When you tire of trolls, elves leave you empty, and ancient nameless horrors only elicit a yawn, there’s nothing quite so renewing as a good bout of role-playing in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian near-future where the only magic is the death that your boom-stick rains upon the legions of mutant abominations that roam a fractured landscape.

I am speaking, of course, of the Fallout series. Perhaps the most cathartic role-playing game ever to grace a pixel, the series’ combination of skills-based battle, state-of-the-art (for the time) graphics, and darkly humorous storylines is a breath of fresh air in a genre that takes itself entirely too seriously.

It’s been nearly a decade since Fallout 2 was released, and the next version has been in a state of uncertainty since financially-troubled Interplay was forced to table the three-quel. Other titles have born the Fallout moniker since then, but they were such pitiful standard bearers I prefer not to consider them part of the series.

For fellow fans of Fallout, I’m happy to report that RPG megahaus Bethesda Softworks, makers of the legendary Elder Scrolls series, has announced that it has taken on the daunting task of remaking the classic for the 21st Century. Thus far there’s not much else to report, besides a vague 2008 projected ship date, a bunch of artist’s concepts and a few screen shots (see below), and the fact that Fallout 3 will use the same graphics engine that powered Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion into one of the top-rated and top-selling RPGs of all time. Oh, and an awesome trailer (also below).

As for me, I can’t wait to don my rad suit, boot-up my Pip-Boy, and reenter the world of the Vault-Dweller!

Fallout 3 Gallery

And, The Trailer…

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