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Bethesda's lawyers use the Fallout Wiki

I knew that Bethesda developers were using The Vault wiki as a source when working on Fallout 3. As it turns out, their legal department also does! Shacknews has a few more details about the Bethesda v. Interplay case, and their article includes a few quotes from the actual court filings, which in turn include at least one obvious paraphrase from the wiki.

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FarEastOrient5343d ago

Wiki is not allowed to be used for term papers, how do lawyers think this can be supported in a court of law?

jakethesnake5343d ago (Edited 5343d ago )

Because wikipedia is a source, but not an ACADEMIC source - which all academic papers require. Lawyers don't need academic sources, they just need to get facts - or often enough, something that resembles a fact. I frequently use wikipedia for info in my job because I'm looking for some pretty quick and dirty information. Citing it in a term paper is a completely different story.
Plus they info they grabbed was pretty inconsequential to the case. It is just background info.

Panthers5343d ago

Well, that doesnt mean you cant use it in a term paper. I had to do something on the economy of China and every little detail I needed was right there on Wikipedia listed with bullets. It was great.

PS360WII5343d ago

Bethesda playing hardball :(

I like Bethesda and all but I'd like to see how an Interplay Fallout MMO would play like. Bethesda still can make as many single player Fallout games as they would like. This would be Interplays last hurrah with their baby

Saryk5343d ago

I disagree PS360Wii.

When you promise to do something, you must honor it, unless an act of god/nature stops your progress. Bethesda has the right and Interplay dropped the ball. But using the wiki for a source of information is not wise.

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Todd Howard Has No Plans to Retire, Open to Other Studios Making Fallout Games

In a recent interview, Todd Howard revealed that he has no plans to retire and reiterated Bethesda's openness to help from other studios.

DOMination-1d ago

Oh great, now we have to deal with Anasts Bethesda fetish indefinitely.

Thanks a lot, Todd

anast21h ago

You're welcome for the free entertainment. Usually, it comes at a cost of $70 because of inflation.

Crows9021h ago

That's an inflated price...

anast21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

@Crows

It would be if it weren't a valuable resource.

mastershredder23h ago

"with no plans to retire anytime soon" I mean this is like a common news topic involving his name. Knock it off and do some actual newsing. This is like the biggest "No Duh" article of the day, and several sites had to regurgitate it. Geez. So lame.

OtterX22h ago

"Batman. I like the idea that if I had enough money, time, and vengeance, I could become him." - Todd Howard

https://www.brainyquote.com...

This is when he'll retire.

nmbr1esq22h ago

He doesn't have to retire, just the stupid outdated garbage creation engine.

Kados21h ago

Netimmerse 4.0, presumably 5.0 for TES6. They should give the Fallout IP to Obsidian, and have it made in UE5.

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Xbox & Bethesda Have A Big Fallout Problem, But It's A Good Problem To Have

Discover the impact of the recent Fallout show on Amazon Prime and the white-hot popularity of the Fallout franchise. Will there be a Fallout 5 anytime soon? How about any new Fallout? Its a good problem to have.

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raWfodog1d ago

I’m going to get back into Fallout 4 since I haven’t finished it yet. The recent update will likely give me more of an incentive to get to it sooner rather than later.

Crows9021h ago

The recent update does nothing except take up more space...

raWfodog18h ago

New armor, weapons, and mission(s) is enough for me, especially since I haven’t finished the game yet.

mastershredder22h ago

Where is the problem part again?
There is a show
There is 76 that is perfect for non-standard fallout players and perfect for Bethesda to coin up on.
There is a Fallout Shelter
There is Fallout 4 updated for current gen (that went free for subscription services in most cases).

Also there is a whole new audience that has never seen or played fallout before. Seems like they have PLENTY to dig into, before they worry about FO5.

They are beyond trending and are banking with willing investors atm, and you are calling it a problem. Mkay. Sounds more like you are just chapped that FO5 is not point of discussion. No worries, it is coming, just gonna take a bit. Just be glad MS and Bethesda ironed out their multi-platform woes, THAT was a problem, the rest is cake.

danno_omen22h ago

I called it a good problem because they have so much momentum, or did you fail to read that part

anast21h ago

That momentum is going to die when the new players realize their games aren't very well made compared to other games.

andy8513h ago

The answer is no there won't. 2030s

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Don't Be Afraid To Try The Original Fallouts

Just because they're old doesn't mean they aren't worth revisiting.

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TGG_overlord2d ago

The three first "Fallout" games are still pure RPG gold in the current year imo.

VenomUK2d ago

@TheGamer I haven’t tried the original 2d games because I’m so afraid.

shinoff21832d ago

Don't be afraid. I actually started fallout with 3 back in the day and so I went to play the ogs. I like the ogs more. We just didn't have a pc as a teen.

ocelot072d ago

I agree I played the original 3 a few years ago and they are fun. I feel this needs to be said though. Console players don't have access to these games and that's a shame. However, If you have any sort of windows laptop you can play them they are really old now a basic office pc can play it.

I also want to say is Fallout Brotherhood Of Steel on the PS2 the first console Fallout game. It gets hate for no reason. I enjoyed them more than the originals. I believe it's on Xbox as well. Anyone with access to a PS2 or Xbox or emulated them on pc. It's a fun game to play. Don't get why it was hated on.

anast2d ago

"Console players don't have access to these games and that's a shame."

These games will run on just about any low end laptop/PC/tablet and they cost next to nothing. I'm 100% positive no one is missing out that actually cares to look into these games.

shinoff21832d ago

That's the bad thing. They re did wasteland for xbox. I know they are 2 different studios but why hasn't the orginal fallouts been done for console. I played on pc but I'd rather play on console with a true controller experience. Is bethesada afraid to be shown up by the source material where their game comes from

anast2d ago

The series peaked at Fallout 2 and started going down hill from there.

purple1012d ago

Don’t think I’ve played any Bethesda games except Quake 3 team arena on pc back in the day!

a lot of their games are slow and boring to me, + as people always say, full of bugs and crashes!

Not what I want, from a full priced game,

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

I mean Fallout 3 hasn't been full price for over 10 years. FO NV is like 5 bucks on sale. I understand not paying full price for their games, but every FO game out when on sale is just dirt cheap.

purple1012d ago

Yeh the fallout ones in question are all cheap
I’m talking Bethesda as a general remark

Smellsforfree2d ago

Neither Quake 3 or Fallout 2 are "Bethesda Games". ZeniMax Media purchased id software in 2009 and also owns Bethesda.

purple1012d ago

@smells, my bad I got I wrong good point, I assumed doom and quake are from same people and both Bethesda. but yeh, id tech FTW, did you know, both all the halo games, and modernwarfare games, all the way up to 2019 version of MW, are based off a modified quake 3 engine., interesting snips of info for the people, so yeh these companies kept selling technically a game from 1999, heheh, makes me laugh, only in 2019 did they create new engine from scratch, THATS 20 YEARS

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mkis0072d ago

Hate turned based worlds. Tried playing 1 10years ago and couldnt figure out howto get past 30 feet.

shinoff21832d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Added a disagree. Then I didn't feel right about it lol. So took it away. Just wanted to say that's a shame cause your missing out on some great games. Turn based are my personal favorite but I play everything except music games, and racing.

mkis0072d ago

I'm going to try again after reading about how to start...I do like the world...not a fan of a timed main quest though.

JL29302d ago

Well no shit, Sherlock.

Glad you're on the case.

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