Fallout: New Vegas getting three new DLC packs

Bethesda has detailed three new pieces of Fallout: New Vegas DLC, coming for $10: Honest Hearts (May), Old World Blues (June), and Lonesome Road (July).

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[Update 1:40 pm] Bethesda let us know that a new title update for the Xbox 360 version went live a few days ago for the English version, and has since followed in the other versions. It should be safe to download now, so you can prepare for these DLC packs.

[Original Story] We heard rumors of more Fallout: New Vegas downloadable content, but Bethesda surprised us today with the announcement of not one, but three upcoming DLC packs. The first is called "Honest Hearts," as the rumors claimed, while the others are named "Old World Blues" and "Lonesome Road."

Unlike Dead Money, these packs will hit PC, PS3, and 360 simultaneously. All three packs will cost $9.99 on the PlayStation Network and PC, or 800 MS Points on 360.

In Honest Hearts, available on May 17, your caravan is ambushed and you're left stranded. Along the way back home, you run into a war between a New Canaanite missionary and the Burned Man.

Old World Blues will release in June, and covers the origins of some monsters as you explore abandoned pre-war research centers, and become the unwilling participant in a science experiment yourself.

Finally, Lonesome Road is set for July, and brings closure to the some dangling plot threads from the original game. The original courier, a man named Ulysses, refused to deliver the Platinum Chip. He sends you a transmission promising to explain why, but only if you take one last job through the stormy area called the Divide. People don't survive the Divide, so it's a good bet that Ulysses doesn't really expect you to come back.

Bethesda was waiting for the stability patch before making any DLC announcements. Now it's been released, though 360 users are still having serious issues that need fixing.

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    May 3, 2011 8:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Fallout: New Vegas getting three new DLC packs.

    Bethesda has detailed three new pieces of Fallout: New Vegas DLC, coming for $10: Honest Hearts (May), Old World Blues (June), and Lonesome Road (July).

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      May 3, 2011 8:50 AM

      For once when it comes to DLC, can't wait!

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      May 3, 2011 8:53 AM

      i did enjoy F3 until it bugged out and i couldnt leave a room. could never be bothered going back 5 hours to my last save. and after hearing about how this is worse, with patches that come with DO NOT INSTALL warnings, i can't see any point in the future where i would buy this game.

      :( which is bad because they are great games

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        May 3, 2011 9:00 AM

        i enjoyed it after i had to research tweaks for hours to get FO3 to only crash after 1.5hrs plus of play time instead of every 30 minutes.

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      May 3, 2011 8:56 AM

      Good stuff, though I think I'm done playing Bethesda RPGs at launch. Due to complexity/resources or whatever it's absolutely clear that they are unable to deliver a 2011, fully playable quality launch experience. I'm done being super frustrated with something I want to enjoy so badly.

      Bethesda, you are your own best advocate for only buying Game of the Year editions.

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        May 3, 2011 8:59 AM

        I've had one xbox lock up since the patch. seems like if you do big trades involving lots of money and items buying and selling it really hitches it and can freeze the entire xbox just after pressing accept.

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          May 3, 2011 9:03 AM

          Sure and I was able to beat it about 2 months after release w/ the patches then... but it's like getting a book, finding a literal turd on page 233 and having to send the book back for another. My happy place is ruined and yeah, I'll still finish it, but man what about that turd in the middle

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            May 3, 2011 11:21 AM

            When life gives you turds, make turdade.

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        May 3, 2011 11:17 AM

        I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. Especially on PC. Wait for all DLC, wait for GOTY bundle, wait for an unofficial bug patch, and a comprehensive mod.

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          May 3, 2011 6:04 PM

          ..and in the meatime here devs complain about low sales due to piracy,

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        May 3, 2011 11:25 AM

        I understand the sentiment, but at the same time I wonder how many of the problems have to do with the creaky old Gamebryo engine.

        Also, New Vegas (developed by Obsidian) was significantly worse in terms of bugs at release than Fallout 3 was.

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          May 3, 2011 12:15 PM

          It does have some crazy engine limitations.

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        May 3, 2011 5:37 PM

        Not that it's a good excuse, but they didn't actually develop this one. I also didn't have any problems with New Vegas until the very end, though I got it on 360. I typically get their stuff on PC.

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      May 3, 2011 8:58 AM

      in the link for serious issues, jason bergman reported that the fix was live. i did get a 2nd patch on my 360 but i didnt experience the save game issue after the original patch in question.

