Wasteland (series)

Wasteland is an open-world post-apocalyptic RPG video game series. The first game, Wasteland, was developed by Interplay in 1988, and was the predecessor to the Fallout games.[1] InXile Entertainment developed the two sequels, Wasteland 2 (2014) and Wasteland 3 (2020), based on crowdfunding.

Wasteland
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)
Platform(s)
First releaseWasteland
January 2, 1988
Latest releaseWasteland 3
August 28, 2020

Wasteland (1988)

Wasteland was developed by Interplay, and spawned the Fallout series.[2] The game was published by Electronic Arts.[1] InXile Entertainment later remastered and re-released the game.[3][4]

Wasteland 2 (2014)

Wasteland 2 was developed after Brian Fargo obtained the rights from Konami, which had obtained the rights from Electronic Arts.[5] Fargo developed the game with his company inXile through crowdfunding in 2012.[6] The game was released in 2014 for Linux, Mac and Windows,[7] and was later ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[8] InXile earned 12$ million in revenue from the game.[9] A director's cut of Wasteland 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.[10]

Wasteland 3 (2020)

Wasteland 3 has improved graphics but a shorter playtime of 50 hours compared to the second installment, which had over 100 hours,[11] and is set in Colorado. It includes co-op multiplayer with two players, as well as an updated combat system similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown.[9] The game was released on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in 2020.[12][13]

See also

References
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  2. Plunkett, Luke. "Why People Give a Shit About a 1988 PC Role-Playing Game". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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  7. Pereira, Chris (2014-08-19). "Wasteland 2, Sequel to Fallout's Predecessor, Launches on September 19 After 26 Years". GameSpot. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  8. Murnane, Kevin. "'Wasteland 2' Could Bring A New Audience To Nintendo's Switch". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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  10. "Wasteland 2: Director's Cut". nintendo. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
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  12. "inXile announces Wasteland 3 - and it's got multiplayer". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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