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Van Buren (Fallout 3)
''Van Buren'' was the codename given to what would have been ''Fallout 3'', a role-playing video game that was being developed by Black Isle Studios before the parent company, Interplay Entertainment, went bankrupt. This resulted in the company shutting down Black Isle, which in turn laid off the PC development team on December 8, 2003, effectively cancelling the game. Prior to its cancellation, ''Van Buren'' was set to carry on the ''Fallout'' series, but was not a sequel to ''Fallout 2''. An official ''Fallout 3'', unrelated to the abandoned ''Van Buren'' project, was developed by Bethesda Game Studios after Interplay sold the single-player rights of the franchise to Bethesda Softworks. Several Black Isle staff members went on to form Obsidian Entertainment, and many themes, factions and characters of ''Van Buren'' were incorporated in Obsidian's '' Fallout: New Vegas'', published by Bethesda Softworks in 2010. Gameplay ''Van Buren'' was planned to use a modified versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios is a division of the developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment that develops role-playing video games. It has published several games from other developers. Black Isle is based in Irvine, California. The division was formed in 1996, adopting the name "Black Isle Studios" in 1998. The idea for the division's name came from the Black Isle in Scotland - founder Feargus Urquhart's ancestral country. Black Isle Studios is most famous for working on the first two games in the ''Fallout'' series as well as the critically acclaimed '' Planescape: Torment''. They achieved success with the '' Icewind Dale'' and '' Baldur's Gate'' series of role-playing video games, though they only published the ''Baldur's Gate'' series. In 1999, IGN's RPG Vault gave it the award for a Developer of the Year. The company was closed in late 2003 due to Interplay's financial troubles. Interplay briefly revived the Black Isle name in August 2012 with the intention of producing new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallout Van Buren Screenshot
Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioactive dust and ash created when a nuclear weapon explodes. The amount and spread of fallout is a product of the size of the weapon and the altitude at which it is detonated. Fallout may get entrained with the products of a pyrocumulus cloud and fall as black rain (rain darkened by soot and other particulates, which fell within 30–40 minutes of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). This radioactive dust, usually consisting of fission products mixed with bystanding atoms that are neutron-activated by exposure, is a form of radioactive contamination. Types of fallout Fallout comes in two varieties. The first is a small amount of carcinogenic material with a long half-life. The second, depending on the height of detonation, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brotherhood Of Steel
The Brotherhood of Steel is a fictional organization from the post-apocalyptic ''Fallout'' video game franchise. The Brotherhood collects and preserves technology, but they are not known for sharing their knowledge, even if doing so would improve the quality of life among the people of the wasteland. The Brotherhood faction has been present in every ''Fallout'' game to date. Structure The Brotherhood has a research branch known as the Scribes, and a combat branch comprising initiates, knights, paladins and sentinels. Scribes are assigned to one of three Orders: the Swords develop advanced weapons like the super sledge and gatling laser, the Shields are focused on maintaining Power Armor and reverse engineering civilian technology for defensive purposes, and the Scrolls collect and transcribe prewar books. The Outcasts of Fort Independence, known among fans as the "Dark Brotherhood" because of their black and red armor, split from Owen Lyons' followers because they believed pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Hound
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldur's Gate (video Game)
''Baldur's Gate'' is a fantasy role-playing video game that was developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the ''Baldur's Gate'' series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'') 2nd edition rules. It was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics, with Interplay using the engine for other Forgotten Realms-licensed games, including the ''Icewind Dale'' series, and '' Planescape: Torment''. The game's story focuses on a player-made character who finds themselves travelling across the Sword Coast alongside a party of companions. The game received critical acclaim following its release and was credited for revitalizing computer role-playing games. An expansion pack entitled '' Tales of the Sword Coast'' was released, as was a sequel entitled '' Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'', which later received its ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icewind Dale
''Icewind Dale'' is a role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and originally published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows in 2000 and by MacPlay for the Macintosh in 2002 (both the Classic Mac OS and OS X). The game takes place in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' Forgotten Realms campaign setting and the region of Icewind Dale, and uses the 2nd edition ruleset. The story follows a different set of events than those of R. A. Salvatore's ''The Icewind Dale Trilogy'' novels: in the game, an adventuring party becomes enlisted as a caravan guard while in Icewind Dale, in the wake of strange events, and eventually discover a plot that threatens the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale and beyond. ''Icewind Dale'' received positive reviews, being praised for its musical score and gameplay. It was a commercial success, with sales above 400,000 units worldwide by early 2001. An expansion, '' Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter'', was released in 2001, and a sequel, '' Icewind Dale II'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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