There's a new Fallout 3 interview on Eurogamer, chatting with Bethesda's Pete Hines about the role playing game sequel.

Fallout fan site No Mutants Allowed finally got an opportunity to see Fallout 3 during the Leipzig Games Convention. They have impressions, and a set of interviews with Bethesda's Pete Hines.

Bethesda released a handful of Fallout 3 screenshots today, showing off the apocalyptic sequel with four high-res portraits.

Is that first explosive shot the result of the Fat Man personal warhead launcher mentioned in our preview? Or is it a nuclear plant gone wrong? Examine the evidence below.

play.tm has posted a Fallout 3 Q&A, asking lead designer Emil Pagliarulo about the role playing game sequel.

StrategyCore.co.uk has a new Fallout 3 interview, asking lead designer Emil Pagliarulo about the role playing game sequel. Topics include the GOAT system, experience points, voice acting, weapons, playing without using the VATS system and more.

Bethesda has sent out three more Fallout 3 screenshots, offering high-res versions of images featured in Game Informer's print article on the game.

RPG Vault is the latest site with a Fallout 3 preview, reporting on a recent trip to the Bethesda offices to see the game. You can find our preview here.

Eurogamer has been updated with a Fallout 3 interview, asking lead designer Emil Pagliarulo, and lead producer Gavin Carter about the game. Don't miss our preview.

I was recently able to spend some time at Bethesda's Maryland development offices to check out a demonstration of the immensely anticipated Fallout 3 (PC, PS3, X360), and I came away with quite a bit of material--and some new screenshots. Check it out.

The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System allows players to pause the game at any time and zoom in for a closer look on an enemy, selecting an individual body part to target. As you take your shots, you consume action points, which regenerate over time, harkening back to the original games' action limiting mechanic.

"We don't want to encourage twitch play," Howard said. Simply spraying bullets without entering V.A.T.S. mode and setting up careful shots consume AP quickly and may even result in a slower regeneration rate, giving an incentive for players to be more economical.

GameSpot, Next-Gen, 1UP, IGN, Eurogamer and Voodoo Extreme all have Fallout 3 previews posted, taking a first look at Bethesda's new role playing game.

Bethesda Game Studios' upcoming RPG sequel Fallout 3 is in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well as the expected PC, reveals a cover story from print publication Game Informer. Though the magazine's July issue, which contains a preview of the game, has not yet hit newsstands, Game Informer Online has posted a scan of the cover in question. Earlier today, Bethesda released a Fallout 3 teaser trailer revealing that the game is set to ship in fall 2008.

Fallout 3's target platforms come as little surprise, as Bethesda's last full game, the well-received The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, has also been released on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. In a Shacknews interview ... Read more

War, war never changes... Head over to FileShack to download the first Fallout 3 teaser trailer, which runs for nearly two and a half minutes showing in-engine footage. If you're on a slower connection and just can't wait for the 132mb HD version to download, we have a 54mb SD version as well. According to the trailer, Fallout 3 will be released Fall 2008.

Bethesda's Fallout website is now carrying a new piece of Fallout 3 concept art, the final image to be released before next week's teaser trailer.

Bethesda's Fallout 3 website has been updated with this week's piece of concept art, offering a closer look at the game world.

Bethesda's Fallout 3 website has been updated, offering another piece of concept art from the company's upcoming roleplaying game.

We received a press release from Bethesda, announcing that actor Liam Neeson will provide voice work for the upcoming Fallout 3. Neeson will play the father of the player character, appearing throughout the game. Meanwhile, the game's official website, still counting down until June's teaser trailer release, has been updated with new concept art.

Following the surfacing of a movie earlier this week featuring gameplay from a tech demo of Black Isle Studios' canceled Fallout 3--codenamed Van Buren--Fallout fan site No Mutants Allowed (NMA) has now posted the 241 MB playable tech demo, which we have mirrored on FileShack.

"This is a pre-alpha tech demo from 2003," read the initial post at NMA by Brother None. "The combat is pretty much unimplemented (sucky realtime only), the graphics are really basic."... Read more

Bethesda's Fallout website has been updated, noting that in 34 days they'll be releasing a teaser trailer for the game. Currently the site offers a new piece of concept art, as well as a streaming version of the Fallout 3 title track. New concept art will be posted weekly until the release of the teaser.

Following Bethesda Softworks' 2004 announcement that it had licensed the rights from Fallout property holder Interplay to develop Fallout 3, reports filed with the SEC this week reveal that Bethesda has now signed a deal with Interplay to acquire the entire Fallout property. The $5.75 million sale of "all of [Interplay's] rights to the IP" was formalized on April 4 and went into effect on April 9, as described in the document filed on Thursday. Payment is being made in installments, with Bethesda set to have fulfilled its financial obligations by the third quarter of this year. (Thanks NMA)

Ailing firm Interplay has published every previously released game in the famed Black Isle-created RPG franchise, and was slated to develop its own third main game in the series before the project fell through and the rights licensed to Bethesda. Last December, Interplay formally outlined its plans to develop a $75 million Fallout MMO, the rights to which it had retained when the 2004 Bethesda agreement was signed. With Bethesda becoming the sole owner of the Fallout IP, Interplay negotiated the exclusive rights to create a Fallout MMO as part of this week's sale. Now, however, the reversed relationship between the two companies gives Bethesda greater leverage in Interplay's handling of the property.

Bethesda has also established a comprehensive set of quality control and schedule-related requirements. Interplay may not sublicense any part of MMO development without Bethesda's approval. The MMO "must meet or exceed such quality standards as may be set by Bethesda from time to time" in order for Interplay to remain in good standing, and Bethesda has the right to inspect Interplay's offices and development progress at any time during normal business hours provided two days' notice is given. Furthermore, Interplay must enter "full-scale" development of the MMO with a minimum of $30 million in funding by two years from the signing of the agreement, or it immediately forfeits its rights to the license. The company must launch the game in North America and Europe within four years of that development commencement date, with the potential for a one-year extension if development is progressing adequately, giving the game a final release date limit of April 9, 2014.

In return for granting Interplay the MMO rights, Bethesda will receive royalties of 12% of sales, subscription fees, or other revenue generated by the game.

For more on Bethesda's handling of its own Fallout 3 project, check out our prior interview with Bethesda's Pete Hines.

Shacknews has sent further inquiries to Bethesda regarding this week's deal.

Update: Shacknews has been contacted by Bethesda's Pete Hines, who described the deal as one that was a natural continuation of Bethesda's existing Fallout license and not one that will have any impact on Bethesda's development plans. "This transaction merely transfers some remaining property rights of Interplay in the Fallout brand to Bethesda," he said. "It doesn't have any effect on us. We are going forward with all our previous plans concerning the Fallout franchise."

As for the catalyst behind the move, Hines noted simply, "A decision was made by management to purchase the remaining property rights to Fallout that we didn't already control when that opportunity was presented to us."

Ubisoft sends along the latest Far Cry SDK, synced up with the 1.33 game code. There is also documentation available for this release.