In a recent interview with Duck and Cover, Fallout creator, Tim Cain, said that he's "really enjoyed" Bethesda's Fallout 3, but he also says he would have done it differently.

"I played and finished Fallout 3 as soon as it came out," said Cain. "I really enjoyed the game, and I think Bethesda's designers had really done their homework. The game showed they had a deep understanding and knowledge of the key aspects of the original games. I even replayed it a few times to see how I could have different experiences, and I had fun with that.

"Of course, I would have done things differently if I had made it."

Cain also touched on Project V13, the Fallout MMO currently in development by Interplay. "The possibilities really are endless. I've hung out with Chris [project head] since he went to Interplay, but I don't really know what he is planning," he continued. "But I get to be a happy customer like all of you when it ships. Sometimes not knowing is a good thing, because then you get to feel the anticipation with everyone else!"

Check the full interview out over at DAC.

A couple days ago, we learned that Bethesda had hired new lawyers and would be appealing the decision made for the preliminary injunction with Interplay. Duck and Cover has obtained more transcripts from the legal battle (click the link for the full transcripts). DAC also posted a few bullet points from the transcripts for those of us who are intimidated by walls of text, or simply can't read. Take a look at the synopsis after the jump.

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Bethesda Executive Producer Todd Howard spoke with Kotaku Talk Radio yesterday. He mentioned that, before making Fallout 3, the team actually pitched a Star Trek RPG set in the Captain Kirk era. Howard said that, at one point, Bethesda had the rights to Star Trek games. After Activision decided not to renew its license, Bethesda picked up some of the projects.

Howard noted that nothing was actually developed internally. "There was a pitch to do a big Star Trek RPG, [but] we were doing other things. We made Fallout. We can't do everything," he said. Howard also said that if the project had been done, Shatner would have been voicing Kirk.

"I agree, I want the big Star Trek RPG that you go out and explore the universe," Howard commented in reference to Atari's Star Trek Online.

A GameSpot forums member claims to have details from Fallout: New Vegas that will be in the next issue of Game Informer. Bethesda has refused to comment on whether the leak is valid or not, so for now we'll put this one in the rumors pile. More details after the jump.

Similar to Dragon Age: Origins, at character creation the player can select from different background stories. The first few hours of the game are different depending on which background you choose, and you get some unique perks based on your background when the main game begins.

One background story is shown, Chinese Agent. The background story takes place before the bombs fell. The player is part of a team of Crimson Dragoons infilitrating Hoover Dam. You manage to sneak through the Americans' defenses, set explosives, and head to an extraction point, but your escape is cut off by American soldiers in Power Armor. The player and other survivors of the Crimson Dragoons take refuge in a cave in the canyons, where they commit hari kari with cyanide capsules. The player about to do the same when the bombs fall. The background story ends an indeterminate time later, when the player exits the cave, removes his helmet, and sees his ghoulish reflection in the waters of the Colorado River. (more...)

Project V-13 Concept Art

Interplay, developer of games such as Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics, has released to the public its latest in a long string of concept art for their ongoing project, Project V-13, the unannounced Fallout MMO. The newest addition to the bunch is called "Frozen Shipyard" and depicts an icy scene of maritime carnage, reminiscent of the ending of Titanic.  As usual, Interplay gives no background information or explanation as to why any of this happened, and still leaves viewers of the art thinking "What happened here?" Concept artist Serg Souleiman included this along with the picture in the Interplay forums.

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In 2007, Interplay sold Bethesda Softworks the rights to Fallout. A while back, Bethesda Softworks filed a lawsuit against Interplay for trademark infringement, specifically the use of the Fallout IP. The suit was to stop development on Interplay's Fallout MMO and to disallow the company from selling its older Fallout titles. It appears that Bethesda's injunction has been denied by a Maryland district court.

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Interplay's Chris Taylor recently released four pieces of concept art for the studio's new MMO based on the Fallout universe. Yes, the game is still in development despite the legal issues that have surrounded it. Take a look.

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