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'Fallout: Shadow of Boston' trademark application spotted [Update]
A new trademark application for something called "Fallout: Shadow of Boston" has been spotted. Could we finally be getting a new Fallout game?
Those keeping an eye on Bethesda to see when they will announce a new Fallout title have something to finally sink their teeth into as a trademark application for the brand “Fallout: Shadow of Boston” has been registered in Germany.
The application was spotted by a NeoGAF user and has been trademarked by Bethesda Softworks LLC. Fallout: Shadow of Boston’s description points towards it being a game as the terms “computer game discs; Downloadable computer game programs; Computer game programs downloaded via the internet” are used within the application.
A new Fallout game has been rumored for quite some time now to be set somewhere in Massachusetts, so this trademark seems to sync up with previous rumors. Hopefully, whatever Fallout: Shadow of Boston turns out to be, let’s just hope it takes advantage of current-gen consoles and PCs.
[UPDATE: Bethesda took to Twitter this afternoon to put this story to rest. "The German trademark filing that's making the rounds is a hoax," the company said in an official statement. "This didn't come from our offices."]
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replyDaniel Perez posted a new article, 'Fallout: Shadow of Boston' trademark application spotted
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Aww man, sort of sounds like that doesn't it? Let's hope not.
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Man a new fallout....I am ready
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I need this
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More American east coast? I guess I'll take it, but it wouldn't have been my first choice.
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lplasmatron is on the case!
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Agreed, I'd like to see them go back to Los Angeles but I'll take anything I can get for fallout.
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San Fransisco would be a great Fallout city, the park, museums in the park and Modern Art, the presideo (now know as LucasFilms/ILM), the old base under the bridge, the golden gate, the warf, the mission, 3rd/Ceasr Cavez and the Ballpark and the surrounding multi-million dollar "loft" homes. So much awesome and unique.
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Every city in Fallout was nuked, isn't that the point? WWIII actually happened and every single major civic center was nuked to hell. Still lots of opportunity for rebuilding amongst the debris, seeing as how the events in the Fallout games (as of NV anyway) are something like 2 centuries after the war.
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It's been in Fallout 2.
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Is there a reason why stories won't load in the chatty app?
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Use stonedonkey api, not win chatty.
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Derp that doesn't work anymore.
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Hopefully Cindy Robinson gets cast; she voiced Corporal Betsy in Fallout New Vegas, and she voiced the Bronx-accent robot girl Labrys in Persona 4 Arena.
She also did some cameo voices in Bioshock Infinite (but no Boston accent... come on, Ken Levine, you missed an opportunity there!).
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Awwwww yeah
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Press X to escape vault. You gotta start early with those "Press X" moments. ;)
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I'd be happy with the Skyrim engine but something newer would be nice.
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It doesn't have to be someone else's engine. All of their games are based on the outdated Gamebryo engine and it really needs to be replaced. Given the particular needs of their games, it would make the most sense for them to build their own engine that they could use for Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and whatever other open world IPs they might want to develop. That wouldn't be easy or cheap to do, but it seems necessary to me.
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Ok I guess from my understanding, Gamebryo basically was their engine at this point and had been revamped to the point of barely even resembling what you think of Gamebryo from back in the day. I admit that I'm saying this based on vaguely remembering interviews about Skyrim though so I'm not sure if I'm full of shit. I'll see if I can find anything supporting that.
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I imagine developing an entirely new engine would take a bunch more development time on top of populating assets and such into Fallout 4.
Bethesda's fast and loose application of quality control in their recent titles is frustrating, but is completely made up for by how fucking amazing the open world they create is. Plus the mod scene around Bethesda games is always huge, which is half the fun.
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Fallout 4 on my fucking face!
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YAY I WANT A NEW FALLOUT GAME!
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ME TOO! PLEASE GOD BE REAL!!!
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This is such an underwhelming title now that Shadow of Mordor has come out.
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The games aren't really similar at all though...
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Oh. *whooosh*
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Why? Boston is a much bigger pit of hatred and despair than Mordor.
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The weird part is, after I typed my post, I actually thought about which accent word scare me more (gruff English vs. BASHTAN), and I have to agree with you.
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Sign me up, can't wait.
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I will slay you.
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Arrrrrgh, I'm torn on this... I spoilered Fallout 3 by reading the Wikia too much, and I felt encumbered by the RPG focus and the dice-roll of VATS, but I'll have firsthand knowledge of numerous blocks and towns. I remember DC-area Shackers commenting on references to real-life towns and landmarks.
I feel like they were heading toward this, anyway; there were parts of Fallout 3 that referenced the Boston area. Were there references in the classic Fallout games (i.e.: the ones developed by Black Isle), or was that purely the work of Bethesda's writers?-
I don't remember any references to much outside the west coast in the original titles, but someone more dedicated might know for sure.
As much as I like the Elder Scrolls-esque open world in FO3 and NV, I'd kinda like to see a return to having a "map" so that they could do several big areas with more distinct terrain and story stuff going on in each one, rather than being anchored to just the immediate vicinity of a major city.-
I thought the Fallout 3 map covered a few suburban areas of DC metro. For example, Falls Church, VA is 4 miles west of Washington, but it's also a place in the game. I don't know if anyone did a map-based comparison, but GamesRadar did have this venue-by-venue comparison article: http://www.gamesradar.com/fallout-3-vs-reality-photo-comparison/
I'd like to see a separated "map" as well, something a bit more orchestrated than just a grid-based random encounter where a Deathclaw is spawned in. Despite the tension it builds, it just makes me want to save-scum and/or avoid traversing an excessive amount of map squares, in order to reduce the number of random encounter rolls.
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Oh Jesus. Can you imagine an entire game where all the characters have Bostonian accents? Jesus fucking Christ.
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Bastahn!!
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super mutants super fans!
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the fridge would be a good mini boss fought on the 50
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While it's true the next Fallout game is set in Boston I wouldn't expect news anytime soon.
http://kotaku.com/leaked-documents-reveal-that-fallout-4-is-real-set-in-1481322956
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It was probably Interplay trolling
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dammit
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Damnit, Dr Proton!
Updated the story.
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Fahkin cawksuckas.
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Trademark'd
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Those fucking Mooninites are at it again.
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wait shit
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I don't know why we keep up this facade. We know what the contents of the briefcase are, it's just a lunchbox at this point!
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