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Fallout: New Vegas

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First release
Oct 19, 2010
Engine
Gamebryo
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Shooter · Sandbox, Open world, Action, Science fiction, Survival, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

In this first-person Western RPG, the player takes on the role of Courier 6, barely surviving after being robbed of their cargo, shot and put into a shallow grave by a New Vegas mob boss. The Courier sets out to track down their robbers and retrieve their cargo, and winds up getting tangled in the complex ideological and socioeconomic web of the many factions and settlements of post-nuclear Nevada.

Also known as FNV, New Vegas, NV

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Storyline
The player takes control of "the Courier", who is hired by a delivery service to take an unknown package across the Mojave Desert to "The Strip" but intercepted, shot in the head, and left for dead by a mysterious man who steals the package. After being found by a friendly local robot, Victor, and healed by a man named Doc Mitchell, the Courier is thrust back into the desert to seek revenge and recover the stolen package. Through doing this, the player becomes caught up between various factions competing for control over the desert and it's most valuable asset, the Hoover Dam; ultimately coming to shape the future of its inhabitants.Read more

The player takes control of "the Courier", who is hired by a delivery service to take an unknown package across the Mojave Desert to "The Strip" but intercepted, shot in the head, and left for dead by a mysterious man who steals the package. After being found by a friendly local robot, Victor, and healed by a man named Doc Mitchell, the Courier is thrust back into the desert to seek revenge and recover the stolen package. Through doing this, the player becomes caught up between various factions competing for control over the desert and it's most valuable asset, the Hoover Dam; ultimately coming to shape the future of its inhabitants.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 19, 2010
PlayStation 3
Oct 19, 2010
Xbox 360
Oct 19, 2010
All 9 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 22, 2010
PlayStation 3
Oct 22, 2010
Xbox 360
Oct 22, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 04, 2010
PlayStation 3
Nov 04, 2010
Xbox 360
Nov 04, 2010
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
21h
Main + Extras
53h
Completionist
95h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
aliens, baseball, motorcycle, post-apocalyptic, bloody
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At a Glance

Critic Score
82
Main Story (IGDB)
21h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
53h
Completionist (IGDB)
95h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 212,462 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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