Bethesda and Microsoft are giving out a new premium theme for Fallout 3 to XBL subscribers starting next month. And it's for free, as long as you have purchased all Fallout 3 Game Add-ons as of September 22. More details and image of the theme after the jump.

At the QuakeCon 2009, Bethesda's Todd Howard gave a surprising (?) announcement that there is no Elder Scrolls V in development. "Currently," at least.

The last of the downloadable contents, Mothership Zeta, has been released by Bethesda, and now it's time for the fans to just lap it up and enjoy. You may want to ask for more, but for the devs, five is enough. Read on to full article.

You love it or you hate it, but you damn well better play it. Bethesda received a lot of criticism for their work on Fallout 3, particularly on how it compared with the previous games. Now it's Bethesda's turn to respond to those critics.

I don't know if this is the weekend lull sending my brain into atrophy, but I seem to be having a hard time grasping why developers and publishers are deciding the way they do with their games. Earlier, we got word on Sega not having any plans of bringing Yakuza 3 to the PS3. Now, we have Bethesda not planning to make post-ending play possible for Fallout 3 on the PS3. What's up, guys?

Pack your bags, we're going camping! Bethesda Softworks and Best Buy will be hosting Fallout 3 midnight launch events across North America come October 27. Hit the full article to check if your local Best Buy branch will be part of the nationwide par-tay!

So why is it, pray tell, that most of the games we see today are either sequels or spin-offs? You've got Gears of War 2, BioShock 2, Resident Evil 5, Patapon 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War III, Fable 2... the list goes on. Yes, from time to time new IPs pop into the picture, but they're few and far between, unfortunately. Maybe an article at Reuters can shed light on this "sequel spammage" scenario, as well as reveal some of the measures that they take to make their sequels more approachable to the general market.

Bothered by the fact that Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 had a 20-minute install time in your PS3 console? Curious to know why Lost Planet: Extreme Condition required 5 GB just for installing it? Well, most of the games in market don't have this daunting feature. It's really related to the disc formats such as DVD and Blu-ray. Find out why after the jump!

You remember how Bethesda said that Fallout 3 will have 12 different endings? Massive eh? Yeah, well, that's not gonna happen. Instead, it's going to have 200 different endings! Whoa. Anyway, that and more details on Fallout 3 from a recent podcast with Bethesda's Todd Howard after the "read more" link below.

The videogaming247 blog was recently able to get hold of Todd Howard, the executive producer for Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3 ( Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC). Howard mentioned some interesting details about the upcoming game that fans of the series might want to know. Check out the full article for more information on this.