PS3 Fallout 3 DLC is nearly done

By Robert Purchese Published 25 June, 2009

"Finishing touches" now, says Hines.

Bethesda has told Eurogamer that "finishing touches" are being made to Operation: Anchorage on PS3, but offered no firm release date for the Fallout 3 content. We had been prepared for a late June launch.

Speaking exclusively to Eurogamer, chief spokesperson Pete Hines said getting the DLC (which has already been released on PC and Xbox 360) to work on PS3 takes quite a lot of effort, actually.

"Yes, quite a bit actually," he said. "It's a different platform with a different way of doing things and it requires special attention and plenty of testing before it's released."

"We are trying to put the finishing touches on it now, but as I said above it's a different task than DLC on another platform, and so there are things we have to finish doing and testing before it's done on PS3."

Testing being the operative word; Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt and Broken Steel all arrived on Xbox 360 amid technical problems. Point Lookout, on the other hand, arrived this week without incident.

The fith and final piece of Fallout 3 downloadable content will be Mothership Zeta, which is pencilled for late July.

"Haven't set a final date yet," said Hines, "[but] should have one before too long."

"What's in store? Alien abduction done really, really well. What more do you need to know?"

Bethesda reckons the other Fallout 3 add-ons will follow Operation: Anchorage in intervals of around a month to six weeks. They will cost a similar amount to the PC and Xbox 360 versions, which charge 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).

You can buy a combined pack of Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt in shops for 15 quid, too. A Broken Steel and Point Lookout bundle will follow in August.

Or you can wait until October for the Game of the Year Edition, which contains all five add-ons plus the original Fallout 3 game. This will cost GBP 40.

By then, however, fans with all extra content plus the original game will have spent GBP 74. Is it fair to expect dedicated fans to spend so much?

"I think, given all of the content and gameplay, it's a good match of dollars to your hard-earned money. I can point to plenty of games that don't give you nearly as many hours of gameplay, or fun, for GBP 34," said Hines.

And, for what it's worth, Hines agrees that playing Broken Steel first makes most sense.

Catch up with our Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel and Point Lookout reviews elsewhere on the site.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (22) 3 years ago

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  • Luckyjim #1 3 years ago

    Ah nuts! I was hoping it would be up today.

  • Whatsfor #2 3 years ago

    "The fith and final piece of Fallout 3 downloadable content"

  • Hunam #3 3 years ago

    It's good that the PS3 fans are finally getting the DLC. Has the patches made the game less of a mess on the PS3 yet? Got the PC version but just curious as to how it's holding up across the platforms.

  • TheWretched #4 3 years ago

    Operation Anchorage was the weakest DLC, wasn't it? Still looking forward to "importing" the other DLCs (since the German DLC surely won't work with an Uncut UK game^^).

  • breedob #5 3 years ago

    Surely it won't take up to 6 weeks between each episode! When's the GOTY edition out anyway?

  • patch #6 3 years ago

    Summary for non-360 people (myself included):
    Fallout 3 got 10/10 and you're nuts if you haven't got it yet.
    Operation Anchorage got 6/10 and it was felt to be overly linear, not giving the same degree of freedom as the original.
    The Pitt got 8/10 and gave more choices and hence more replayability (that's a new word for you :)
    Broken Steel got 7/10 and raised the level cap to 30. EuroGamer said:"we'd advise you start with this before getting the others, because the process of acquiring new perks and skills will enrich the game no end".
    Point Lookout got 8/10 and the review is still on the front page.

    Some kind of PS3 release schedule would be nice, as I'm tempted to wait for Broken Steel before getting any DLC. On the 360 there was roughly 1 - 2 months between releases, hopefully PS3 will show a similar time interval between each one.
    Edited by 1 at 25/06/09 @ 15:16

  • X201 #7 3 years ago

    "The Broken Steel first" quote is a good 'un. So I should wait for you to release two other pieces of DLC before I start buying it in a different order?

    Should have sorted the level cap with the first DLC.

  • Les #8 3 years ago

    "And, for what it's worth, Hines agrees that playing Broken Steel first makes most sense."

    So why release it as the third expansion?!

  • breedob #9 3 years ago

    If it's 6 weeks between episodes then we'll need to wait until next year to play Mothership Zeta.

  • drewman5150 #10 3 years ago

    Be nice if Eurogamer had applied the finishing touches to reporting on "The fith and final etc etc"

  • danathjo #11 3 years ago

    what I want to know is if I wait until the GOTY can I use the same save file from the original PS3 game to continue along?

    I think I can wait that long....

  • Steroyd #12 3 years ago

    The only DLC i'm ever interested in is the one tthat raises the level cap, I completely stopped playing this the moment I got to level 20, and I don't think I was ever anywhere near completing the main story.

  • Anti-Force #13 3 years ago

    Well first of all i'm just glad PS3 getting a well deserved DLC.
    Fallout 3 (and all of the other fallouts) are the greatet games i have ever played up to this date, but i felt a little left in the rain when the DLC never came to the PS3, i dont really care much for the details of why, but now it looks like im going to be shooting some more action on my guy.

    I thought i could wait for the GOTY...yeah XD no way, im really looking forward to getting the DLC, hopeul maybe tomorrow? i don't know, i was rather thinknig today but theres nothing good in the store, oh and Vegas is gooing to be great if its like any of it's daddys, mabe little more infomation on whats happend with the rest of the world after the war whould be fun

  • ShinMegami08 #14 3 years ago

    Exclusivity contract with Microsoft ran probably till Mid 2009, so that's the reason why the PS3 users didn't get DLC till then.

    It's only a question of time till the DLC for GTAIV comes out on the PS3.

    Can't wait for Fallout DLC. I played the game like 3 times... Was big fun.

  • RKOwned #15 3 years ago

    after patch PS3 fallout is actually very Playable.

  • Les #16 3 years ago

    "after patch PS3 fallout is actually very Playable."

    Which idiot gives negative feedback on an observation like this?!

  • Matt_82 #17 3 years ago

    I will get it at some point, but I'll wait for the inevitable bugs to get patched first I think.

  • Paperghost #18 3 years ago

    haven't bought any of the DLC yet so I can't see the point now - just going to wait until the disc hits. looks good though.

  • metallicorphan #19 3 years ago

    is Mothership Zeta definitely gonna be the last DLC?

  • Nephirion #20 3 years ago

    As a side note when are we going to get an rpg from Bethesda that features some sort of co-op or multiplayer element:?

  • metalangel #21 3 years ago

    I doubt Zeta is the last. All through the Pitt people talk of "Ronto" which has a powerful military. Methinks a trip up to Canada to visit Toronto is in order...

  • Anti-Force #22 3 years ago

    Just saying sorry about the spam, i deleted them now, said did not post like 5 times, guess it lied haha.

    Speaking of mother ship Zeta to me (Reading the limited infomation) sounds bloody great, i dont know why? just extra ammo for your alien blaster (and the new alien rifle classicaly named disintigrator, i think thats how you spell that im not 100%) but for the PS3 wont it be like untill maybe past september time when we get it? or october time or am i getting too far a head?
    one last thing! anyone think that the DLC will be out soon as in tomrrow? with the PSN update