Gearing up for the impending release of "Mothership Zeta" for PC and Xbox 360, developer Bethesda has issued a few new screenshots from the latest Fallout 3 add-on.

Priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), Zeta--the last of the announced downloadable expansions for Fallout 3--hits PC and Xbox 360 on Monday, August 3, delivering a new space-themed quest, weapons and such. Read more »

Mothership Zeta, the last of the five announced downloadable expansions for Fallout 3, will debut on Monday, August 3, developer Bethesda announced today.

Priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), the add-on will be available for PC and Xbox 360 players that day, with PlayStation 3 owners of the action-RPG getting it a bit later on. Originally, Mothership Zeta was slated to arrive in late July, marking a slight delay. Read more »

Having missed its initial late June estimate, developer Bethesda now expects the first batch of Fallout 3 downloadable content to hit PlayStation 3 "by the end of September."

"Keep in mind that not only do we need to test each DLC on PS3, we also need to test each DLC when used in conjunction with each of the other DLC, as well as all of them together, along with the entire original game," producer Ashley Cheng explained. Read more »

As Independence Day is drawing near, online retailers have already kicked off their weekend sales, with the highlight thus far being Steam's half-off sale on Fallout 3.

Usually $50, a digital download of Bethesda's acclaimed post-apocalyptic PC RPG can temporarily be yours for $25. However, this doesn't include any of the $10 downloadable expansions, so the more frugal of you may want to wait until October, when the game and its five downloadable add-ons will be sold together in a $50 Game of the Year bundle. Read more »

Fallout 3's swamp-bound 'Point Lookout' downloadable content has been released, with the PC edition receiving a new patch to support the accompanying new achievements.

Fallout 3 patch 1.6 is now available on FileShack in US, UK and German flavours, each weighing in at 50MB and bringing no changes beyond the achievements. Read more »

Bethesda has released new screenshots of upcoming Fallout 3 downloadable content Point Lookout, showing the answer to most problems in the swamp: a hefty axe.

During E3 we had a gander at the delights Point Lookout brings to Fallout 3, including a new open environment, several fresh weapons, and a sinister plot by mutated cultists.

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As the ferry docks in the decrypt amusement park, complete with the ruins of ferris wheel poking above the rows of run-down and long-shuttered booths, I find myself already facing one of those tricky moral conundrums Fallout 3 is known for. Do I explore this fascinating post-apocalyptic wonderland, or head off to that mansion on the hill?

Fortunately, in this instance, it really doesn't matter. At roughly one-fifth the size of Fallout 3's initial game world, the entirety of the new landmass that the June 23-due Point Lookout DLC adds to Bethesda's action-RPG is open from the start, enabling you to ignore that quest about the ghoul in the mansion and just explore the wetland. Read more »

This murky trailer and several screenshots and give the first peek at Point Lookout, the latest Fallout 3 downloadable content pack, set in the swamps of Maryland.

Two more downloadable expansions for Fallout 3 will arrive over the summer, developer Bethesda announced today, along with word that, beginning in late June, the PlayStation 3 will start to receive all of the Fallout 3 downloadable DLC announced thus far.

Following a shaky release that saw the Fallout 3 Broken Steel DLC pulled from the PC Games for Windows Live Marketplace, the content has now been restored and is again available for purchase.

The issue was rooted in "a games for Windows Live DRM Install error," according to Fallout 3 developer Bethesda.

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Update: Broken Steel's PC installation issues are "a games for Windows Live DRM Install error", a Bethesda representative has told Shacknews. "Microsoft is working on fixing it, and we'll let everyone know once we've verified it."

Regarding the Xbox 360 achievement anomalies, "The Xbox Live servers don't seem to be fully synched yet with the additional achievements," Bethesda explains. "This should fix itself automatically soon. People won't lose any achievements." Read more »

With the last announced Fallout 3 DLC pack, Broken Steel, hitting Xbox 360 and PC tomorrow, developer Bethesda has issued a trailer for the 800 MS Point ($10) add-on.

Be warned that, as Broken Steel picks up where Fallout 3's ending left off, this video spoils some end-game elements for those that haven't beat the post-apocalyptic RPG.

Retailer listings have suggested the existence of an unannounced Fallout 3 downloadable content pack named either "Point Look" or "Point Lookout."

Online retailers eStarland and Deep Discount list a pack containing upcoming DLC Broken Steel and the unnanounced other, joining recent listings for a retail bundle of earlier downloadable expansions Operation Anchorage and The Pitt. Read more »

Look at that robot there. That is one hell of a robot. Iron Giant-esque, wouldn't you say?

It goes without saying that Broken Steel, the last foreseeable DLC pack for Fallout 3, is looking like a must-buy for fans. For more on the content, check out our recent preview. It hits the PC and Xbox 360 on May 5 for the price of 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Read more »

At a press event yesterday in London, Bethesda gave us an extended peek at the last of the three announced Fallout 3 DLC packs, "Broken Steel," now set for a May 5 release.

In a nutshell, Broken Steel will remove the game's ending entirely, with Bethesda's Pete Hines saying simply to fans that called for an open-ended resolution, "We got the idea." Players will still have to make the final choice, but following that climax the game will continue, presenting new epilogue quests, another 10 levels to gain, and new perks, monsters and achievements to keep the climb interesting. Read more »