Fallout 3 hits the Pitt March 24

After several weeks of uncertainty, today Bethesda Softworks has announced the release date for the second downloadable expansion for GameSpot's 2008 Role-Playing Game of the Year, Fallout 3. The Pitt add-on will arrive on March 24, almost exactly two months after the first expansion, Operation...

After several weeks of uncertainty, today Bethesda Softworks has announced the release date for the second downloadable expansion for GameSpot's 2008 Role-Playing Game of the Year, Fallout 3. The Pitt add-on will arrive on March 24, almost exactly two months after the first expansion, Operation Anchorage, arrived.

Like its predecessor, the Pitt add-on will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PC and will cost $9.99, or 800 Microsoft points in the 360's demi-currency. Featuring new achievements, the expansion is set in the raider city that has sprung up from the ruins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Players will be forced to side with one of two factions--the slaves or the raiders--in a growing conflict plaguing the town, which stages regular gladiatorial events players can join.

In April, the final Fallout 3 expansion, Broken Steel, will be released. It has players join the benevolent, knightlike Brotherhood of Steel to track down the remnants of the nefarious patriotic pretenders known as The Enclave. The add-on also extends the main storyline beyond the climactic battle in the mission "Take It Back," after which the game originally ended.

159 Comments

  • sas_wonder

    Posted Apr 15, 2009 3:55 am PT

    should i buy the pitt or wait for broken steel i all ready have operation anchorage

  • Devill_Bezz

    Posted Apr 6, 2009 3:19 am PT

    I'm playing it very well, no major problems!! and pretty much enjoying it!!

  • ElderGamer1

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 9:47 am PT

    What a big let down! I could not wait to download the Pitt after Anchorage DLC. Did your technicians take a holiday from working on what could have been another bright claim to fame for Bethesda? I knew the mission was about choices from Bethesda's video on the Pitt, but from a great beginning until they took my stuff and opened the gate& sent into the town by the Mad Max type gang, it was like a balloon loosing air slow and steadily! The Trogs were excellent and the Graphics were Bethesda's best but if it was designed to be an RPG aside from the crashes/freezes problems that did exist, I felt it lacked the story line excitment that Bethesda has had in their gripping writing style to date. The Leaders great speech at the end of the (only) mission at his Uptown home along with some great one-liners from his crew kept in pace with the Fall-Out story, but my opinions were from a Loyal Fan ! I played The Pitt twice to make sure (I) did not miss something! It needs either a big patch or a re-write but I doubt that will happen! I love the Fall-Out story and the DLC ideas to extend the game yet with this one greatly saddened by Bethesdas lack of what they know-how to do best!

  • oskuuu

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 3:31 am PT

    "Our guys are working late tonight on The Pitt. If everything goes according to plan, it'll be back up sometime tomorrow."(about 6 hours ago from web)

    copy&pasted from:
    http://twitter.com/bethblog

    hopefully they'll get it working ASAP

  • oskuuu

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 10:24 pm PT

    omfg... what a bug storm

  • The_Aaron

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 3:03 pm PT

    wow. at first i was pissed to see that the pitt was only in french, on my xbox live.... glad they're fixing it, and not giving it to the french before us. haha

  • 0oJazZMano0

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 2:01 pm PT

    Thanks for the info Sausageroll. Guess i'll just have to be on GTA TLAD for a while longer..... It could be worse lol

  • BUCK3TM4N

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 1:27 pm PT

    i still need op anchrage but cant wait ti pley them both

  • Sausageroll_78

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 11:42 am PT

    I looked around and found this on majornelsons site, There are some issues with The Pitt. It has been pulled down from the service and Bethesda is looking into it. Because of all the bugs whom has bought it wont get refunded but hopefully they do fix yours too they took it off marketplace for a week i bet so, Thats why yours is crashing maybe JazZMano0 So just keep off it and hopefully youll see you can play soon again once you see the Pitt logo over the DASHBOARD

  • 0oJazZMano0

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 11:27 am PT

    Too right punisher111085!


    This reminds me of when Marvel UA had downloadable characters released and the update wiped everyones items and didn't even give you the characters. I hope they sort it outer quicker in this instance though cos it was at least a few weeks until the bugs were fixed. My save game is now stuck in a faulty add-on and i can't leave cos I can't play the game. It just crashes.

  • Sausageroll_78

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 11:03 am PT

    its not out im looking everywhere and its 6pm ? :O HELP!

  • punisher111085

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 10:57 am PT

    This DLC has alot of bugs. Freezing when you enter downtown everytime, and exclamation points in red triangles in various spots. They need to make sure that before they release a dlc, that there are no major glitches like these.

  • 0oJazZMano0

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 8:54 am PT

    TO ALL FALLOUT 3 FANS - DO NOT DOWNLOAD ' THE PITT ' !!!!!!!!

