VAN BUREN: Inside the Cancelled Fallout 3

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Before Bethesda, Fallout 3 was a game being developed by Black Isle studios, an internal developer at Interplay created by the Fallout 1 team led by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky. Over the next 2 years, Fallout Van Buren would be developed by Chris Avellone, Josh Sawyer and Feargus Urquhart until their departure from Black Isle Studios and the closure of Interplay. This documentary catalogs Van Buren's development, legacy, and the fan projects dedicated to recreating it ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES: For a complete list of sources, documents, and extras visit: luckstat.com Tech Demo: https://www.nma-fallout.com/resources/van-burens-technical-demo.71/ The Last Days of Black Isle Studios https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-last-days-of-black-isle-studios That Time Someone Else Was Making Fallout 3 https://kotaku.com/that-time-someone-else-was-making-fallout-3-1744268228 Chris Avellone Practice 2015 https://youtu.be/vi-ODz251O8 Avellone Tweets on Fallout Bible https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/683927652185444352?s=20 Interplay Losses and Fargo Departure https://web.archive.org/web/20110724193222/http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2002/06/the-saga-behind.html Brian Fargo Still Owns the trademark for InXile: https://www.eurogamer.net/inxile-fallout-van-buren-trademark Bethesda Softworks to Develop Fallout 3 http://web.archive.org/web/20040713104039/http://www.bethsoft.com/news/pressrelease_071004.htm Obsidian Retrospective https://kotaku.com/the-knights-of-new-vegas-5968952 “We Never Bid on Fallout” Leonard Boyarsky https://web.archive.org/web/20150507234606/http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/troika-and-the-fallout-rights-where-did-i-read-that.10301/page-12#post-170807 FOBOS 2: Vagrant Lands and other Canceled Fallout Games https://web.archive.org/web/20150626042820/http://www.thevaulttecinc.com/2014/05/canceled-fallout-games-history.html The Rise and Fall of Troika https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-troika/ Fallout Yesterday Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fallouty/posts Beyond Boulder Dome: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46907/ Project Van Buren https://projectvanburen.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:06 Interplay Software 3:19 Enter Chris Avellone 5:54 Beginning Production 8:09 The Story and Gameplay 13:21 Black Isle Crumbles 16:26 The Fallout Schism 18:20 Fallout 3 and Obsidian 20:11 Fallout New Vegas 22:35 Van Vegas 25:34 Van Buren's Legacy 26:56 Fan Projects 29:43 Outro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get in touch here: https://luckstat.com/ https://twitter.com/LuckStatEvan https://www.twitch.tv/luckstatevan