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I hope it is because I want to visit the secret army base and pick up Skynet again. Please.

I second this emotion.

It'sa not new for me.

Correct. And why not? Fallout + Black Obsidian = Epic (not Megagames). Get it? Got it? Good. Ok, just making sure I was on the right page. With everyone slathering up the joint I couldnt help but feel like I was missing some between-the-lines information instead of just a vague notification of a game being made in the future. Personally, I was more extited about the possibilitu of a new IP and not a different spin on the same stuff released less then a year ago and still receiving DLC. Im sure it will be "much different" and exactly what FO3 was "supposed to be". If it's any consolation, Obsidian is still working on 1 or 2 other projects we don't know about.

Zoma, if it's true that Alpha Protocol comes out in a few months (and I have no reason to doubt you), then your comment that Chris won't be working on Fallout because he's working on AP does not make sense.

Correct. And why not? Fallout + Black Obsidian = Epic (not Megagames). Get it? Got it? Good.

When Aliens was cancelled, Feargus said they were working on a few projects. More time for speculation Feargus actually said Aliens was cancelled? Well ****.

Am I the only one wondering what else Obsidian is working on? Both Alpha Protocol and Fallout will have been released by the end of 2010 leaving them with no projects to work on. There's no way that's true. They've got something else. And I don't think it's a NWN2 x-pack because that's yet another 12-18 month thing. Maybe Aliens isn't dead after all?

Haha owned.

I'm sure it will, good sir. Fallout and crates are a natural fit. I expect a warehouse - no, a church - full of crates. And inside each crate will be a shipment of crowbars. Surplus intended for Vault 13.

Also, will this game have crates?

Will this game have crates?

From this article in the Times newspaper (UK).

It's frankly abominable. Stick close to the beaches and you'll be safe!

I feel the same. Edit: But maybe this game is intended to be exactly what Fallout 3 failed to be. I hope so.

I don't know how easy it was, but Onyx most certainly is already built. Yes but unless they want New Vegas to go into a completely different direction I don't see how using it would be an advantage. With Fallout 3 framework, they've something to start with and can compile/test it on an established environment without hacking/programming all that stuff into Onyx again. Product differentiation is a pretty big advantage to overlook.

It was just confirmed to be a new Fallout game. Edit: note to self, check for more pages before posting.

I don't know how easy it was, but Onyx most certainly is already built.

An engine change would also mean we'd have to wait 18-24 month more. No thanks, using the Fallout 3 engine has been a smart (and the obvious) decision. You might want to rethink that post. Onyx is already built. Granted, the art assets from FO3 may cut about 6 months off development time (not to mention costs).

My Mac Mini arrives in like a week, so I figured it's time to start getting excited about games again. What good PC games do you know of that come out in the future? I'm looking forward to: Diablo 3 Obsidian's Fallout Alpha Protocol Dragon Age It's not a big list. Surely I'm missing some things?

Whoa. Uh. Cool. I think? Would prefer Onyx engine with a proper ruleset, but I may have to re-evaluate my opinion of Bethesda.

On the one hand, I want it now. On the other hand, I'm not quite ready to build the new pc I want to play the game on. Xmas 2009 would be awesome tho...2011 would have me gnashing my teeth. The flashy new graphics look good/are nice, but I only hope it has the same addictive quality of the previous Blizz games. I'm sure the Wizard will be the first I try. Mm. I think it's telling that Blizzard are saying it will run on low-end systems and not use DX10. I.e.: they like flashy graphics but it's not what's going to sell the game. :D

Hmm. I've never heard about sound problems in that manner. Have you tried switching sound drivers (e.g. between ALSA and PulseAudio)?

Oh well, good to see you (sort of) sorted it out. I just upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 and the difference is amazing. I really like this all-brown theme in Gnome that (not the dodgy default brown one) and I've finally tried desktop effects (Compiz) - it's pretty fun and looks good. Once my beefed up mac mini arrives I'll try out games under WINE properly (this comp wouldn't run most of them on Windows let alone Linux), but so far JK2 and Jedi Academy (use Quake 3 engine) work perfectly. It also auto-detected my graphics card and installed nVidia's linux driver for me. Oh, and the tablet pen draws even better than on Windows! I still need to get the eraser working, though. I must have made a typo in X.org config.

Ah yes, the Linux heaven where you have to compile your own afterlife. It's hard to get started and a bit buggy at times but it makes it up by being ultra customizable. I run Linux (Ubuntu) and I've never compiled a programme (that wasn't my own) in my life). It also detects my laptop's hardware better than Windoze does. Ubuntu took Plug N' Pray and made it Plug N' Play. But yes, you're most probably correct for any distro other than Ubuntu. Moreover, ID software releases their games on Linux (e.g. Quake 4) and nobody has to compile anything! :D