    My download crashes EVERY time i try and enter 'The Pitt'. Exclamation marks in red diamonds where various polygons should be, some lag, screen tearing and wierd glitching. Major bugs, MAJOR dissapointment!! I wonder how long it'll be before it gets fixed. Damn, I have the day off today too

  • stoz22

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 8:10 am PT

    There's so many bugs!! All the walls change color when you get near them and there's weird exclamation marks all over the place.

  • spauldingno

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 6:19 am PT

    just downloaded it. I have never seen a game with soooo many bugs . All the walls in the game are a weird multi colour

  • 0oJazZMano0

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 5:59 am PT

    It's available now. I'm downloading it!

  • carbon247

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 5:48 am PT

    and why isnt it out yet coz its 12:50 on the 24th of march and the dlc isnt out yet so what is going on

  • carbon247

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 3:46 am PT

    look this is to people that fink the xbox is just a red ring of death box its not i hve had my xbox sinse they came out i had the red ring once so i rang up microsoft and told them my problem so they send it to them and theyll fiks it so i did and two weeks later i got my xbox back with a free one month gold member ship so the fact that they did a £30 fiks and sent a 1 month free gold member ship that prooves they arnt init just for the money and they are desent people dedicated to the welbeing of ther customers

  • maybock3000

    Posted Mar 23, 2009 10:29 am PT

    This is the greatest RPG ever made. 3 DLC's are not even close to being enough. I'm thinking more like 12 would be better.

  • Wolf-5

    Posted Mar 23, 2009 4:56 am PT

    I hope Bethesday continues to make DLC, more over big ones that rival Shivering Isles, for Fallout 3 for a longer period of time then they did for Oblivion.
    An armor and/or weapons pack would be awesome as well!

  • mik_fitz

    Posted Mar 22, 2009 3:14 pm PT

    looks great hope they make more dlc for it

  • gamerdude122

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 11:34 am PT

    which one?

  • warriorsq

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 3:08 am PT

    gamerdude 122 you better go lay down now after you silly rant...and then do your homework lol

  • Wings_008

    Posted Mar 20, 2009 3:53 pm PT

    Operation Anchorage was too short

  • ElderGamer1

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 6:00 am PT

    I feel bad that some really cool games are not available to the most common machines that players have too! I wonder how big a job it is for the designers to put out a DLC on different units.?. As far as Fallout 3 goes I really like the idea of extending the story line. I have been holding off & not finishing the main quest when I heard that more additions were coming out and it's making me crazy! In the meantime I keep coming across so many things I missed the first few times around.

  • Warlord_Irochi

    Posted Mar 18, 2009 11:08 am PT

    The worst RROD i find lately is in sony fanboy's brains. Always complaining about Fallout 3 and GTA IV exclusive DLC...

    Do they don't have anything better to do? are they that bored they need to come to complain about exclusivities and insult 360 owners?, did KILLZONE 2 bored then so soon?.

    Would be smater to have both machines and stop all that retarded 15-years-old fanatical ****

  • gamerdude122

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 7:07 pm PT

    gray13, on March 6th you said
    "This is just Microsoft's way of getting people to buy the red ring of death box, make insanely large incentive deals with the game designer so they release overpriced expansions on their inferior machine. There is no incentive to buy the xbox in the store without it. You have to buy everything extra with the xbox only to send it back in 6 months or less."
    I disagree. I've had my Xbox 360 since the day the Original 360 came out. I have had no problems whatsoever. I have not experienced the Red Ring of Death and I must tell you that the Red Ring of Death happens mostly on the 360 Elite. Very few people have the money for the Elite and the majority of 360 users just have an original 360. Now, my friend who works at Microsoft has told me that they are working on a way to keep the Elite working proficiently and not braking down or showing the Red Ring of Death. When I visited my brother, he had the Red Ring of Death, but it went away after restarting the Xbox. So tell me how you come up for having to send the console back after 6 months or less. Original 360's do not work as well as Elite's so they last for much, much longer. I have talked to my friend, I have helped him in his work by testing out broken 360's and seeing if the problem can be fixed and very few times have I seen an original having the Red Ring of Death except to find that the owner has beaten the 360 or has dropped it and such. i am at a loss at finding out a way that you come up with this and I need you to help me here. I have come up with every possible thing to find out that it is indeed impossible. So, the sending back of an original Xbox after 6 months or less WITHOUT being beaten to death is impossible.

  • gamerdude122

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 5:46 pm PT

    Playstation fanboys need to go **** their 678 year-old grandmas and shut the **** up.
    This is how it works for fans of consoles.
    Playstation(The worst!)=Whine like ****
    Wii=Bragging for stupid reasons when their technology sucks ***!
    Xbox 360=Wondering why in the **** Playstations and Wiis acts like little idiots.
    Playstation, you need to shut the **** up and get the **** out of GameSpot. Go to some British gaming website. The liberals there are quite suitable for you little gay people. When Sony buys some DLC, Xbox won't whine, but when you act like little babies it makes no one want to turn into a ******* fan boy. So move atheists, liberals, and whiners all around, to some British **** site!

