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Fallout series logo
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Genres |
Role-playing (1997–2001) Action role-playing (2004–present) |
Developers |
Interplay Entertainment Black Isle Studios Micro Forté Bethesda Game Studios Obsidian Entertainment |
Publishers |
Interplay Entertainment 14 Degrees East Bethesda Softworks |
Platforms |
DOS Microsoft Windows Mac OS Mac OS X PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One iOS Android |
Platform of origin | DOS, Windows, Mac OS |
First release |
Fallout September 30, 1997 |
Latest release |
Fallout 4 November 10, 2015 |
Fallout is a series of post-apocalyptic retrofuturistic role-playing video games. It was created by Interplay Entertainment. Although the series is set during the 22nd and 23rd centuries, its atompunk retrofuturistic setting and artwork are influenced by the post-war culture of 1950s America, and its combination of hope for the promises of technology, and lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. A forerunner for Fallout is Wasteland, a 1988 video game of which the Fallout series is regarded to be a spiritual successor. Although the game worlds are different, the background story, inhabitants, locations, and characters draw many parallels.
The first two titles in the series, Fallout and Fallout 2, were developed by Black Isle Studios. Micro Forté and 14 Degrees East's 2001 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is a tactical role-playing game. In 2004, Interplay closed Black Isle Studios, and continued to produce an action game with role-playing elements for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel without Black Isle Studios. A third entry in the main series, Fallout 3, was released in 2008 by Bethesda Softworks. It was followed by Fallout: New Vegas in 2010, developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Fallout 4 was announced on June 3, 2015, and was released on November 10, 2015.