Can you tell we're still working through our backlog from 2008? The first month of 2009 is almost over, but we're still mulling over which games from last year we need to push through before we can really enjoy what 2009 has to offer. Read More...
Posted 1/27/09 6:00 pm EST by Patrick Klepek in DLC, fallout 3, Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage, PC, Xbox 360
There aren't just new missions in "Operation Anchorage," Bethesda Softworks' first downloadable expansion for "Fallout 3;" after just one hour in Alaska, I saw a concentrated effort to push "Fallout 3" players to rethink how they play. Read More...
Posted 1/27/09 9:00 am EST by Stephen Totilo in fallout 3, Totilo Game Diary
Nine minutes before the release of the first expansion for "Fallout 3" last night, I finished the main quest of the game. I need to get some feelings out about this. Note that there are endgame spoilers in today's Diary. Read More...
Posted 1/26/09 10:00 am EST by Patrick Klepek in Culture, fallout 3, Top Entries
As good as "Fallout 3" is -- I've invested more than 65 hours! -- it wasn't a perfect game, a statement even "Fallout 3" executive producer Todd Howard would agree with, so we lined up three common criticisms gamers have leveled against his post-apocalyptic RPG to find out if he agreed with them. Read More...
Posted 1/24/09 8:00 am EST by Patrick Klepek in DLC, fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Lost, Lunchtime Video, madden, NPDs, Numbers, PS3, Sales, The Week in Multiplayer, Wii, Wii Play
The spotlight wasn't on video games this week as Barack Obama became President, but MTV Multiplayer was still bringing you new topics of discussion every day (except our day off!), and as we sit back and enjoy the weekend, here are the five stories you talked about the most this week on the blog. Read More...
Posted 1/23/09 2:00 pm EST by Patrick Klepek in DLC, fallout 3, PS3
"Fallout 3" players have criticized their inability to keep exploring the wasteland after finishing the main storyline, and while that feature is coming to Xbox 360 and PC users via downloadable content, Bethesda Softworks told us there are currently no plans to update the PlayStation 3 version with the same feature. Read More...
Posted 1/23/09 9:00 am EST by Stephen Totilo in fallout 3, Totilo Game Diary
I'm not going to spoil anything, but I think that the way I've been playing "Fallout 3" may have ruined the game's story -- such is the hazard of game developers trying to tell a well-paced story in a game I can play at my own pace. Read More...
Posted 1/20/09 11:00 am EST by Stephen Totilo in fallout 3, Obama, Politics, Top Entries
Barack Obama becomes the United States of America's 44th President today, or hadn't you heard? Video games aren't expected to play much of a role -- if any -- in the Inauguration Day festivities, but video games are still an ideal way to get in Obama's shoes for a glimpse of what the new President is seeing today. Read More...
Posted 1/15/09 2:00 pm EST by Stephen Totilo in fallout 3, Grand Digg Auto, Grand Theft Auto IV

Recent inspiration struck in the Multiplayer comments section: how much better would open-world games like "Grand Theft Auto" or "Fallout 3" be if they included Digg? We've got three prototype images. Read More...