  • Normaral85

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 2:15 pm PT

    Hopefully Bethesda well hook up up in the future.

  • Normaral85

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 2:14 pm PT

    Yes, it does suck not to be able to play the DLC on PS3. But we'll just have to concentrate on the upcoming PS3 exclusives, and thank god that they'll be some to speak of.

  • demondogx

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 8:55 am PT

    the dlc's are really cool i play it on pc and they are worth waiting for
    really sucks for you ps3 guys i dont have a ps3 but i do think it sucks that they dont make it for you guys

  • scooby_kitesurf

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 3:57 am PT

    Bethesda Softworks really need to release this DLC to the PSN, if they are not going to FULLY support a platform including DLC they shouldn't develop it in the first place.
    This has put me off buying another Bethesda Softworks game...

    Fallout 3 = great
    Bethesda Softworks = Poor

  • PBN-Dawg

    Posted Mar 13, 2009 4:14 pm PT

    this looks sick, cant wait for broken steel too

  • superdemento

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 7:55 pm PT

    Looks awesome! Alas, I own a PS3, and though I love Fallout3, I really gotta give out a big "**** you" to Bethesda. I may someday play this on PC, but I doubt it.

  • johnnyBgood99

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 2:49 pm PT

    I honestly don't understand people who get upset about additional content coming out and not being packaged with the original game. Are you just as pissed about devs patching their products to fix glitches? Fifteen years ago, a game shipped, that was it. Final product, glitches/bugs and all. There was no going back and fixing an error, let alone adding content. Now in the new age of the internet we can get those patches, and more importantly, developers have the opportunity to listen to the market, hear what the critics like/disslike and EXPAND upon that. How is that not the best f****ing thing since Nintendo introduced us to Mario? I applaud DLC because it means I will be playing my games longer, something that's always welcome in my book.

  • mattcarlo

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 2:52 am PT

    Loved Fallout 3, Operation Anchorage, and completely looking forward to The Pitt.

  • Illscrewyoubig

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 11:53 pm PT

    Man, this is awesome! I only wish Broken Steel would come out sooner, I can't wait to be more than level 20! (tho I do think they should've had a higher level cap on the original anyway).

  • hungoverwookiee

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 3:23 pm PT

    this is all cool but i really wish they woulda added the level 30 stuff with the 1st expansion.. no big deal though

  • King_Jeremy_77

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 12:51 am PT

    I can't wait!

  • FXLVOLATER

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 6:07 pm PT

    Keep giving us downloadable content I love it especially for fallout 3 and you broke people out there get a job n stop cryin.You buy used because your broke its only a 20$ gamercard damn.Thanks for level 30.gypsygib i'll buy you a card if you stop cryin like a baby.360 rules !!! ps3 is a waste of time i'm not getting a system because of 4 or five good games.360 has more titles more conent and better multiplatformers..exclusives Too.(Halo Gears Forza) just to name a few.....

  • Bo0m3r

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 7:08 am PT

    Very nice, very nice indeed, now, what I'm wondering is, which release will up the level cap to 30??

  • gypsygib posted Mar 8, 2009 7:39 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    gypsygib

    Posted Mar 8, 2009 7:39 pm PT (hide)

    I'm not supporting Fallout DLC, it seems like a cheap cash grab by selling you the ability to level up your character past 20 which they should have allowed in the first place. Thanks for selling me a truncated game jackaxx's! I'll only buy your games discounted or used now.

  • xploren

    Posted Mar 8, 2009 3:48 pm PT

    @tudyniuz: There was also Valkyrie Chronicles. Just pointing it out. Fallout 3 would've won anyway, though, since it was a much bigger game in name and content.

  • StarlightHunter

    Posted Mar 8, 2009 3:13 pm PT

    @PeteMad "To all non-x360 owners who are complaining about the notorious Red Ring of Death: The new line of X360's has a new motherboard called JASPER. It has a smaller CPU/GPU (less power, less heat), and a better cooling system. Experts say this should end the problem. So go out there and buy one, you broke ass bastards. LOL"

    i was going to say that to shut the complainers up too lol.

  • tudyniuz

    Posted Mar 8, 2009 10:06 am PT

    lol,GameSpot's 2008 Role-Playing Game of the Year, Fallout 3 It was the only RPG of 2008

  • KingOfOldSkool

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 11:41 pm PT

    "should" fix the problem.. can't treat a probable as an absolute my friend.

  • PeteMad

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 9:36 pm PT

    To all non-x360 owners who are complaining about the notorious Red Ring of Death: The new line of X360's has a new motherboard called JASPER. It has a smaller CPU/GPU (less power, less heat), and a better cooling system. Experts say this should end the problem. So go out there and buy one, you broke ass bastards. LOL

  • Ghetto_ninja posted Mar 7, 2009 8:47 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Ghetto_ninja

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 8:47 pm PT (hide)

    Who in their right mind would want to pay to play more of this boring game?

  • msudude211

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 8:03 pm PT

    This is going to be awesome!

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