With tons of gamers around the country immersed in Fallout: New Vegas, it makes sense that Interplay would choose this time to remind everyone that Fallout Online, their MMO set in the Fallout universe, is in fact still in development and on the way. And now we even know when we should be getting a chance to play it.
"We have a beta scheduled for 2012, with the commercial launch in the second half of 2012," said Interplay president Eric Caen to Edge magazine (via Eurogamer). While the launch window is new, we've known about the intended beta since the Fallout Online website launched back in June. Still, it's nice to see those plans haven't changed.
As for why Fallout Online has been so under-the-radar, Caen said it's partly due to the legal battle Interplay has been locked in over the game with Fallout license-owner Bethesda, as "anything we show will help Bethesda in their fight." Caen did at least reveal a few details, though. "We have 90 people working on it. Even in January 2009, you were already able to move across the world," he explained.
Caen also compared what Interplay is doing with Fallout Online to Bethesda's Fallout 3. "Fallout 3 was a little bit too serious -- that's definitely not where we're going," he said. "Our Fallout MMOG will be extremely funny. At the same time, an MMOG must be a lot deeper than a standalone game. It's not a shooting game we're making. You can shoot, but it's a very small portion of the game. The game itself is about reconstructing the world."
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