Something went wrong. Try again later

Giant Bomb News

94 Comments

Here's The New Fallout 3 Premium Xbox Theme

Just in case you were wondering what it will look like.

Here's a new shot of the forthcoming Xbox 360 premium dashboard theme for Fallout 3. Normally, interface decorations don't warrant this sort of news coverage, but Microsoft itself does such a spotty job of showing you what dashboard themes look like before you fork over the money that I thought you'd appreciate seeing this one, since Bethesda was kind enough to provide an image. It's also worth noting that if you buy all five of the game's DLC expansions before September 22, you'll get this theme for free. Otherwise you're looking at 240 Microsoft bones (or three United States ones) when it's out on October 1. 
 

No Caption Provided
Brad Shoemaker on Google+

94 Comments

Avatar image for brad
Brad

6955

Forum Posts

9601

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By Brad

Here's a new shot of the forthcoming Xbox 360 premium dashboard theme for Fallout 3. Normally, interface decorations don't warrant this sort of news coverage, but Microsoft itself does such a spotty job of showing you what dashboard themes look like before you fork over the money that I thought you'd appreciate seeing this one, since Bethesda was kind enough to provide an image. It's also worth noting that if you buy all five of the game's DLC expansions before September 22, you'll get this theme for free. Otherwise you're looking at 240 Microsoft bones (or three United States ones) when it's out on October 1. 
 

No Caption Provided
Avatar image for jameskond
JamesKond

243

Forum Posts

65

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 11

Edited By JamesKond

Damn, that looks nice :)

Avatar image for crazycrazydoctor
CrazyCrazyDoctor

52

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By CrazyCrazyDoctor

Actually looks pretty cool, but I'm waiting on a retail pack for the 5 Fallout 3 DLCs, which would likely be way cheaper than it would be otherwise.

Avatar image for jjor64
JJOR64

19700

Forum Posts

417

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

Edited By JJOR64

The theme looks awesome.  To bad I don't own Fallout 3.  :(

Avatar image for laticsfan
laticsfan

612

Forum Posts

418

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By laticsfan

Looks pretty nice, may have to invest next time I return home.

Avatar image for vinchenzo
Vinchenzo

6461

Forum Posts

245

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 30

User Lists: 2

Edited By Vinchenzo

Looks as boring and uninspired as Fallout 3 was.

Avatar image for c0v3rt
C0V3RT

1420

Forum Posts

80

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By C0V3RT

This will replace my Castle Crashers premium theme.
Avatar image for ponyslayer
ponyslayer

167

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By ponyslayer
@Vinchenzo said:
" Looks as boring and uninspired as Fallout 3 was. "
why bother commenting if that's what your going to say?
Avatar image for trision
Trision

194

Forum Posts

1826

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 7

Edited By Trision

I was wondering why there wasn't one already.  Looks good.

Avatar image for cl60
CL60

17117

Forum Posts

-1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By CL60
@ponyslayer: Because he's trolling.
 
And on topic. What if I bought all the DLC on GFWL?
Avatar image for avd
AvD

309

Forum Posts

1328

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By AvD

Looks like I'll be getting this for free, nice!

Avatar image for rhcpfan24
RHCPfan24

8663

Forum Posts

22301

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 16

User Lists: 8

Edited By RHCPfan24

I just need to get Mothership Zeta now...and soon!! I want this one for free. But it looks very nice.

Avatar image for jayzilla
Jayzilla

2709

Forum Posts

18

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By Jayzilla

I was never a fan of the color palette for the game even though it was realistic. my themes however, have not been terrorized by a nuclear fallout, so they should not reflect said color palette.

Avatar image for agentj
AgentJ

8996

Forum Posts

6144

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 31

Edited By AgentJ

I'd buy this theme, and I guess that's what I'm going to have to do.

