{"id":9160,"date":"2010-11-10T19:40:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T09:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2010-11-10T19:40:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T09:40:49","slug":"bethesda-softworks-announces-successful-launch-of-fallout%c2%ae-new-vegastm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=9160","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda Softworks Announces Successful Launch of Fallout\u00ae: new vegasTM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Five Million Launch Units to Meet Worldwide Demand<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney, Australia, November 9, 2010 <\/strong>\u2013 Bethesda Softworks\u00ae, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that its highly anticipated title, <strong><em>Fallout\u00ae: New Vegas<sup>TM<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>, has enjoyed record sales at launch, reflecting the huge consumer demand for the game.\u00a0 Five million units of <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> were shipped worldwide for the Xbox 360<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows\u00ae, with a heavy volume of digital downloads, representing well over $300 million in retail sales.\u00a0 In addition, the <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> strategy guide was one of Amazon\u2019s best sellers among all books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted by the reception <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> has received from fans around the world,\u201d said Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks.\u00a0 \u201dDespite the large launch quantities for this title, we have already received substantial re-orders from our retail partners, underscoring the tremendous popularity of this highly entertaining game.\u00a0 We believe <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> will be the \u201cmust buy\u201d title for gamers throughout the holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reviews of <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> have called the game \u201can utterly essential purchase\u201d (MSN UK) and\u00a0 \u201caddictively, rambunctiously fun\u201d (Entertainment Weekly).\u00a0 The Associated Press awarded it 4 out of 4 stars and said \u201cBottom Line: It\u2019s a Blast\u201d, while GameSpy gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and called <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> \u201cone of the best games of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong>, the follow-up to <strong><em>Fallout 3 <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 the 2008 Game of the Year \u2013 brings this beloved franchise to a location only Fallout could do justice: Vegas.\u00a0 <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong> takes all the action, humour and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raises the stakes.\u00a0 For more information on <strong><em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em><\/strong>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/fallout.bethsoft.com\/\">http:\/\/fallout.bethsoft.com<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>About Bethesda Softworks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a premier developer and worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles from two of the world\u2019s top development studios \u2013 Bethesda Game Studios and id Software \u2013 are featured under the Bethesda Softworks label and include such blockbuster franchises as <em>DOOM\u00ae<\/em>, <em>QUAKE\u00ae<\/em>, <em>The Elder Scrolls\u00ae<\/em>,<em> Fallout\u00ae,<\/em> <em>Wolfenstein\u2122<\/em> <em>and RAGE\u2122.<\/em>\u00a0 For more information on Bethesda Softworks\u2019 products, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethsoft.com\/\">www.bethsoft.com<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fallout<\/em> and <em>Fallout: New Vegas<\/em> are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S. and\/or other countries.\u00a0 All Rights Reserved.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Obsidian Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obsidian Entertainment is an entertainment software development company passionately dedicated to making high quality, next generation games for Windows PC and console systems. Obsidian was founded in 2003 by five game development veterans who&#8217;ve produced, programmed, and\/or designed award-winning role playing games for a variety of platforms over the last 15 years. The five founders are: Feargus Urquhart, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, Chris Avellone and Chris Jones. Many of Obsidian&#8217;s talented employees have worked on award winning products for organizations such as Black Isle Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Neversoft, and others. Obsidian Entertainment&#8217;s Web site is located at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsidian.net\/\">www.obsidian.net<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Million Launch Units to Meet Worldwide Demand Sydney, Australia, November 9, 2010 \u2013 Bethesda Softworks\u00ae, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that its highly anticipated title, Fallout\u00ae: New VegasTM, has enjoyed record sales at launch, reflecting the huge consumer demand for the game.\u00a0 Five million units of Fallout: New Vegas were shipped worldwide for<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=9160\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9165,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions\/9165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}