OXM US also has a go at a New Vegas preview

[cronicler]

They were develpoping an (Edit) Aliens RPG and they are developing a Spy RPG (Alpha Protocol). I am not sure 3rd or 1st person POV but both games are/were based on modern 3d engines. So I think they have some experience, although it is still untested at this point (Ps: Unless one considers Kotor 2 as experience in 3d gaming)

 

[Brother None]

Not an AvP RPG, an Aliens RPG.

And all of this makes their experience pretty thin, I'm not sure I'd depend on Obsidian to fix Fallout 3 engine's rather tepid FPS combat.

 

[SharkClub]

Neil, a super mutant who hates Tabitha, can help you storm the mountain

Yay for not-dumb and non-cannibalistic Super Muties.

Tabitha is actually a male super mutant gone completely insane

So the earlier magazines saying that Tabitha was a transsexual were correct on this. Even if they still referred to him as "she" and "her".

Can't say I'm really looking forward to that.

"Skill magazines" you find in New Vegas will only temporarily boost your skills

Hoorah for gameplay balance! Hopefully this will rule out the 100% on all skills exploit from Fallout 3.

The combat gameplay was tweaked to be more first-person-shootery

This is good. Fallout 3 failed to be an RPG, but also failed to be an FPS. New Vegas looks to exceed in both aspects where Fallout 3 failed, and I like it.

 

[Per]

I'm assuming temporary magazines would not work like a drug. They might raise your effective skill level but you still need to spend the skill points to catch up and raise it beyond the inflated level.