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The Fallout wiki with 162,806 pages (33,347 articles) since February 7, 2005‎.
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Josh Sawyer on IGN Unfiltered
Notes from the June interview
Hidden Stuff in the Fallout 76 Teaser
Think you missed anything? Let's see...
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Walking the Freedom Trail
This article is our way to celebrate the 241st anniversary of American Independence!
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Far Harbor: A Size Comparison
This article is devoted to a commonly raised issue: Just how large is Far Harbor?
The basic facts
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Reservation
Van Buren concept art for the Reservation
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SPECIAL
The Van Buren version of the SPECIAL system, made by J.E. Sawyer, was highly modified in comparison to the previous Fallout games. Some of the changes, especially to the skills system, were quite controversial among Fallout fans.

Bethesda's version of SPECIAL in Fallout 3 is a combination of the original SPECIAL, the Van Buren SPECIAL, as well as their own changes.

About Van Buren
Van Buren was the project name Black Isle Studios assigned to their version of Fallout 3. In 2003, the game was canceled and the Black Isle employees were laid off.

The game would have taken place in the year 2253 in the American Southwest. The Prisoner, the player character, awakens in a prison cell. Suddenly the floor rocks violently from an explosion and the player is knocked unconscious. When they awaken, they find their cell door open and a hole in the wall leading outside. Leaving the prison, the character is under attack by some unknown assailant. Deciding that discretion is the better part of valor, the player flees into the night to explore this new world.

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