Wasteland (series)

Wasteland is an open world post apocalyptic RPG video game series, originally developed by Interplay in 1988, and the predecessor to Fallout.[1] The game series is currently developed by inXile Entertainment, which raised $2,933,252 in 2012 through the crowd funding platform, Kickstarter to create a sequel to the original Wasteland. The sequel was named Wasteland 2.[2] The third installment, Wasteland 3 is currently under development by inXile. The company used the crowd funding site Fig, to raise money for developing the game, it managed to raise 3 million dollars for development.[3]

Wasteland
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)
Platform(s)
First releaseWasteland
January 2, 1988
Latest releaseWasteland Remastered
February 25, 2020

Wasteland
See also: Wasteland (video game)

Wasteland was originally developed by Interplay, and spawned the creation of the Fallout series.[4] The game was published by Electronic Arts.[1] inXile Entertainment, is planning on remastering the original version that was created by Interplay. Which will be sold with their 30th Anniversary Bundle.[5][6]

Wasteland 2
See also: Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2 was developed after Brian Fargo obtained the rights from the Konami, which obtained the rights from the original publisher of the game Electronic Arts.[7] After which, Fargo, developed the game with his, company inXile, through crowdfunding in 2012.[2] The game was released in 2014 for Linux, Mac and Windows.[8] and was later ported over to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[9] inXile, earned a total of 12$ million in revenue from the game.[10] The game has been confirmed to be coming to the Nintendo Switch.[11]

Wasteland 3
See also: Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3, is said to have improved graphics, but a shorter game play time of 50 hours, compared to the second installment, which had over 100 hours,[12] and will be based in Colorado. It will also include multiplayer, with two players, as well as an updated combat system similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown.[10] The game is scheduled to launch on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in 2020.[13][14]

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gollark: Internet connectivity? Transport?
gollark: You've said so, yes. Or implied so. Said now.
gollark: You're just defining things as public services though.
gollark: Strictly, cost-spread-to-everyone, yes.

References
  1. Nutt, Christian. "Wasteland : Developing an open-world RPG in 1988". Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  2. "Wasteland 2". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  3. "Wasteland 3 Crowdfunding Campaign". Fig. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  4. Plunkett, Luke. "Why People Give a Shit About a 1988 PC Role-Playing Game". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  5. "InXile Entertainment Announces Wasteland 30th Anniversary Bundle". techraptor.net. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. "inXile Entertainment Announces Wasteland 30th Anniversary Bundle". Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  7. "6 Kickstarter Gaming Successes". techraptor.net. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  8. Pereira, Chris (2014-08-19). "Wasteland 2, Sequel to Fallout's Predecessor, Launches on September 19 After 26 Years". GameSpot. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  9. Murnane, Kevin. "'Wasteland 2' Could Bring A New Audience To Nintendo's Switch". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  10. "Wasteland 3 will have multiplayer, XCOM-style cinematic camera (update)". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  11. "Nintendo E3 2018 Recap: Best of Nintendo at E3 2018". gamesradar. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  12. LeJacq, Yannick. "My First 20 Hours With Wasteland 2". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  13. "inXile announces Wasteland 3 - and it's got multiplayer". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  14. "Snowy Wasteland 3 Launches Crowdfunding On Fig". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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