Avatar image for bonbolapti
bonbolapti

1752

Forum Posts

4208

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 11

User Lists: 2

Edited By bonbolapti

Anything with a fallout theme I can get behind.
Avatar image for wafflestomp
wafflestomp

294

Forum Posts

1254

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By wafflestomp

Hopefully they will include people that bought the expansions on disc.

Avatar image for produceman
produceman

103

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By produceman

 this is great news i'll deffently pick up Mothership Zeta now
Avatar image for kowalskimandown
KowalskiManDown

4170

Forum Posts

3525

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 19

Edited By KowalskiManDown

Looks good. I don't pay for Premium Themes... but luckily, I'll be getting this for free :D

Avatar image for chapman12
chapman12

115

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By chapman12

ahh awsm! :)
Avatar image for goldanas
Goldanas

568

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Goldanas

This theme looks like garbage. Everything's all cluttered on top of one another and there's a huge brown space beneath it. Ugly.
 
It took forever for the PS3 to get these animated themes but they're miles ahead of this junk. On top of that, Sony has a couple of previews for each theme in the store, free or no.

Avatar image for williamrlbaker
WilliamRLBaker

4941

Forum Posts

1420

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

Edited By WilliamRLBaker

Does any one know if that includes buying them instore?
I purchased a few at bestbuy *seperately so i had to enter a code and every thing*

Avatar image for sixpin
sixpin

1345

Forum Posts

758

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By sixpin

Awesome. I look forward to getting this... and for free no less!

Avatar image for scooper
Scooper

7920

Forum Posts

1107

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Scooper

I'm gunna buy the Fallout 3 GOTY on 360 when that comes out so I wonder if I'll get this theme too.

Avatar image for turtlemayor333
Turtlemayor333

521

Forum Posts

288

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Turtlemayor333

Before I even read the article I thought, "sure would be nice if this could be free for DLC buyers." How fortunate!

Avatar image for sixpin
sixpin

1345

Forum Posts

758

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By sixpin
@Goldanas: Your blue text says it all. But hey, congrats on being a fan-boy I guess. 
 
@Scooper: I doubt it. I think it is a bonus for people who spent the extra $50 on Fallout 3. Can't hurt to hope though.
Avatar image for banzai_nl
banzai_nl

323

Forum Posts

6918

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 7

Edited By banzai_nl

240 allards. THEYRE CALLED ALLARDS!

Avatar image for scooper
Scooper

7920

Forum Posts

1107

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Scooper
@sixpin: Oh well, it isn't such a big deal :)
Avatar image for oddjob
oddjob

111

Forum Posts

17

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By oddjob

Played little of the game, but this I might get because it looks cool.

Avatar image for wiqidbritt
WiqidBritt

601

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By WiqidBritt
@Banzaiaap: I support this movement, even if J Allard had nothing to do with the MS points concept
Avatar image for turbo_toaster
turbo_toaster

1056

Forum Posts

7

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By turbo_toaster

I kind of like it, but it does look pretty damn cluttered.

Avatar image for pinkshley1
Pinkshley1

460

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By Pinkshley1

Looks cool, but after playing Fallout 3 for a while the last thing you want to see is that barren landscape on your dashboard.

Avatar image for metroid545
Metroid545

1839

Forum Posts

8588

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 3

Edited By Metroid545
@Pinkshley1 said:
" Looks cool, but after playing Fallout 3 for a while the last thing you want to see is that barren landscape on your dashboard. "
Avatar image for the_tolman
The_Tolman

460

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By The_Tolman

finally a theme worth having! good thing i already have all 5 dlcs.
Avatar image for king_wil
king_wil

53

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By king_wil

well i already got all 5 DLCs so i guess i'll be gettin me some free shit :) i love my Left 4 Dead premium theme that i got from official xbox magazine UK though

Avatar image for sonicfire
SonicFire

875

Forum Posts

376

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By SonicFire

Free is cool with me, figures I should get something, seeing as I've now paid 110 to play the game...it was good, but Oblivion was better

Avatar image for mordeaniischaos
MordeaniisChaos

5904

Forum Posts

-1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 5

Edited By MordeaniisChaos

Meh at the ground and stuff fading out. Makes it look awkward. Otherwise I really really like it.
Avatar image for systech
Systech

4155

Forum Posts

2448

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By Systech

Sweet, I get this for free.

