It will be published by Bethesda, though Namco Bandai will publish it in Oceania and a number of European countries.[*]<a name="114">1.1.4 Where and when does Fallout: New Vegas take place?
Fallout: New Vegas will take place around Vegas, Nevada. It will take place in 2280, 3 years after Fallout 3 and 40 years after Fallout 2.[*]<a name="115">1.1.5 What is Fallout: New Vegas’ rating?
Fallout: New Vegas has not been rated yet, but is said to be aiming for a mature rating.[*]<a name="116">1.1.6 What are the system requirements? Does it use Games for Windows Live?
System requirements have not been announced yet. Fallout: New Vegas will use Games for Windows Live for its Windows PC release.[*]<a name="117">1.1.7 Any familiar names working on this title?
A number of developers from Black Isle Studio left to form Obsidian in 2003, and quite a few familiar faces remain to work on this title. Lead designer J.E. Sawyer was last seen - to Fallout fans - working on BIS' Fallout 3 iteration, Van Buren. Chris Avellone, designer who worked on Fallout 2 and created New Reno, is senior designer on the game. Scott Everts, (senior) technical designer on Fallout and Fallout 2, is a designer on this game.[/list]
<table><tr><td><h2>Contents</h2><ul>[*]1 Production and release details<ul>[*]1.1 General<ul>[*]1.1.1 What is Fallout: New Vegas?[*]1.1.3 When is the release date?[*]1.1.2 Who is making and publishing Fallout: New Vegas?[*]1.1.3 Where and when does Fallout: New Vegas take place?[*]1.1.4 What is Fallout: New Vegas’ rating?[*]1.1.5 What are the system requirements? Does it use Games for Windows Live?[*]1.1.6 Any familiar names working on this title?[/list]</table>
<ul>[*]<a name="111">1.1.1 What is Fallout: New Vegas?
Fallout: New Vegas is a standalone title set in the universe of Fallout, and using the same engine as Fallout 3, though it is not a sequel to that game.[*]<a name="112">1.1.2 When is the release date?
Fallout: New Vegas is set for release on Windows PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the Fall of 2010.[*]<a name="113">1.1.3 Who is making and publishing Fallout: New Vegas?
Fallout: New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment. It will be published by Bethesda, though Namco Bandai will publish it in Oceania and a number of European countries.[*]<a name="114">1.1.4 Where and when does Fallout: New Vegas take place?
Fallout: New Vegas will take place around Vegas, Nevada. It will take place in 2280, 3 years after Fallout 3 and 40 years after Fallout 2.[*]<a name="115">1.1.5 What is Fallout: New Vegas’ rating?
Fallout: New Vegas has not been rated yet, but is said to be aiming for a mature rating.[*]<a name="116">1.1.6 What are the system requirements? Does it use Games for Windows Live?
System requirements have not been announced yet. Fallout: New Vegas will use Games for Windows Live for its Windows PC release.[*]<a name="117">1.1.7 Any familiar names working on this title?
A number of developers from Black Isle Studio left to form Obsidian in 2003, and quite a few familiar faces remain to work on this title. Lead designer J.E. Sawyer was last seen - to Fallout fans - working on BIS' Fallout 3 iteration, Van Buren. Chris Avellone, designer who worked on Fallout 2 and created New Reno, is senior designer on the game. Scott Everts, (senior) technical designer on Fallout and Fallout 2, is a designer on this game.[/list]
