Bethesda has told
Eurogamer that "finishing touches" are being made to Operation:
Anchorage on PS3, but offered no firm release date for the Fallout 3
content. We had been prepared for a late June launch.Speaking
exclusively to Eurogamer, chief spokesperson Pete Hines said getting
the DLC (which has already been released on PC and Xbox 360) to work on
PS3 takes quite a lot of effort, actually."Yes, quite a bit
actually," he said. "It's a different platform with a different way of
doing things and it requires special attention and plenty of testing
before it's released.""We are trying to put the finishing
touches on it now, but as I said above it's a different task than DLC
on another platform, and so there are things we have to finish doing
and testing before it's done on PS3."Testing being the operative
word; Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt and Broken Steel all arrived on
Xbox 360 amid technical problems. Point Lookout, on the other hand,
arrived this week without incident.The fith and final piece of Fallout 3 downloadable content will be Mothership Zeta, which is pencilled for late July."Haven't set a final date yet," said Hines, "[but] should have one before too long.""What's in store? Alien abduction done really, really well. What more do you need to know?"Bethesda
reckons the other Fallout 3 add-ons will follow Operation: Anchorage in
intervals of around a month to six weeks. They will cost a similar
amount to the PC and Xbox 360 versions, which charge 800 Microsoft
Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).You can buy a combined pack of
Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt in shops for 15 quid, too. A Broken
Steel and Point Lookout bundle will follow in August.Or you can
wait until October for the Game of the Year Edition, which contains all
five add-ons plus the original Fallout 3 game. This will cost GBP 40.By
then, however, fans with all extra content plus the original game will
have spent GBP 74. Is it fair to expect dedicated fans to spend so much?"I
think, given all of the content and gameplay, it's a good match of
dollars to your hard-earned money. I can point to plenty of games that
don't give you nearly as many hours of gameplay, or fun, for GBP 34,"
said Hines.And, for what it's worth, Hines agrees that playing Broken Steel first makes most sense.Catch up with our Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel and Point Lookout reviews elsewhere on the site.