Avatar image for ironscimitar
ironscimitar

702

Forum Posts

404

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By ironscimitar

I like this.

Avatar image for jacksukeru
jacksukeru

6864

Forum Posts

131

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 22

Edited By jacksukeru

I won't be getting this. Partly because I didn't buy all 5 dlc packs, but also because I never bought Fallout 3 or an Xbox360.

Avatar image for daryl
Daryl

1776

Forum Posts

178

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Daryl
@Vinchenzo: lmao
Avatar image for kingkorn69
kingkorn69

340

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By kingkorn69

That looks freakin sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Avatar image for hatking
hatking

7673

Forum Posts

82

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By hatking

Hey I'll take it for free.
Avatar image for twoonefive
TwoOneFive

9793

Forum Posts

203

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By TwoOneFive

okay.  
 
hopefully giantbomb shows the same respect for the really cool new dynamic themes on ps3. 

Avatar image for moztacular
Moztacular

556

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Moztacular

I like this idea, hope you guys can show us more of the premium themes so we know what we're getting ourselves into before we buy.

Avatar image for psynapse
Psynapse

1084

Forum Posts

243

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By Psynapse
@JJOR64 said:
"The theme looks awesome.  To bad I don't own Fallout 3.  :( "

You don't need fallout 3 to have the theme :), if people ask, just say that you finished it in like 3 hours on release night...
Avatar image for kreega
Kreega

34

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Kreega
@ponyslayer said:
" @Vinchenzo said:
" Looks as boring and uninspired as Fallout 3 was. "
why bother commenting if that's what your going to say? "
Why then bother if all you're going to say is "Looks awesome, will buy."
 
There are these things called "opinions" that people have and sometimes they like to express them. You should look into it, you might find the concept interesting.
Avatar image for ch3burashka
ch3burashka

6086

Forum Posts

100

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By ch3burashka

Alright, it's done. I dug up my great grandfather's grave and took his skeleton. Where do I turn in the bones to get the theme?

Avatar image for zombie2011
zombie2011

5628

Forum Posts

8742

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By zombie2011
@TwoOneFive said:
" okay.   hopefully giantbomb shows the same respect for the really cool new dynamic themes on ps3.  "
i don't think they will.
Avatar image for nexas
nexas

644

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By nexas
@CL60 said:
" What if I bought all the DLC on GFWL? "
This right here. Looks like a cool theme, but I bought all the DLC on PC, so what do I get?
Avatar image for duffyside
Duffyside

959

Forum Posts

96

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 14

Edited By Duffyside

Y'know, I LOVE giantbomb. Like, a lot. I think it's easily the best gaming site on the net, and the fact that is such with a relatively small crew and with being just over a year old is remarkable (and embarrassing for the other, bigger sites out there). 
 
However, I really,  really wish you guys weren't so 360 focused. I'm not saying "bias confirmed!" or anything like that. 360 came out first, the gamerscore was revolutionary and got its hooks into you guys early on, I get it. But how is this a story and just last week did you guys finally start mentioning PSN games on the Bombcast? No video or anything of the 3.0 PS3 firmware update, but of course not only does 360 get a video for their OS updates, but... theme "news?" Really? ... Really? 
 
Again, I don't think this means you guys "hate teh PS3" or anything like that. It seems to be all of your preferred platform, but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate and fairly talk about InFamous. However, maybe - even though it's one of the site's strengths - you guys should tone down the attitude of "we're just a bunch of friends talking about what we like" and turn up the "providing a well-rounded service for all people who may want to visit our site." 
 
Just a thought.