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Fallout creator takes you inside the demise of the original Fallout 3


Tim Cain, the creator of the Fallout franchise, explained to YouTube viewers how the original Fallout 3 came to be cancelled, which led to Black Isle Studio's closure.

In the video, Cain says that he play-tested Fallout 3 (code-named Van Buren) as a favor to the “veep,” despite colleagues at Troika Games advising him not to get involved in Interplay’s troubles next door. Cain began his vlog series about games development in April 2023 to shed more light on what really goes on behind the scenes as programmers, designers, and producers bring gamers’ favorite franchises to term. This video is rather striking because, at its beginning, he assumes at least partial blame for the cancellation of the original Fallout 3, which led directly to Black Isle’s closure.

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