Rock, Paper, Shotgun interviewed Bethesda's Pete Hines about the upcoming release of
Fallout 3. He talks about dealing with misunderstandings about the game prior to launch, violence in modern games, and the fact that
the game won't launch with mod tools. "Folk probably took for granted that every time we make a game, there's a mod tool. We explained to folk that it takes a lot of time and effort to get that tool ready for release, and it's not on our schedule right now. We need to get the game done and out. ... Right now, we can't say definitively 'there will be mod tools, and here is when they'll be out.' We discussed
some Fallout 3 gameplay videos a few weeks ago. That work remains to be done." In related news, Interplay has
picked up Chris Taylor, designer of the original
Fallout, to help develop their
Fallout MMOG.