

Over time, the Season Pass description consistently stated gamers would “get the Fallout 4 Season Pass and get all Fallout 4 DLC for one S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Image Credit: BioMed Illustrations/The X-Law Group Based on what we did for Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Skyrim, we know that it will be worth at least $40, and if we do more, you’ll get it all with the Season Pass.” One special price Since we’re still hard at work on the game, we don’t know what the actual DLC will be yet, but it will start coming early next year. “To reward our most loyal fans, this time we’ll be offering a Season Pass that will get you all of the Fallout 4 DLC we ever do for just $30. We love making them, and you always ask us for more,” Bethesda said in a post, according to the lawsuit. “We’ve always done a lot of DLC for our games. On September 9, 2015, two months before the game shipped, the Bethesda team announced it was selling a Season Pass for $30 that would entitle gamers to a lifetime of DLC. Fallout 4’s smashing successįallout 4 was a huge hit when it shipped in 2015, selling an estimated 13.5 million copies, or an estimated $810 million at the retail price. Spokespeople for Bethesda and Microsoft declined to comment for this story. It’s not unreasonable to think it could be a billion-dollar-plus liability, the lawyers claim.

It isn’t yet clear how much financial exposure the company has, but the attorneys suing it say it’s a lot of money. While ZeniMax’s founder was a lawyer - the recently deceased Robert Altman - and was known for being litigious (ask former Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack), attorneys in the class-action say that they are shocked at some of the legal mistakes that Bethesda has made in the case involving the downloadable content (DLC) for Fallout 4. And that’s an annoying problem, as Microsoft is getting ready to buy Bethesda Softworks in a $7.5 billion acquisition. īethesda Softworks and its parent firm, ZeniMax Media, are about to face some uncomfortable questions in a class-action lawsuit about how they treated the loyal fans of the 2015 hit game Fallout 4. We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.
