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Welcome to Nukapedia's portal dedicated to Van Buren! Van Buren was the project name Black Isle Studios assigned to their version of Fallout 3. In 2003, the game was canceled and the Black Isle employees were laid off. The game was going to use an engine that Black Isle had made for Baldur's Gate 3, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Engine. It was fully 3D. Black Isle Studios planned to include a dual combat system in the game that allowed for the player to choose real time or turn-based combat, due to Interplay's demands, though Joshua Sawyer had stated that the emphasis would be on the turn-based version. Co-operative multiplayer was also going to be included in the game, again because of publisher requirements.

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Van Buren Design documents Jefferson Engine Tech demo Endings Characters Prisoner Companions Ailis McLafferty Akeisha Moon Andrea Brixley Belle Caesar Diana Dogbody Dr. Sebastian Hanged Man Harold Hecate Joseph Dodge Kurisu Mallet McBride Victor Presper Willem Clark more... Creatures Born ghoul Endless walker Gehenna Molech Mutant cannibal Trog more... Factions Caesar's Legion Circle of Steel Daughters of Hecate more... Items Ammunition Armor and clothing Weapons other items... Robots and computers ARGOS CRB-S ODYSSEUS more... SPECIAL Primary statistics Derived statistics Perks Skills Traits Locations B.O.M.B.-001 Bloomfield Space Center Boulder Dome Dog City Grand Canyon Hoover Dam Jericho Maxson bunker Mesa Verde New Canaan Ouroboros Nursery Reservation Tibbets Facility Vault 29 more... Vehicles

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The Van Buren version of the SPECIAL system, made by J.E. Sawyer, was highly modified in comparison to the previous Fallout games, especially to the skills system. Bethesda's version of SPECIAL in Fallout 3 is a combination of the original SPECIAL, the Van Buren SPECIAL, as well as their own changes. read more...

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News Willooi • 24 June 2011 34 Chris Avellone chats about F:NV, character design, and his influences As part of an ongoing personal blog project of mine, Chris Avellone, still busy with Fallout: New Vegas DLC production, was kind enough to take some time out to discuss his role at Obsidian and in F:… Read Full Post Ausir-fduser • 9 December 2010 0 Another dev post roundup Here's another roundup of developer posts from Bethesda forum, Something Awful forum and J.E. Sawyer's Formspring. Most are by Sawyer himself, but there's also a couple from Matt Grandstaff about pat… Read Full Post Ausir-fduser • 8 April 2010 0 J.E. Sawyer answers questions Over at formspring.me, Fallout: New Vegas lead designer J.E. Sawyer is answering various questions from fans, mostly general ones about game design. Here's some quotes. How does it feel to know you/Obsi… Read Full Post See more >

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Van Buren concept art for the Reservation

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