Bethesda requests all Fallout 3 video to be pulled from gaming sites
by Xav de Matos 
{ Oct 28th 2008 at 10:00AM }
"In connection with ESRB's advertising guidelines, you are instructed to remove immediately any of our Fallout 3 trailers from your website, pending further notice. Thank you for your attention to this matter," reads the email sent from Bethesda VP of Public Relations and Marketing Pete Hines.
Joystiq has contacted Bethesda for more information but you're probably on your way to the store right now -- if Fallout 3 appeals to you that is -- so, does it even matter?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
amart @ Oct 28th 2008 10:10AM
Well ya, what does it matter unless your new to the series and are interested in seeing some gameplay footage before you invest 70$ into said game. Verrrry Shifty indeed.
Tony @ Oct 28th 2008 10:21AM
Well if it's an ESRB issue, maybe some of them don't have that proper warning before them?
Serio @ Oct 28th 2008 10:48AM
It's not coming out here untill Thursday, but that's just odd. I think it's because the rating was changed from Teen(16+) to Mature(18+), but the trailers tate that it's a Teen.
aversa4 @ Oct 28th 2008 10:49AM
Well unless your in Jersey like me and its freaking snowing. Therefore the videos are all I have of the game until it stops and I can drive to Gamestop to get my copy. Or i could just keep playing Gears like I have been in anticipation of Gears 2.
iveo @ Oct 28th 2008 11:49AM
The beauty of amazon! The game should be on my door step by the time I get home from work.
psychedelicpaintbrush @ Oct 28th 2008 12:40PM
lol, tell me where your doorstep is and I'll check on it for you.
psychohog @ Oct 28th 2008 1:14PM
Don't trust him to check on it for you. ^ I can check for you though if you email me your address and the names of your children and the schools that they attend.
shawn @ Oct 28th 2008 1:05PM
you guys wanna see trailers where they wont be pulled go to http://www.gamingunlimitedtv.com/videoshare
as a matter of fact im sure someone will post fallout 3 over there i find it funny that there wanting these pulled,they cant stop everyone from putting it up its too late there are 1000s of people that upload things
Narcogen @ Oct 28th 2008 9:22PM
I love how the notice is worded to suggest that fan sites and media sites are obligated by ESRB guidelines. They are not. The publishers are. The publishers are obligated to remove materials from the channel if they misrepresent the game's ratings. The media are under no such obligation.
afuturepete @ Oct 31st 2008 12:11AM
My opinion is that this event, like the posters in the Metro station, and like hot-coffee, etc, are all super cheap marketing campaigns which are only possible now because of gaming news blogs that report on everything that happens in the industry.
Head scratcher? Yes. But the more you try to figure it out, the more you are thinking about their product, and the more likely you are to send your friend a link to the story.
Smells like BS. Anyone else think that?