Fallout 3 Announcement Interviews

Three sites have posted short Q&A’s with Bethesda’s Pete Hines after the company’s announcement that they will be developing and publishing Fallout 3. The first is at GameSpy:

Q: Is this newly announced deal specifically for Fallout 3, or will it involve a Fallout “spinoff” for the consoles? Are you aware of Interplay still having plans for the Fallout MMO?

A: Well, we have all rights to Fallout outside of the MMO rights. Our plans, as stated in the release, are to develop Fallout 3, and we have the rights to do future sequels to Fallout 3.

The second is at IGN PC:

Q: Can we expect something similar to the work done on Morrowind, in terms of that style of game experience?

A: Again, it’s early to say, but it wouldn’t be a leap of faith to say that we plan to use technologies in development otherwise. You could make some fairly safe leaps of faith that it would be similar in style. We’re not going to go away from what it is that we do best. We’re not going to suddenly do a top-down isometric Baldur’s Gate-style game, because that’s not what we do well.

And the third is at HomeLan Fed:

Q: How much input will Interplay have in the development of Fallout 3? Can they say “yes” or “no” to things like game design, story, etc?

A: We have complete creative control over the development of the game.