Franchise file / Interplay
Fallout
Post-nuclear RPGs, since 1997
Fallout is the post-nuclear RPG franchise that began at Interplay in 1997. Bethesda took the rights in 2007, released Fallout 3 a year later, and Obsidian added Fallout: New Vegas in 2010.
- 1997
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Interplay
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Interplay years. Fallout arrived in 1997 and Fallout 2 a year later. Fallout Tactics and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel followed, while Black Isle's planned third game, Van Buren, was cancelled.
Start with Fallout 2Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
A sequel cancelled, then reborn.
Black Isle spent years on a third Fallout, codenamed Van Buren, until Interplay's money troubles ended it. Bethesda bought the rights in 2007 and released Fallout 3 a year later, moving the series east to Washington, D.C.
- 1997 to 2004
- The Interplay years
- 2008 to 2018
- The Bethesda years
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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