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      May 3, 2011 9:00 AM

      The DLC from the first game was a huge mixed bag..some of them seemed like they were going to be cool, like the alien one, but ended up being huge snooze fests.. there were only two that were worth playing, the one on the island, and the brotherhood one..

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        May 3, 2011 9:12 AM

        I thought Mothership Zeta was terrible. Broken Steel and Point Lookout though were great and exactly what I would want out of Fallout DLC.

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          May 3, 2011 10:20 AM

          that's what I meant. I was looking forward to the Zeta one, but it was boring and veeerry repetative.

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      May 3, 2011 9:01 AM

      I loved New Vegas, played it to death, but I dunno just not interested in DLC packs for it.

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        May 3, 2011 9:35 AM

        Same here. I'm done with this generation of Fallout games. I can't make myself play anymore. In a few years I'll be ready again.

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          May 3, 2011 10:42 AM

          I haven't played FO:NV yet, waiting for the patched up GOTY edition :)

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        May 3, 2011 12:29 PM

        I was kind of disappointed with New Vegas in that it didn't feel like an open world with random stuff to explore; It felt much more linear and closed than Fallout 3.
        Because of that, I'm just not as excited about DLC, I have a feeling it's just a bunch of linear maps with a story arc, which doesn't really interest me as much.

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          May 3, 2011 12:47 PM

          that's what almost all the DLC content was for Fallout 3 was, except for Point Lookout.

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            May 3, 2011 12:51 PM

            Broken Steel added a bunch of stuff to the main open world as well. Not surprisingly, those are the two most well-regarded DLCs.

            The others were fun to play through in part because, while linear, they were relatively short diversions.

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            May 3, 2011 12:54 PM

            yeah Point Lookout was my favorite. Broken Steel was ok because it raised the level cap and let you do stuff after the game ended.
            The other two I didn't really care for.

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          May 3, 2011 5:36 PM

          I know the world map in New Vegas kind of pushed you along in a certain direction, but I was still able to explore and "open world" it to a ridiculous extent. I was almost at 40 hours before even setting foot in New Vegas itself.

          It was kind of ridiculous that any invisible walls had to exist, but I kind of liked that some areas were inaccessible purely due to the strong enemies there.

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            May 3, 2011 6:35 PM

            New Vegas was an open world, but I think it was too story driven to the point that it lost sight of what made Fallout 3 superb.
            The thing I liked most about Fallout 3 was just exploring, surviving, and doing random side quests. If I could define it as a sub-genre of open world RPG I would call it an exploration-survival. I loved all the random location that had nothing to do with the main story line; there were location that didn't have any quests at all, but were just random derelict building, but they had their own little stories told via item placement, or notes left. All these things added to the world of Fallout 3 to define it, not by it's main story line (which wasn't that great), but by the entirety of its world.

            New Vegas, while still a very good game, focused more on a cohesive story, and as a result had to put the player a bit more on a path. Almost all the location where somehow connected to the main quest in some fashion, and those that weren't, were not particularly interesting.

            To put it another way, Fallout New Vegas somewhat limit in it's replay value as I'm going to play through the same story over again. While as Fallout 3 has more replay value because I'm going to create my more of my own story as I play through it.

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      May 3, 2011 9:26 AM

      Definite buys for me IF one of them includes a level cap increase. There is too much to do in the actual game to begin with.

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      May 3, 2011 10:15 AM

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      May 3, 2011 10:22 AM

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      May 3, 2011 11:19 AM

      I hope they are better than Dead Money. The only thing I liked in that DLC was the beartrap fist.

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      May 3, 2011 11:22 AM

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      May 3, 2011 12:14 PM

      Too late if you ask me. I really wanted continued dlc support post launch and way more than 4 dlc packs. I thought that this game could have easily supported a year's worth of updates. I will be waiting for a GOTY edition, by which time the project nevada mod (as well as other mods) should be mature. Then I will dive back in.

      Also, the wait for fallout 4 is going to suck.

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      May 3, 2011 12:20 PM

      make a new engine ffgts, one where you can see outside if you are inside.

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      May 3, 2011 12:40 PM

      Cool, looking forward to the Burned Man mission.

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      May 3, 2011 6:04 PM

      As I (still) haven't started playing Vegas yet, I might hold off until the DLC mega pack comes out and add it in then.

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      May 14, 2011 6:47 PM

      I'm really excited about DLC for new vegas. I just got 100% on achievements and I'm looking forward to having new content to play every month for the next 3 months.

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