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RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says Black Isle Studios' stab at Fallout 3 was never going to be made in time: "With the staff we had it would have been at least two years"

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain had suggested it would take 18 months

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Original Fallout lead Tim Cain says the team planned for there to be 1000 Vaults, but he thinks there are actually far fewer in the setting

"The conclusion here is Vault Tec: They didn't build all 1,000 Vaults, they didn't even come close."

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It would take a lot to get OG Fallout lead Tim Cain to return to the series: 'The very first question out of my mouth is 'What's new about it?''

"I'm not even interested unless there's something new and different there."

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Fallout creator Tim Cain says no amount of money or authority would get him to return to the RPG series, but he'd consider it under one condition

"I didn't even want to make Fallout 2"

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Tim Cain reveals his involvement in the cancellation of Interplay's Fallout 3: 'I don't think it would have been a game you would have liked playing'

All aboard the Cain train for a tale of what might have been.

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Fallout's co-creator was "convinced" the cancelled OG Fallout 3 could've shipped and been "a really good game" in 18 months, but money troubles got in Interplay's way

Fallout Van Buren was coming along cleanly

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After Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Tim Cain worked up a proposal for a Troika RPG based on Conan

If there's anyone I'd trust to helm a Conan game it's Big Daddy Cain.

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Fallout co-creator weighs in on the TV show's lore controversies and says maybe the games are wrong

Overall, Tim Cain says "I liked it and I can't wait for a season 2"

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OG Fallout lead Tim Cain defends the show's lore changes in a glowing full review⁠⁠—'Not that it matters, I'm not in charge of this anymore⁠, and neither are you'

"Lore drift is inevitable in big IPs."

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Original Fallout lead Tim Cain loves the new show, but remains baffled by how 'destructive' fans can act toward 'people who are trying to create things'

"I was just looking at all the props. I realized after a few minutes went by that I had not followed the dialogue at all, because I was so engrossed by it visually."

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7 big ways the Fallout show adds new lore to the Fallout universe

Spoiler alert: the show has some pretty huge implications for Fallout, both past and future.

PC Gamer

Fallout’s finale may have just answered the centuries-old mystery behind who started the nuclear apocalypse

The Prime Video series offers up its own potential beginning

Total Film

Fallout's co-creator picks 5 RPGs everyone should learn from, including Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Skyrim

Tim Cain picks out different reasons every game developer should learn from these five RPGs

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Fallout creator says the team was unsure about adding one gameplay system that's now a key strategy in all your favorite RPGs

You've got to reverse-pick a pocket or two, but Interplay nearly didn't

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Fallout's co-creator may be retired—but he's still advising on The Outer Worlds 2, and how it can avoid the 'huge chasms' of RPG design

Tim Cain's advice will still form a part of Obsidian's sequel, even post-retirement.

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The Outer Worlds 2 will solve a mysterious problem Fallout’s creator has struggled with for nearly 30 years

Tim Cain is very impressed by Obsidian's new game

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The original Fallout's pacifist playthrough was an 'accidental' inclusion, but its designers loved the idea so much they kept it in

The anecdote comes courtesy of veteran developer Tim Cain's YouTube channel.

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Fallout 4 dev explains what went into crafting the post-apocalyptic RPG's most iconic shot

"Nice to see it popping up still years later"

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If I could go back in time and save one canceled game, it'd be the 2005 Fallout spiritual successor prototyped by the series' original creators

My heart yearns for "Epic," the prototype Troika post-apocalyptic demo.

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The lead dev of inXile's steampunk RPG says it's a 'love child' of two of the best RPGs ever made⁠—and he should know, he helped make them

Arcanum AND Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines? You have my attention.

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Original Fallout co-creator finally explains what made him leave the sequel: 'I made an IP from scratch that nobody believed in except the team, and my reward for that was more crunch'

In his latest vlog, Fallout co-creator Tim Cain sheds some light on his departure from Interplay.

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Fallout was nearly called 'Warriors of the Apocalypse', 'Radstorm', 'Moribund World' and so many other terrible names

"It was a bad name. I said we really need to come up with something better."

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Fallout creator Tim Cain reveals how the legendary RPG got its name

Tim Cain, the creator of Fallout, has detailed how Interplay Entertainment chose a name for the RPG.

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A co-creator of the original Fallout says he modified his criminally underrated D&D videogame to work with a Department of Defense AI project in 2005

Delivering some D&D to the DoD.

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Tim Cain reveals proposed sequels to Vampire – Bloodlines: 'We were planning a trilogy, which I forgot'

Bloodlines' original developers had plans to continue its story.

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